Originally Posted by
Jeff Eastman
okay, i'll ask...what is wrong with the handrail and why is not one required?
Does not have a return at the top, and most likely at the bottom.
Needs to be "graspable" on both sides of the rail. In the photo it looks like only one side is "graspable". It could be both sides but it does not look like it.
Without really seeing it in person I would also say that the rail needs to start at the landing and not at the step. If it was me, I would have built the handrail on the other side of the steps, it would have made it safer.
Not required because of the number of steps(risers)