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Leceid, I've looked in NDS and haven't been able to find anything. Table R602.3(1) in the 2018 IRC has the following: The 2018 IRC R507.5 Deck Beams states the following:

Dik, why is that?

I may be missing something, but the way you have it drawn the moments don't sum to zero. You have a torsional moment that has to be resolved with tension in the fastener(s) and compression between the plies, right? Are the P's that are directed upward in your drawing internal shear forces? Here...

How would you go about calculating the number/spacing of fasteners required to create a multi-ply wood beam such as a 2-2x10 with the 9.25" side vertical and the fasteners horizontal? I'm aware that there are prescriptive requirements for this situation and details provided by manufacturers such...

Thanks for the replies! jimstructures: The building is a house in Bedford, Virginia. The appropriate code is the 2018 Virginia Residential Code (2018 International Residential Code with Virginia Amendments). Ground snow is 25 psf. ProgrammingPE: I thought the eave to ridge distance would be...

I have a 4 on 12 gable roof sloped down to a 12' wide deck below. How should I figure out my snow drift? Particularly my upper roof fetch length? Is it the full width of the roof, eave to eave, or just the distance from the eave to the ridge? All of the examples I've seen are flat roofs with...