Hi all
I'm looking to see if anyone has any suggestions on how to solve a problem
I'm going to be building an extension to my kitchen. Its current design has a beam over the sliding door and the joists that stretch from the house connect to it.
Due to my design requirements I need the top frame of the S door to be higher than the beam.
So I'm thinking to bring the beam back 400mm (it will help also as it can sit on an existing wall and not require a box beam to support it)
Then cantilever the joists out another 400mm and resses the frame into the joists. The issue is the connection to the beam. I'm thinking perhaps bolting a joist to the beam then using a wrap around joist hanger to attach the joist.
Another alternative is to bolt large angle iron to the beam on both sides and bolt them to the joists both sides
Since the drawings etc are already done I'm hoping to just get the OK from the site inspector to get the OK on it. Else it will all have to go back to the Structural engineer to be calculated. I really do not fancy that though asit costs £££
Any thoughts appreciated
Cheers Tim
BTW attached is an image I hope makes the issue more understandable
I'm looking to see if anyone has any suggestions on how to solve a problem
I'm going to be building an extension to my kitchen. Its current design has a beam over the sliding door and the joists that stretch from the house connect to it.
Due to my design requirements I need the top frame of the S door to be higher than the beam.
So I'm thinking to bring the beam back 400mm (it will help also as it can sit on an existing wall and not require a box beam to support it)
Then cantilever the joists out another 400mm and resses the frame into the joists. The issue is the connection to the beam. I'm thinking perhaps bolting a joist to the beam then using a wrap around joist hanger to attach the joist.
Another alternative is to bolt large angle iron to the beam on both sides and bolt them to the joists both sides
Since the drawings etc are already done I'm hoping to just get the OK from the site inspector to get the OK on it. Else it will all have to go back to the Structural engineer to be calculated. I really do not fancy that though asit costs £££
Any thoughts appreciated
Cheers Tim
BTW attached is an image I hope makes the issue more understandable