Wood Roof Joist Grade
Wood Roof Joist Grade
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I am looking at an existing roof framing plan. The joists are called out as 2x12's or 2x14's at various spacings. The grade of the joists are called out as 123-b and 123-c. Does anyone know what this is referring to?





RE: Wood Roof Joist Grade
RE: Wood Roof Joist Grade
-According to my google search it would appear that 123-b and 123-c are paragraphs within the WCLIB (West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau) grading standards.
Your question peaked my interest, I had never heard of lumber being designated in this way.
Good Luck!
woodengineer
RE: Wood Roof Joist Grade
woodengineer
RE: Wood Roof Joist Grade
Does the paragraph site any engineering values (Fb, Fv, E, etc.)?
RE: Wood Roof Joist Grade
I could not find any design values from my cursory search. It did specify #1 or better though.
Go to the WLCIB website and they have a link and a contact number to that associations board. I start with a phone call to that agency.
Sorry I couldn't be more help. Good luck.
woodengineer
RE: Wood Roof Joist Grade
If they had used the WWPA grade rule book, and called the grades out as 62.11 & 62.12 they would hace made the same mistake.
In the US & Canada lumber graded for structural use, that is 2" to 4" thick and 2" wide and wider, is grade according to the National Grade Rule. That means that the grade rules for No. 1 Structural Joists & Planks are the same in the WWPA, WCLIB, NLGA, & SPIB grade rule books. However they have different section numbers in the different rule books.
To find the design values look in the NDS supplement for N0. 1 & No. 2 grades.
A good example of the uniform grading is SPF(South), the NDS values applies to lumber graded by NELMA, NSLB, WCLIB or WWPA. It applies to lumber graded by any of these agencies because the grade rules are the same. In some cases there is only one Grading Rules Agency listed for a species because that is the only Agency that grades wood of that species. For exapmle NLGA is listed for SPF, because SPF is only produced in Canada so the Grading Agency is the National Lumber Authority of Canada.
RE: Wood Roof Joist Grade
Fb? E? Fv? etc.
RE: Wood Roof Joist Grade
Sorry this is so late, but have you tried the U.S. Forest Products Lab in Madision, WI? They have an extensive library on the engineering properties of wood and may have those values.