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Notching Cantilevered Beams

smokiibear

Structural
Sep 19, 2006
152
NDS says that notching for a beam at the bearing point can be 1/4 depth per Figure 4A, NDS 2018. Does this same figure apply when cantilevering a beam, for example a house to deck, where the notch would occur on the top face where the deck steps down. When cantilevering from house to deck the simple span portion would have unnotched bearing. Is there different criteria to follow?

Thanks,
 
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I think mid span, tension side notching rules would apply as the support is a location of high moment in a cantilever.

That said, people do this all the time in my market
 
Are you saying this is what you do all the time? Over 4" of notch?

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