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   TOOLS1 | Sep 30, 2004 07:02am | #1

   Go with ####Kip

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   youngtrim | Sep 30, 2004 07:09am | #2

   what are you saying?

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   TOOLS1 | Oct 01, 2004 02:59am | #4

   I am saying. Take option A. Have the framers fix the walls.

   Kip

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   Davo304 | Sep 30, 2004 09:06am | #3

   Need a little more info Joe.

   Bannister to be installed ....where? Each end to be installed to your "halfwalls"?

   Out of plumb...how much? a little ( 1/4 or less)?..........a lot (1/2 inch or more)?

   Have framers make them right...were they newly built?

   Here's the "long and short" of it.....If newly built and walls are easily detected to be badly out of plumb with the naked eye...yea, ask framers to fix it.  Otherwise, cut your ends of your bannister at the same angle as wall position for a tight fit...cut may not be perfect 90 degrees to butt into wall, but so long as it fits nicely with no gaps showing, it should not be too noticeable.

   In most cases, not everything is plumb or square...wouldn't be much of a challenge if it was...this is where you seperate the men from the boys in finish carpentry. You gotta learn to sometimes "split the difference" or apply the "fudge factor" to make things appear just right. If something is horribly out of wack, now that is a different matter altogether.

   Rule of thumb...if you have to stand and study( stare) very long and  hard at an object to ascertain whether that object is square,  plumb, or simply looks "right"...then the problem is more you than the object in question. If instead the object "jumps out at you instantly" during a casual glance, then the problem is with the prior craftsmanship and demands  immediate attention.

   Davo