This morning's hand rail

[John Arnold]

100 year old row house

[Jerry Peck]

John,

That's not the main stair is it?

That handrail is more 'fireman's pole' at the station house than a 'handrail'. :)

[John Arnold]

John,
That's not the main stair is it?


Why, yes it is.
Like I said: "100 year old row house".

[Nick Ostrowski]

John, was that house a trinity? I've seen similar handrails in those spiral staircases.

[John Arnold]

John, was that house a trinity? I've seen similar handrails in those spiral staircases.

Yep. And no way to reach the flat-ish 3-story roof except straight up from the ground, dang it.
Client was very understanding about that, unlike some people.

[John Kogel]

This spiral staircase has a similar pole. This was in a 70's A-frame house. Roof starts at ground level.

Sounds like the camera on a pole might have been helpful on that inspection. I use a cheap Fuji camera that has a 10 sec timer, or you can shoot a little video, pole out the window.

[Matt Fellman]

I tell people to look it as the "glass is half full" - It's not a bad staircase.... it's a REALLY nice ladder :)

[Jerry Peck]

This spiral staircase has a similar pole.

John,

The difference with that spiral staircase is that it has a handrail (not counting that center-pole handrail), whereas the one John posted does not have any other handrail.

[Nick Ostrowski]

That's life in the land of old houses for you.

[Joe Klampfer]

I'd hate to be the one trying to move furniture in or out of that upper level. I guess that's where knock-down furniture comes in. Just no couches or box-spring matresses.

[Daniel Mummey]

Nice shoes:)