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Trimmer Bars

Trimmer Bars

Trimmer Bars

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I was looking at some plans and noticed that some temperature bars in the wall stem were labeled as "Trimmer Bars"  - I have tried looking at my reference for the definition of a trimmer bar but I still have not been able to find anything.

Appreciate your help, in trying to figuere out what a Trimmer Bar means?

THANKS

RE: Trimmer Bars

Would it simply be a bar used only to support other bars?  We call them "carrier bars".

RE: Trimmer Bars

Are they not bars used around edges of openings? Rod busters use this terminology. I have heard some of them refer to lintel, jamb, and sill bar reinforcement for window openings as trim bars.

Check the section and plan view details in this link http://www.pub.gov.sg/downloads/drawings/WRN_STD_003.pdf

RE: Trimmer Bars

In the UK Trimmer Bars is the name for additional bars placed round an opening, such as pipe penetrations through an RC tank wall or a large opening.  They are usually placed at 45 degrees across corners (assuming horz bars at 0 deg and vert bars at 90 deg).

RE: Trimmer Bars

Ussuri, out here, I have occasionally heard the additonal diagonal bars referred to as diagonal trimmer bars by reinforcing iron workers aka rod busters.

RE: Trimmer Bars

henri2, yeah thats my understanding.  But I suppose the term could be extended to include stock steel used to locally strengthen any section of a member.  They are basically just extra bars added over and above the normal structural/distribution steel.

Rod busters?!  what a cool name.  We just have the boring title of 'steelfixer'

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