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2. Sick of Your Stairs? Try These Designer-Approved Railing Ideas

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   Pet Friendly Stair Railing. This sunny staircase leads to the children's room on the lower level of a California home designed by Mark D. Sikes to embrace fun inside and out. The railings and ...

3. Escalator - Wikipedia

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   The track system is built into the truss to guide the step chain, which continuously pulls the steps from the bottom platform and back to the top in an endless loop. One track guides the front wheels of the steps (called the step-wheel track) and another guides the back wheels of the steps (called the trailer-wheel track).

4. Stairs - Wikipedia

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   For larger stairs, particularly in exterior applications, a landing can provide a place for pedestrians to rest their legs Other forms include stairs with winders that curve or bend at an acute angle, three flights of stairs that join at a landing to form a T-shape, and stairs with balconies and complex designs.

5. Deck railing - Wikipedia

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   The most common residential deck railing design is built on-site using pressure treated lumber, with the vertical balusters regularly spaced to meet building code. [1] Wood railing could be in different styles such as Victorian, Chippendale railing and others. [2] A popular alternative to wood railing is composite lumber and PVC railing. [3] [4 ...

6. Guard rail - Wikipedia

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   Staircase railings in the Degré du roi, part of the Petit appartement du roi, in the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France. Guard rails, guardrails, railings or protective guarding, [1] in general, are a boundary feature and may be a means to prevent or deter access to dangerous or off-limits areas while allowing light and visibility in a greater way than a fence.

7. Baluster - Wikipedia

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   The baluster, being a turned structure, tends to follow design precedents that were set in woodworking and ceramic practices, where the turner's lathe and the potter's wheel are ancient tools. The profile a baluster takes is often diagnostic of a particular style of architecture or furniture, and may offer a rough guide to date of a design ...