"Mike S." wrote in message
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Could someone take a look at this site:
http://www.geocities.com/littleboyblu87/broke.html
and tell me what would cause the railing to break and what would cause
the chair to break?


Weight. Lots of it. Those brackets will last forever under normal use.
Someone put a lot of weight on the railing, rather than holding themselves
with their legs. Railing generally just steady a person. Looks like
somebody was hanging on it. or really leaning hard. I'd put it in the
abuse category, or someone tripped and grabbed to keep from falling.

Same with the chair. Cheap or old chairs will do that, especially if
someone leans back on two feet and stresses the joints more. The bigger the
person, the more likely it to occur. If you have a constant leaner in the
house, I'd say it was 99% their fault.