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88 — CONSTRUCTION MASTER
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Baluster Spacing
You are going to install a handrail at the top of a balcony. Your total
span is 156 inches and you would like the space between the balus-
ters to be about 4 inches. If each baluster is 1-1/2 inches wide, what
is the exact spacing between each baluster?
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1. Estimate number of balusters in span.
[On/C] [On/C] 0.
156 [Inch] [÷] 156 INCH
5 [Inch] 1[/] 2 [=]* 28.36364 (28 balusters)
*desired spacing plus baluster width (4” plus 1-1/2”).
2. Find total space ‘occupied’ by the balusters by multiplying the
width of each baluster by the rounded number of balusters (found
above):
1 [Inch] 1 [/] 2 [x] 1-1/2 INCH
28 [=] 42 INCH
3. Find total space between all balusters:
156 [Inch] [-] 156 INCH
42 [Inch] [=] 114 INCH
4. Find actual baluster spacing by dividing total space between all
balusters by the number of spaces between the balusters (num-
ber of balusters plus one equals 29):
114 [Inch] [÷] 114 INCH
29 [=] 3-15/16 INCH