can anybody clarify the correct distance between spindles? i have always understood it to be 100mm but the agent on the site is abit of a" i dont think thats right but do what ya think looks best"type of bloke. i just dont fancy putting about 150 spindles in spaced wrong.
Its 100mm. I believe the actual rule is that a sphere 100mm in diameter should not be able to pass between them.
can anybody clarify the correct distance between spindles? i have always understood it to be 100mm but the agent on the site is abit of a" i dont think thats right but do what ya think looks best"type of bloke. i just dont fancy putting about 150 spindles in spaced wrong. it's been reduced to 80mm recently
Last i checked it was max 100mm sphere that mimicked a babies head. It may have changed to 80mm you will have to check current regs, try the planing portal!
i'm 2nd fixing all the time at the moment and the stair parts we use have pre cut spacers no bigger than 80mm so you have to do your calculations so they work to spaces no bigger than that, but dont know if its current regs
"yep they don't make kids heads like they used to" think thats to do with health n safety and givin birth but seriously i have alway known it to be 99mm as a 100 sphere would fit thru 100mm and fail not sure about a change in regs but would be interested as im about to do the hanrail on the stairs ive fitted today
For what it's worth, I was poo-pooed a while ago on here for suggesting that it had been reduced to 95mm. Mr. HandyAndy - really
The spacers are 80mm because a turned spindle is thinner in the middle than the square end. An 80mm spacer will leave a bigger gap than 80mm in the middle
I think everyone on here is right, but especially yorkshireboy. If you space the spindles 100mm apart, measuring between the square faces at the top or bottom, you will have 110mm to 120mm gaps where the spindles are narrowest - where they are turned in the middle. That's why 80mm spacers are supplied.
The spacers are 80mm because a turned spindle is thinner in the middle than the square end. An 80mm spacer will leave a bigger gap than 80mm in the middle but this site i'm on at the moment have plain chamfered spindles,
but this site i'm on at the moment have plain chamfered spindles, I've very recently finished something similar. It never occurred to me that it was not still the 100mm sphere idea, so that's what I kept to. 95mm spacers on the levels (just to be on the safe side) and whatever was required (actually 117mm) for the same spacing up the flights. It's been passed by both BC and the NHBC in the last few days.