flinch plates to carry 12 foot load open
PaulT
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I’m looking for a source to give me specs to sister up a box carrying 2nd floor (top floor)joists to open up my kitchen to my dining room. the kitchen was an add-on and the ceiling is a foot higher and if i do it with a quarter inch steel plate I will not have to open up the ceiling in the dining room (this is why I don’t wabt to let in a lvl). Any Ideas?
Thanks,
PaulT
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Isn't it specked on your plans?
I googled for "Flitch plate" a while back and came up with a whole bunch of tables and designs. The spelling is critical with google, though. If you can figure out what your loads are, the tables should give you what you need.
-- J.S.
I've seen several different flitch designs. You need an engineer to do it, but I fail to understand why an LVL beam won't work. I have one spanning 17' in a floor system...
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