https://nosing.top/ Dated stair readings, edition comparisons and disagreements. Parts are not syndicated: they carry a check date instead. en 2026-09-16 09:00:00 +0000 https://nosing.top/jobs/measure-a-nosing/ https://nosing.top/jobs/measure-a-nosing/ 2026-09-16 09:00:00 +0000 A three-point method for measuring nosing projection on a stair already built, with the two readings that void the result and the lip that fakes it. https://nosing.top/jobs/check-a-flight/ https://nosing.top/jobs/check-a-flight/ 2026-09-16 09:00:00 +0000 A ten-line flight sheet: the readings to take, the order to take them in, and the two readings that end the check early because nothing else can pass. https://nosing.top/jobs/take-a-ptv-reading/ https://nosing.top/jobs/take-a-ptv-reading/ 2026-09-16 09:00:00 +0000 The pendulum test setup, the slider choice that changes the answer, the swings required, and the four conditions that void a reading before anyone argues. https://nosing.top/jobs/read-a-recall-notice/ https://nosing.top/jobs/read-a-recall-notice/ 2026-09-16 09:00:00 +0000 A recall notice is a dated document with a model range, a remedy and a stop-use instruction. Here is what to extract, and when the notice stops applying. https://nosing.top/jobs/date-a-code-edition/ https://nosing.top/jobs/date-a-code-edition/ 2026-09-16 09:00:00 +0000 The adoption-date method for deciding which edition of a stair code governs a building, and the two traps that make a correct-looking answer wrong. https://nosing.top/jobs/mark-a-stair-edge/ https://nosing.top/jobs/mark-a-stair-edge/ 2026-09-16 09:00:00 +0000 The contrast band widths that are published, where the band goes on the tread and the riser, and why a marking that meets the width requirement can still fail. https://nosing.top/notes/2026-09-08-nosing-32-vs-38/ https://nosing.top/notes/2026-09-08-nosing-32-vs-38/ 2026-09-08 09:00:00 +0000 Two documents, two projection figures, one flight measured three times. A dated record of what the difference looks like on a stair that is already built. https://nosing.top/notes/2026-08-30-attic-ladder-recall/ https://nosing.top/notes/2026-08-30-attic-ladder-recall/ 2026-08-30 09:00:00 +0000 A recall covering more than a million attic stairway ladders, read against the four fields that decide scope, and why the date does the work. https://nosing.top/notes/2026-08-21-two-editions-one-flight/ https://nosing.top/notes/2026-08-21-two-editions-one-flight/ 2026-08-21 09:00:00 +0000 One plant-room flight measured against two editions of the same rule. Six readings, three of which change, and the reason the angle range does not. https://nosing.top/notes/2026-08-12-tactile-strip-wear/ https://nosing.top/notes/2026-08-12-tactile-strip-wear/ 2026-08-12 09:00:00 +0000 Dome height on a stair tactile indicator, before installation and after twelve months of traffic. The reading no specification covers and every plan needs. https://nosing.top/notes/2026-07-31-handrail-grasp-argument/ https://nosing.top/notes/2026-07-31-handrail-grasp-argument/ 2026-07-31 09:00:00 +0000 Two studies on handrail cross-section and the force a hand can apply, read against the clause. Where the evidence is thinner than the specification assumes. https://nosing.top/notes/2026-07-16-dcof-wet-vs-dry/ https://nosing.top/notes/2026-07-16-dcof-wet-vs-dry/ 2026-07-16 09:00:00 +0000 A pendulum reading taken dry and then wet on the same tile, compared against the published bands, and why only one of them belongs in a specification.