(f) Each set of stairs shall be provided with at least one handrail to serve all treads and risers. Handrails shall conform to the following standards: 1. Handrails, if removable, shall be installed in such a way that they cannot be removed without the use of tools. 2. The leading edge of handrails facilitating stairs and pool shall be no more than eighteen inches plus or minus three inches, horizontally from the vertical plane of the bottom riser (where applicable). 3. The outside diameter of handrails be between one and one quarter inch and two inches. (g) Underwater seats, benches or swimouts may be provided as part of the stairs or recessed treads. (h) Stairs wider than five feet shall have at least one additional handrail for every twelve feet of stair width or fraction. (4) Pool Ladders. The design and construction of pool ladder(s) shall conform to the following standards: (a) Pool ladders shall be made entirely of corrosion-resisting materials. (b) Ladders shall provide two handholds or two handrails. (c) the water level, there shall be a clearance of not less than three inches and not more than six inches between any ladders tread edge, measured from the pool wall side of the tread and the pool wall. Rule .06(4) (d) The clear distance between ladder handrails shall be a minimum of seventeen inches and a maximum of twenty-four inches. (e) There shall be a uniform height between ladder treads, with a seven inch minimum distance and a twelve inch maximum distance. (f) Ladder treads shall have a minimum horizontal depth of two inches.
(f) Each set of stairs shall be provided with at least one handrail to serve all treads and risers. Handrails shall conform to the following standards: 1. Handrails, if removable, shall be installed in such a way that they cannot be removed without the use of tools. 2. The leading edge of handrails facilitating stairs and pool shall be no more than eighteen inches plus or minus three inches, horizontally from the vertical plane of the bottom riser (where applicable). 3. The outside diameter of handrails be between one and one quarter inch and two inches. (g) Underwater seats, benches or swimouts may be provided as part of the stairs or recessed treads. (h) Stairs wider than five feet shall have at least one additional handrail for every twelve feet of stair width or fraction. (4) Pool Ladders. The design and construction of pool ladder(s) shall conform to the following standards: (a) Pool ladders shall be made entirely of corrosion-resisting materials. (b) Ladders shall provide two handholds or two handrails. (c) the water level, there shall be a clearance of not less than three inches and not more than six inches between any ladders tread edge, measured from the pool wall side of the tread and the pool wall. Rule .06(4) (d) The clear distance between ladder handrails shall be a minimum of seventeen inches and a maximum of twenty-four inches. (e) There shall be a uniform height between ladder treads, with a seven inch minimum distance and a twelve inch maximum distance. (f) Ladder treads shall have a minimum horizontal depth of two inches.