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    Steel spindle to timber stringer detail

    I have a client who is proposing a stair balustrade that has nice sleek spindles that disappear neatly into the timber stringer, please see 3D views attached. My question is how do you prove this detail works. It is only domestic loading (0.36kN/m) but the post surely cannot act as a...
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    Supporting Masonry Against Wind Loads

    Hi All, The building in the attached image is to have all internal walls removed within the East portion. It is single-storey cavity walls with timber trusses spanning N to S. I require an open space with as few intrusions as possible, without leaving any buttressing walls. Does anyone know a...
  3. seconb

    Reduction in Depth of Existing Steel Beam

    Hi All, I have a castellated beam spanning 17.2m as part of a braced steel frame. I need to remove a 2000mm wide by 400mm deep section at approximately the quarter point, please find a sketch attached. I have assessed the current loading on the beam and sized two angles to be welded on either...
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    Pier of masonry

    Hi all, A client wishes to remove two walls in a single-storey lean-to of a semi-detached house. Floorplans below. https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=2aa924a1-50f0-456c-bace-af54f5463161&file=Capture1.PNG...
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    Using an RHS to support trusses?

    Hi all, A question here, a client wishes to remove a load bearing wall in a bungalow and needs a beam designed to support the trusses which spanned onto this wall. I have designed a 356x171x51UB which is 171 wide and therefore cannot be supported on the 102 wide wall and requires two new piers...

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