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EDITOR'S LETTER

Coastal Contractor

July/August 2007
by Andy Engel
How safe is safe enough?

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EDITOR'S LETTER How Safe Is Safe Enough? Andy Engel We raised a real brouhaha with the May/June issue of Professional Deck Builder. The second sentence in "Rod Railings" reads "… horizontal cables form a ladder that is dangerous for children to climb." Despite the fact that the IRC allows horizontal cable railings, that statement seemed to the staff to be indisputable. Were we ever wrong about that, if the e-mails that came in from manufacturers are right (see Letters, page 14). While I have no data that indicate cable railing, or any horizontal-infill railing, is inherently more dangerous or climbable

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