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    tony1851 replied to the thread Adding pillar support for RSJ.
    @AB 12, see message.
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    tony1851 replied to the thread 6.5m Goal post RSJ.
    They mention wind loading on the side of the (enlarged) house. This is often the engineer's justification for specifying moment frames...
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    tony1851 replied to the thread 6.5m Goal post RSJ.
    The reason why they are reluctant to change the detail is that doing so would make them look idiots as though they didn't know what they...
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    tony1851 replied to the thread 6.5m Goal post RSJ.
    I agree that a suitably-stiff joint is the key to 'spreading out' the bending moment between the beam and columns so that they all work...
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    tony1851 reacted to stevie888's post in the thread 6.5m Goal post RSJ with Like Like.
    "The reason for such a big beam here is the fact that we have a goal-post frame here to provide proper global stability of the building...
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    tony1851 replied to the thread 6.5m Goal post RSJ.
    A 305 x 305 .......wow, just......wow! They could have done with the OP's engineer to oversee the Pfeizer building in Manhattan!
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    tony1851 reacted to stevie888's post in the thread 6.5m Goal post RSJ with Like Like.
    That is a massive beam. Given you have no buttress on the right hand side the whole thing is acting as a sway brace which means that the...
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    tony1851 replied to the thread Adding pillar support for RSJ.
    I think it would depend partly on the area - and hence the weight - of the roof the beam is carrying. The more slender a wall is, the...
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    tony1851 replied to the thread Floor Joists into steel.
    Might be easier with the 300 timber as it would then leave you with some timber below the level of the joists, making it easier to nail...
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    tony1851 replied to the thread Stepped Crack.
    If its at both corners on the rear elevation (and not on the front?) could it be thermal expansion if the wall is south facing? The...
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    tony1851 replied to the thread Stepped Crack.
    A pic from further back, showing the context, would help bigly. It seems to be at roof level (?) and the corbel (stepped bricks) seems...
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    tony1851 reacted to stuart45's post in the thread Joint thickness with Like Like.
    Straight nick, means the vertical joints are almost on top of each other. They should be halfway along the block below, known as half bond.
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    tony1851 replied to the thread Joint thickness.
    Unbelievable; as above, he's no bricklayer.
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    tony1851 reacted to noseall's post in the thread Joint thickness with Like Like.
    JEEZUS! Those blocks have not been laid by a bricklayer. Sack him off - swiftly.
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    tony1851 reacted to Koolpc's post in the thread New Asylum Seeker Housing Plans with Like Like.
    Move them all to an unhinhabited Island off of the west coast of Scotland...
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