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balconies: Balcony barrier railings can’t just look OK---they have to be OK too. - 01/28/12 08:59 AM

The focus of this blog post is the upper level balcony visible in the following photo.

Standing on the balcony, it is about 16 feet to the carport floor below. Surely a fall from this level, onto the hard concrete below, could prove deadly or result in injuries perhaps worse than death.
The problem is the barrier railing.

The issue with the railing is not readily apparent, and from the ground it certainly looks fine. From the deck itself however, we can see that the barrier railing is spliced right in the middle---and merely toe-nailed together.

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