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You probably don't even need an end bearing. Sistering the joist, with bolts/nails at appropriate centers, will help to prevent the...
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tony1851 reacted to 23vc's post in the thread Is it okay to fill the cavity between 2 RSJ (running parallel) with Expanding foam with
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Properly built arches are immensely strong. Let well alone unless there are signs of distress
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tony1851 replied to the thread External wall with no lintle.If it is a shallow arch, it suggests that it was originally part of an opening in the rear wall, eg a door and adjoining narrow window...
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tony1851 replied to the thread Mid terrace front room, hallway floors + stud wall on heavily corroded steels.Those steels will probably last until the Four Horsemen come riding in...
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tony1851 replied to the thread Retrofitting restraint straps to joists in existing 9inch brick wall.Have a look at this: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1617/s11527-020-01536-2 It's Italian research done about 5 years ago (in...
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tony1851 replied to the thread Acrow, push-pull or bottlejack for supporting purlin for repair.Woody is correct. Timber under long-term load is subject to 'creep', whereby the timber keeps its deflected shape. If you try to jack it...
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Yes, but even this sturdy wooden lintle looks like it will struggle to survive sir Kier Starling. It will probably need a digital ID...
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tony1851 replied to the thread Crown In Floor Due To RSJ.If the joists are firmly supported off the bottom flange of the beam, or securely fixed to the web some way, the reason they have...
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tony1851 replied to the thread Moving doorway with lintel.The purlin prop won't affect your new lintel; any load will just go down vertically against the new door jamb.
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tony1851 replied to the thread Is this lintle OK?.Its survived the Luftwaffe in 1940, Dunkirk and D-Day. The atomic bomb over Japan didn't shift it, and it survived the Suez Crisis and...
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If it's been like that since the 1930s then I would think it's ok.
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If by cantilevered roof you mean those 50 x 50 x 500 bits at the end then by assuming C24 timber and a total roof loading of 1kn/m2...
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No issues. Go ahead.