What height for stair case balustrade?

[u587162]

What is the min / max height for a new first and second floor glass balustrade and ideally what thickness of toughened glass?

 

[Nakajo]

Can you not google it? And there is no supplier of treated glass that wouldn't know this.

 

[u587162]

I’m trying to get consensus opinion. I could say 900mm to 1100mm.
What’s the point of this forum if not for sharing advice?

Anything and everything can be google searched. That’s not the point.

 

[DevilDamo]

Between 900-1100mm is what ADK states.

There could be many variables that determine the thickness so you’d need to clarify this with the supplier. However, Paragraph 3.2 on Page 23 of ADK should help...

https://assets.publishing.service.g...achment_data/file/443181/BR_PDF_AD_K_2013.pdf

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Its 900mm for internal landings, which this sounds like? The glass thickness is probably 10mm but must be determined by the supplier. Consider laminated if funds permit.

 

[^woody^]

Waist height

 

[Nakajo]

I’m trying to get consensus opinion.

well that definitely wasn't the question

 

[u587162]

well that definitely wasn't the question

What's the purpose of this site Nakajo?

 

[u587162]

Its 900mm for internal landings, which this sounds like? The glass thickness is probably 10mm but must be determined by the supplier. Consider laminated if funds permit.

This is for a gallery landing for both first and second floor. If toughened glass is used I guess this would shatter into tiny pieces if stuck in the wrong area compared with a contained shattering / spider web effect damage if laminated? Is it personal choice then as to whether I go for 900mm or 1100mm? There's no particular rule which says if the floor is above a certain height then it has to be above x mm in height?

 

[Nakajo]

No. Methods for compliance with the Building Regulations are set out in the Approved Documents.

 

[^woody^]

I reckon that if toughened glass guarding was smashed, a person would easily follow the glass fragments down to the floor below.

 

[jacko555]

Waist height

Now that's a problem. My waist has been getting bigger for a while now and no clear delineation between it and other bits of my body.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I don't really get where the ambiguity is coming from, you merely determine where your handrail is located and the regs tell you the minimum height.

That said you can always go for a higher height than the regs ask for.

 

[Nakajo]

FWIW, for internal landings/mezzanines, 900 feels too low to me. 1m feels about right.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Your feelings are neither here nor there.