Thanks for all your input. Let me clarify. I did spec a W10X26 w/nailers both sides thru-bolted to pick up joist hangers but the contractor did not want to handle the 416# of the W10X26, so I broke it down for easier handling, as follows:
15'- 3" span, total load is -15k (uniform max ld = 980...
Thanks for all your input. Let me clarify. I did spec a W10X26 w/nailers both sides thru-bolted to pick up joist hangers but the contractor did not want to handle the 416# of the W10X25, so I broke it down as follows:
15'- 3" span, total load is -15k (uniform max ld = 980 plf)
Max end vert...
I'm running an analysis of a 11.25" tall (deep) Flitch Plate - iLevel Truss Joist beam utilizing a "BLT sandwich" of a 1.75" 1.9E LVL Microllam, a 3/8" ASTM A36 steel plate, a 3.5" 1.55E LSL Timberstrand, another 3/8" plate, and finally, another 1.75" 1.9E LVL (all being 11.25" and bolted...
