When Robert Lipskoch was drawing the plans for his house, his kids wanted a curved slide from the second to the first floor. Although the slide did not remain in the plans, a dramatic dual curved ...

The National Safety Council considers unintentional falls one of the leading causes of household accidents in the U.S. This trend is especially true among adults 65 and older with one in three ...

For safety’s sake, we added a hand railing to a basement stairway and regretted not doing it sooner. Since stairs are the location for many home accidents, the addition of a handrail to steady ...

Installing a wooden hand rail is a simple way to make any set of stairs a little bit safer for everyone. Step 1: Determine the best length for the handrail by measuring the distance from the bottom ...

The average price to install handrails for a spiral staircase is $900. Balusters Balusters are vertical or slanted posts that connect the handrail and treads of a staircase, providing structural ...