We heard back from the Weyerhaeuser engineer. Apparently this is "normal" and not an issue. They are prepared to sign-off on it and will, "for our peace of mind", give us a sketch of how they would like to see the blocking installed.
I guess I find that to be a little bit of a contradiction...
The house is being built and they just installed the main floor joists. Only 2 of the 20+ joists are visible and both are cracked. The rest aren't visible because they've been boxed-in / crowned with LSL. The two joists are next to each other. There is almost no load on them currently and I...
I can't find much information on cracked flanges on wooden i-joists. I have a picture of a joist attached. It has a crack in the flange (bottom chord) extending from the web to bearing. Any thoughts? Is this an issue? Should these be replaced? Can/should they be...
