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Lumber grade bearing exterior wall
A local contractor is doing a remodel on an old (1940s) building which was burned by fire the back half (30') of the Bldg has about 18' ceiling height, he is leaving the burned 2x4 exterior bearing wall and framing inside of it using economy grade 2x4s with a height of about 17' the diffence in...- Patman
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- Forum: Moment Frame & Shear Wall engineering
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Gusseting Flat trusses with OSB
I'm a entry level BLDG Inspector in a small town, A local contractor has gusseted some flat trusses with 7/16" OSB that were damaged in a fire, basically he jacked them up to get rid of the 4 inches of negative camber and sandwiched them with OSB the entire length of the span, Is this too...- Patman
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- Forum: Moment Frame & Shear Wall engineering
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Gusseting flat trusses w/ OSB
I'am actually a Entry Level BLDG Inspector and I've been presented w/ a Contractor who has completely gusseted some flat roof trusses which have been damaged in a fire resulting in a negative camber of at least 4", he has jacked up the trusses and applied 7/16' OSB across the entire span of...- Patman
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- Forum: Demolition & Renovation engineering
