Am building a 26’x34′ salt box style house. The local supplier suggested two beams made up of 4 2×10’s, 26′ long glued and nailed 12″ on center 3 nails to a row. Will this do the job or should I consult an engineer?
Thanks, Chippy
Am building a 26’x34′ salt box style house. The local supplier suggested two beams made up of 4 2×10’s, 26′ long glued and nailed 12″ on center 3 nails to a row. Will this do the job or should I consult an engineer?
Thanks, Chippy
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Where will these beams go (what level) and what will they support??? What loads onto them? What will support them?
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If your talking about your beam in the basement. Then you should be fine with that beam and two columns spaced equidistant on appropriate piers.
all that wood means shrinkage over time up to 3/8" why not steel i beam and i believe it would also be cheaper ....... shrinkage will also compound itself main beam, joists, shoe etc.... just a thought..... bear
Wouldn't you want the center beam to shrink as much as the rim so as not to get a hump in the middle of the house?
Steve
That's why I asked questions. No sense suggesting sa thousand solutions to a design problem that isn't clear. These beams could be under the whole or flush set. There could be bearing walls on them or they could be supporting the second floor. Maybe he's trying to run them as rim joists and free span with only four corner posts to hold the whole house up. Maybe ....
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point taken steve. i use steel ,where ever possible, cause of its stability and cost. i was thinking the steel would be supporting the joist system from underneath, with cca shoe attached to top of steel, not a flush header w/ tecos where the joists and beam are all on the same level, but than there maybe a headroom issue aahhhh........... piffin got a better bead on it more info is needed , to vague... staywell bear
Yo, Chippy!
You still alive or did that house fall on you?
We be needin answers with info to be able to answer your Q
Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." --Marcus Aurelius