On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:20:01 -0500, Wade Garrett wrote:

On 1/11/21 9:06 AM, TimR wrote:
On Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 10:32:59 AM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 1/10/2021 7:10 AM, Thomas wrote:
On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 12:35:06 AM UTC-5, Donna wrote:
As an older individual I need rail on right sight to help going up down is simply to stay stable ??Up is harder than down oh and I’m right handed

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Old post. I have the standard left rail in basement. What I did for the right is boat deck cleats and heavy rope for the rail.
My jungle gym. I feel safe.

Depending on the stair design you could have a rail on both sides.

My stairs are so narrow I have to remove the rail for large furniture. Two rails would be a problem. Mine is on the left going down or right going up.

Assuming right handed and elderly (I am both) I would put the rail on the right side going up. In the morning before the joints loosen I go down the stairs backwards anyway, so I use my right hand on the rail both directions. Backing up stairs is not going to happen but backing down them is much safer anyway.

Going down stairs backwards sounds pretty dangerous to me. You might
want to try to come up with Plan B...

I was thinking the same thing, but I just saw his explanation for doing it
that way. I'm not old enough to argue.

In my case, we sold the house with stairs and bought a single story to
replace it. Besides no stairs to deal with, it's much more comfortable,
temperature wise. I always found it very difficult to maintain an even
temperature between the various floors.

The worst was the house in Kansas, with it's beautiful wide open
staircases. In the winter, with all furnace vents closed except in the
basement, it would be 50-55 in the basement, 70 on the main floor, and 85
upstairs in the bedrooms, not to mention the fact that we were stressing
the heck out of the furnace by having most of the vents closed.