Strange wood I-Joist manufacturer
Strange wood I-Joist manufacturer
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Hi,
I am currently working on a project for an existing building which has Sturdi-web by Pelican I-joists. I had never heard of this brand before. Upon doing some research I discovered that this product (or at the very least the OSB web) may have been manufactured by Pelican Spruce Mills, and the line of products is "Sturdi Wood". Apparently Pelican Spruce Mills was based in Canada and bought out by Weyerhauser in 1987. I am trying to get access to some technical information about these I-joists such that I can check them for loading and deflection conditions.
Has anyone heard of this company before? I have contacted Weyerhauser to get some additional info but no luck yet. Please see attached photos for on-site conditions.
I am currently working on a project for an existing building which has Sturdi-web by Pelican I-joists. I had never heard of this brand before. Upon doing some research I discovered that this product (or at the very least the OSB web) may have been manufactured by Pelican Spruce Mills, and the line of products is "Sturdi Wood". Apparently Pelican Spruce Mills was based in Canada and bought out by Weyerhauser in 1987. I am trying to get access to some technical information about these I-joists such that I can check them for loading and deflection conditions.
Has anyone heard of this company before? I have contacted Weyerhauser to get some additional info but no luck yet. Please see attached photos for on-site conditions.






RE: Strange wood I-Joist manufacturer
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RE: Strange wood I-Joist manufacturer
RE: Strange wood I-Joist manufacturer
"Unfortunately, we don't have info on those joists.
Weyerhaeuser just supplied the web stock and not the I joist itself.
I good responsible method is to look at our older attached code report and find a joist with similar flange sizes in solid sawn material, and web thickness...and use those joist properties to compare to these joists."
RE: Strange wood I-Joist manufacturer
RE: Strange wood I-Joist manufacturer
RE: Strange wood I-Joist manufacturer
if correct, I'd guess that you are in California or nearby, and I'd bet this was produced by standard structures, santa rosa, ca
Pelican is a plywood/osb mill and, to the best of my knowledge, just produced sheathing which they would sell to various IJoist fabricators, but produced no IJoists themselves
RE: Strange wood I-Joist manufacturer
RE: Strange wood I-Joist manufacturer
2.5" at top chord may be explained by sec 3.2.1.1
attached
RE: Strange wood I-Joist manufacturer
RE: Strange wood I-Joist manufacturer
my reasons,
1. the stamp for pelican is on the web sheathing, and, I think, pelican did not make ijoists but simply supplied the sheathing material to an ijoist manufacturer. this sees to align with weyerhauser's reply to you above. but, I could be wrong. you could probably verify this by contacting apa whose stamp is also on the web sheathing.
2. SSI was a significant supplier in California until they closed a few years ago
3. the bottom flange appears to be glulam and, I don't know of any other ijoist manufacturer who supplied ijoists with glulam flanges
but,
you there is a discrepancy in dimensions as noted in above posts; but I supplied a possible solution which you'll have to field verify
namely, there is a configuration of ssi joist with 2.5x3.5 top chord and 2.125x3.5 bottom chord.
if the dimensions do not match, then, i'd think it is not an ssi joist.
RE: Strange wood I-Joist manufacturer
Ive been looking through the SSI report and there are two possible ones, the SSI43MX and the SSI 43MH... Any way to guess which one of these?