Guards are required when then deck is 24 60 cm above grade.
Roof deck railing height.
Railings for residential decks require a height of 3 feet from the floor of the deck to the rail top surface as mandated by the irc.
The irc requires guardrails to be at least 36 in height measured from the deck surface to the top of the rail.
Commercial railings necessitate a higher railing at 42 inches as regulated by the ibc.
The top edge height may exceed 45 inches 114 cm provided the guardrail system meets all other criteria of paragraph b of this section see figure d 11 below.
The minimum height of the railing varies based on the height of the deck.
Commercial decks attached to multifamily buildings such as apartment buildings or businesses are regulated under the internation building code ibc.
I ll be building a deck under a roof that extends say 16 out from the house.
My query is regarding a roof terrace in london.
The deck will be about 14 deep and 25 wide.
Decks 24 to 5 10 180 cm need 36 guards and anything above 5 10 requires a 42 high railing.
1910 29 b 1 the top edge height of top rails or equivalent guardrail system members are 42 inches 107 cm plus or minus 3 inches 8 cm above the walking working surface.
Canada residential rail height and dimensions.
The top edge height may exceed 45 inches 114 cm provided the guardrail system meets all other criteria of paragraph b of this section see figure d 11 of this section.
What is the minimum acceptable height between the deck surface and the ceiling.
The roof slopes at about 1 25 per foot.
With that slope the height at the step off can be from 74 6 2 to 77 6 5.