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  1. jercol

    oak handrail

    racook, the ballusters are infill only. If you do that calculations on that they do not have the capacity to cantilever and resist the code mandated loads on the rail (200 lb point load at any point and any direction or 50plf which ever is greater) this is true even if you gang a whole bunch...
  2. jercol

    oak handrail

    glass, that kind of stinks. After quite a bit of spinning my wheels I talked to my client (a custom fabricator) and found they typically have steel insterts in the wood rail due to this issue.....
  3. jercol

    cracked trusses in residential attic

    look for tire tracks! LOL I have seen this multiple times. The trusses get run over during construction and the carpenter just erects them broken....
  4. jercol

    oak handrail

    thread337-363257 Glass99, what did you wind up doing? I'm in the same situation and am not sure how oak handrails are justified....

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