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    Residential timber truss repair

    Hi all, I'm having to repair a residential timber truss. All the plates at the roof peak have let go and the entire roof is currently shored up. Does anyone have insight on good repair methods? plywood plates with bolts? nails? Anyone have experience with these fixes.
  2. hsad

    long shear failure of beam

    Hi all, I went to look at a home (for a separate reason from this beam) and noticed this beam with longitudinal cracking on both sides fairly consistent along the whole length (see pics). It spans approx 17' and is an 8x8. To me this beam looks to have failed in longitudinal shear, looking for...
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    timber design and MOR

    Hi All, I'm looking to design with western yellow cedar. I have design values (see below) from a publication but it only seems to give the MOR (bending strength) and " work to maximum load" under the bending tab..I'm used to designing with maximum bending stresses at extreme fiber. Does anyone...

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