enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: attaching stair stringers to wall decor outdoor

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Handrail - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handrail

    The distance between the wall and handrail gripping surface is also governed by local code with the most common requirement being 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (38 mm) minimum. The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) require that the distance between the wall and handrail be a minimum of 2 ...

  3. Stairs - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairs

    Stairs are not suitable for wheelchairs and other vehicles. A stairlift is a mechanical device for lifting wheelchairs up and down stairs. For sufficiently wide stairs, a rail is mounted to the treads of the stairs, or attached to the wall. A chair is attached to the rail and the person on the chair is lifted as the chair moves along the rail.

  4. Baluster - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baluster

    According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "baluster" is derived through the French: balustre, from Italian: balaustro, from balaustra, "pomegranate flower" [from a resemblance to the swelling form of the half-open flower (illustration, below right)], [6] [7] from Latin balaustrium, from Greek βαλαύστριον (balaustrion).

  5. Ladder - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladder

    An extension ladder. A ladder is a vertical or inclined set of rungs or steps commonly used for climbing or descending. There are two types: rigid ladders that are self-supporting or that may be leaned against a vertical surface such as a wall, and rollable ladders, such as those made of rope or aluminium, that may be hung from the top.

  6. Stair carpet - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stair_carpet

    Since 'wall to wall' fitted carpeting became very popular in the late 1950s, the word can now also describe a less notable design element than it traditionally did formerly. A traditional stair carpet was characterized by not covering the full width of the stair but leaving the underlying wood−stone−tile of the tread and risers open to view ...

  7. Stringer - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stringer

    Stringer (aircraft), or longeron, a strip of wood or metal to which the skin of an aircraft is fastened; Stringer (slag), an inclusion, possibly leading to a defect, in cast metal; Stringer (stairs), the structural member in a stairway that supports the treads and risers; Stringer (surfing), a thin piece of wood running from nose to tail of a ...

  8. Longeron - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longeron

    Interior of a Boeing/Stearman PT-17 showing small channel section stringers. In engineering, a longeron or stringer is a load-bearing component of a framework. The term is commonly used in connection with aircraft fuselages and automobile chassis. Longerons are used in conjunction with stringers to form structural frameworks. [1]

  9. Strongback (girder) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strongback_(girder)

    A strongback is a beam or girder which acts as a secondary support member to an existing structure. A strongback in a staircase is usually ordinary two-by dimensional lumber attached to the staircase stringers to stiffen the assembly.

  1. Ads

    related to: attaching stair stringers to wall decor outdoor