Thanks. That’s what I’m doing. I guess my first option in my head was to fill the flanges with a nailer and I didn’t want the bottom of the hanger below the beam
It doesn’t control. It just seems weird going with a tiny w16 when a typical w10 works. Hence my whole creation of this thread asking others how they typically do this sort of thing. I can think of 3 or 4 ways. Just hoping for some revelation on what is the most common way.
I have 16 inch I joists (framing package by local lumber yard) and I am designing steel beams to carry the loads. They don’t want the joists bearing on top. Trying to figure out the best method. I keep telling myself the beam needs to be as deep as the I joist, but a w16 will be borderline...
Ok I haven’t looked that closely before. Pretty straightforward. If I have a bar with a u shape (2 90 degree turns) do I count that as one or two bars as far as anchor reinforcement? As long as my anchor reinforcement tensile strength exceeds my demand I am good? Of course there are a lot of...
Also, for shear calculations, what do you consider for h sub a (slab thickness) when you have a pedestal. Although I am sure whatever I end up with to make the tension work, the shear will be a laugher.
I have done many, many anchorage calcs, but they have all been fairly simple on a flat slab, only dealing with edge distances and such.
I am designing a pedestal to support large industrial equipment. 70 kip uplift and 8 kip shear. 2 foot tall pedestal to be designed by me (plan dimensions and...
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Curious how you detail out carrying large (for residential sake) point loads from roofs or lvls above when your floors are trussed.
Adding a squash block is pretty simple and they will just block it out, but when you are relying on a 6x6 or PSL to carry the vertical load you’re just...
Doing an addition. Existing house has roof trusses. I completed the design while my mind was in stick build mode. There are a couple valleys that I designed as LVLs from the new portion of the house that will break through existing trusses.
Is there a standard connection you guys use? I...
At what point do you say it’s a nailer (ridge board) regardless of rafter ties? A frame homes the rafters are a serious design consideration for wind load but you can’t tell me there’s much vertical load on the ridge.
I guess I am saying, with a 3/12, the eye test makes it look more like a beam. On a 14/12, the eye test says they are columns and just bracing each other at the top. I always just take half the total downward dead and live load and apply it to the length of the beam as a plf. I can see how this...
Silly question but do you guys take into account pitch when designing a ridge beam (no rafter ties or collar ties). I typically just look at it as a beam with tributary area halfway between rudge and bearing walls. Am I killing my customers when I have a higher pitched roof or just being...
Have a client wanting a cold formed steel stage in a commercial building. No wood for fire protection reasons. Anyway, I don't do a ton of work with this stuff. No seismic or wind so very straight forward, but my question is about the detailing. The stage will be semi-circular in plan view. Can...