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   gdavis62 | Oct 17, 2004 02:36am | #1

   If you mean the handrail, the answer is yes, it is fingerjointed.

   It has gotten so bad that some of us have to special order common everyday oak handrail so that it is solid, without fingerjoints.  All the stuff stocked by my lumberyard's stairparts suppliers is FJ.

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   baseboardking | Oct 18, 2004 02:50am | #2

   Current standards allow for (2) splices,or (3) pieces in the top layer of a fj handrail.I suggest ordering veneer rail. The veneer is actually 1/4" thick, so you can sand away.

   I would avoid solid rail, as it is likely to check,warp,twist,crack and all the other wonderful things that wood does.

   Baseboard been VERRRY good to me
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   bruceb | Oct 18, 2004 05:01am | #3

   Sure did. It's not all that uncommon. As a matter of fact  the last year I Installed Rails I had to order Solid cap or solid rail for jobs I sold myself. None in stock. 

    Not sure what the cost difference is now but it used to be about half of what solid rail costs.

    Sounds easy to us, only use the good stuff. But, next time you get a chance, price rail parts. Red Oak will make you cry. 

    Never used the veneer stuff. Not sure I would trust it but I'm stubborn like that.