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July/August 2007
Safety of cable railing defended

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LETTERS Safety of Cable Railing Defended In an article titled "Rod Railings" (May/June 07), it was stated "… horizontal cables form a ladder that is dangerous for children to climb." As a participant in the process of having the "ladder effect" wording removed from the 2000 International Residential Code (IRC), I know of no data to support the contention that horizontal cable is directly related to an epidemic of guard-climbing injuries in young children. If the editors have data that indicates otherwise, they should forward it to the International Code Council's Code Technology Committee (CTC). The CTC has spent the

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