It is not a PEMB. The joists bear on wide flange beams and CMU bearing/shear walls. Still working with the owner on determining approximate year it was built as they are not the original owners.
I found a 1973 GWS joist catalog on http://www.slideruleera.net/contributions.html which has a 24H and would be a possibility for a 32' span. But the chord width is 4 1/8" (we measured 5"), and it states their standard designation for long span (with a 5" deep shoe)does not include any following...
Yesterday I encountered some existing 32' long joists with hat channel chords. The joist tags I collected read as stated in the subject "24HL4 C 482" and "24HL5 A(or N) L482". I assume the 482 is the job designation. The width of the chords were measured as 5" and they are 0.25" thick. The rod...
OK, I didn't go in there overconfident the second time.
No, without going into details, I cannot study "my butt" off. However, I did sacrifice the clean, toys-picked-up house, quickest "meals" were PBJ and mac&cheese for a year. Get the drift?
That's why I studied basic principals (loads...
This was the second time I took the exam. The first time I did not study - I took it as a practice to see where I needed to focus. I was satisfied with my results even though I did not pass. In fact, all of the loads determination areas I got 100s in the three areas. I studied for this time, but...
