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tony1851 replied to the thread Adding pillar support for RSJ.Bolting-down in that situation would serve no useful purpose. As long as the garage wall is not too high, and there are reasonable... -
tony1851 replied to the thread Adding pillar support for RSJ.Is this the arrangement?
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tony1851 replied to the thread Adding pillar support for RSJ.UC posts! OMG NOOOOOO!! OK, lets get to basics. Your beam will be carrying approx 16 m2 of flat roof over a span of 5.7m, right? Live...
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tony1851 replied to the thread Adding pillar support for RSJ.Far too big for a roof of that span - that's not engineering, just guesswork. IMO and with a back-of-fag-packet calc, a 203 x 133 x 25...
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tony1851 replied to the thread Adding pillar support for RSJ.Why do you need a pier? The beam won't be carrying a particularly high load if its just a flat roof? You could sit the new steel beam...
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No they are steel I took a photo from a downlight hole.
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tony1851 replied to the thread Cracks in lintel above front door.Yes the lintel has failed, caused by expansion rusting of the steel reinforcement. Water has obviously been getting in somewhere. In the...
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tony1851 replied to the thread Joining an RSJ..If the existing beams are in line on opposite sides of the wall, there's no reason you couldn't put the new beam(s) directly underneath...
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tony1851 replied to the thread Joining an RSJ..The fact that there's a pier on the right-hand side of the wall suggests that the beam is in two lengths (there may be one or two beams...
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The chances of the beam being continuous is small but the chances of it being man enough to then span double the distance is...
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tony1851 reacted to stevie888's post in the thread Notching joists to lower them in a garage. with
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Good stuff there from Tony. One additional comment: bottom notching is potentially more deleterious than top as the bending will tend... -
tony1851 replied to the thread Notching joists to lower them in a garage..As long as you're only going to be storing light stuff up there (kids old toys, suitcases, decorations etc) you could notch the ends up...
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tony1851 replied to the thread Thermalite 3.6n.A typical padstone of high-strength concrete might be 140-215 mm deep. A steel bearing plate could be as thin as 12.5mm (depending on...
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tony1851 replied to the thread Pad foundation.One of the factors affecting pad size is ground bearing capacity which can vary widely. In the absence of soil testing, most SEs assume...
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tony1851 replied to the thread Thermalite 3.6n.Instead of concrete padstones, steel bearing plates can be just as effective if the right thickness.