bent handrail

[John Rumm]

If you work on the principle that the largest interval you can get away with supporting a rail is about every 1.5m, then you would not want any bend visible with it fixed at just those points.

Cheers,

John.

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[stuart noble]

rail of that length (3600mm) ?

Timber is normally stored vertically in a merchant's premises and bent stuff stands out like a sore thumb. It only gets sold (probably at a discount) to someone who needs short lengths, but this is an unlikely scenario with a handrail. I doubt whether standards of any sort apply to the British timber trade :-)

[sm_jamieson]

Had a response from the supplier:

Hi Simon, I have spoken with Richard Burbidge, they have said the rail will be fine once fitted as the tolerance for a 3600mm handrail is 20mm. I hope this information helps you. Kind regards Dawn

[stuart noble]

So a bent handrail will be fine when fitted? Not in my book

[sm_jamieson]

The spindles will push it into line I suppose. At least it is not twisted. I may try to straighten it a bit by weighting it.

Simon.

[John Rumm]

I would expect relatively little force is required to bend it 10mm over

3.6m length...