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Wood Column

Wood Column

Wood Column

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Can anyone tell me why there is so much difference in Fc allowable for lumber vs timber? Seems crazy to me that you only get about 1/3 of the allowable by switching from a 4x6 to a 6x6.

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Just seems like quite the change for a nominal dimensional change. I understand the logic behind reducing the allowable stress based on size. But it seems more rational to have some kind of transition....not dividing by 3 for a 2-inch thickness change. Also, it seems that an 8x8 or 10x10 or whatever should have even lower allowable stress than the minimum considered timber (5x5).

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Don't forget they are visually graded and M^2 is right. I often use 3-2x6's bolted or nailed together to get some good values??

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Works for some of these as they are embedded in walls. I have one that is exposed (in a dining room), and I am just going to make it bigger.

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The difference is because it is easier to say this is the type of lumber/timber we want to call #2 and test them for the design values to used. Then to determine what the visual requirements are required to get a set design values for each size/grade of lumber/timber.
So we have a #2 grade that is easy to visually apply, by the grading inspectors, to a group of lumber/timber members with a lot of design values that the engineers get to use. Rather than one set of design values for each grade, for the engineers, with a difference set of grading rules for each grade/size of the lumber/timber members, for the grading inspectors.

Garth Dreger PE - AZ Phoenix area
As EOR's we should take the responsibility to design our structures to support the components we allow in our design per that industry standards.

RE: Wood Column

Use Mike the Engineer's process and clad it with some wood that matches something in the room.

Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.
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