Difference between C16 and C24 grade timber?
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It is a structural grade, the higher the number the stronger the timber.
Each c grade has structural values (the grades go from c14 to C35), these values allow the engineer to do his calcs.
Each c grade has structural values (the grades go from c14 to C35), these values allow the engineer to do his calcs.
C grading is only for softwood. Structural hardwoods upto a certain size are graded as D grades then above that go to THA THB grades. C and D grades are mechanically graded which is why you can get graded timber that is worse than useless, computer says yes! THA and THB are visual only grades used for large section hardwoods, often graded green.
Few corrections, not that much of this is relevant to the OP.
C grades can be visually or machine graded, C16 is mostly machine graded, C24 tends to be more mixed, all machine grades have visual over-rides.
Oak comes in grades TH1 TH2 THA and THB, some of these equate to D grades rather than oak being specifically graded to a D grade, these grades are all visual, very rarely are hardwood's machine graded.
C grades can be visually or machine graded, C16 is mostly machine graded, C24 tends to be more mixed, all machine grades have visual over-rides.
Oak comes in grades TH1 TH2 THA and THB, some of these equate to D grades rather than oak being specifically graded to a D grade, these grades are all visual, very rarely are hardwood's machine graded.
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Sorry to go slightly off topic but it might help the op, recently I changed some floor joists in my house to "upgrade them". They were 7 inch probably 100 year old joists. (no idea what timber they used back then). They were all over the place twisted etc. So we removed them all and replaced with 9 inch (to lower the ceiling slightly and remove any bounce) C16 joists.
The 9 inch joists are actually worse for bounce than the old joists. What was used in the olden days? C16 8" joists are what were actually recommend for the 4m span. Would say a C24 8 inch joist be better than the 9? I thought it was just less knots etc?
The 9 inch joists are actually worse for bounce than the old joists. What was used in the olden days? C16 8" joists are what were actually recommend for the 4m span. Would say a C24 8 inch joist be better than the 9? I thought it was just less knots etc?
100 year old joists where likely equivalent to C24 or possibly C27.
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