Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations cowski on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Recent content by fchris82

  1. fchris82

    Timber floor joists reinforcement

    Thank you for your answer 🙏 I will do.
  2. fchris82

    Timber floor joists reinforcement

    I want to increase the mass upstairs during the renovation. For example, earlier, the wall frames were covered by only 1-1 layer boards; now, they would be covered by 2-2 layer gypsum boards and 1-1 layer Mass-Loaded Vinyl. The structural engineer came, measured and they said I have to double...
  3. fchris82

    Bending or cutting roof truss bottom chord?

    I hope somebody can help me. I have fan trusses: Chords are made from 35x90 timber. The bottom chord is about 10m (33.28 feet). We have to move a new MVHR unit to the attic but the shortest edge of the unit is 60cm (23.62"), meanwhile, the largest gap between trusses is 58cm (22.83"). Which...

Part and Inventory Search