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    4 x 4 #2 rafters, pine max span

    I'm curious, Texas I'm assuming #2 SYP, which design values are you using in Strucalc? I tried it with new post 6/1/12 allowable design values and had an adjusted Fb of 1509 psi, which required a rafter section modulus of 10.89"3 remember a 4x4 is 7.146"3. But the controlling factor is...
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    Cantilevered Beam

    I'm kind of concerned about how the spread beam is connected to the post.
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    4 x 4 #2 rafters, pine max span

    A 4x4 has a section modulus of 7.146"3 As compared to a 2x4 at 3.063 , a little more than double As compared to a 2x8 at 13.14, just making sure you don't go there, a 4x4 isn't a 2x8 it is more like a double 2x4. One simple way to use a table is if the 4x4's are on 24" centers the 12" 2x4...
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    Deck Foundation Sizing Survey

    Same as Sifu, two 80# bags/hole. 12" pier if they insist on a hinge at grade.
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    Double 2 x 12 span

    I just worked one typical example and picked up about 4.5" of increased span with 1/2" ply assuming that it is spliced at a point of low moment and well connected. I also assumed the ply was of a higher strength species and grade than the solid sawn lumber... when you make a composite like that...
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    Double 2 x 12 span

    Which is according to accepted engineering practices, no differently than if I have the salesman check the same girder as an LVL or if I refer to the NHBA's flitchplate design tables; Flitch Plate and Steel I-Beams. BTW in a flitchplate girder the steel is carrying the load, the wood prevents...
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    Deck Ledger and Lateral Loads

    Glenn, If you're meeting in Blacksburg and have time get a tour through Brooks Labs.
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    Microwave Above Stove

    It might get a little close getting the truck radiator under the hood when preparing Marthas cherries flambe' from scratch but it meets the intent of protecting the combustables. The comments on the fridge proximity bring memory of a side clearance with gas?
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    Girder or Beam

    Actually...
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    Problems with spammers registering

    Do you have or want any legit members outside of the US and Canada? If not ban the rest of the world. Sounds tough till you look for a legit poster from the rest of the world. I went through the roster on another forum, traced ip's and patiently waited for someone that would change my mind. That...
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    Turkey

    I awoke to the sound of turkeys. Ffteen came over the house this morning when the lapphund woke up to let us know he was on the job. Fourteen are headed for your house... a happy Thanksgiving from the Blue Ridge.
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    Drawing ownership

    Some years ago I contracted with a couple to dry in a log home from one company. I bid from their prelim plans and the bid was accepted, I felt bound at that point. The couple then took the plans and shopped them to other suppliers and went with another company but using those plans, which I did...
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    Girder or Beam

    A girder can have beams on it, think about a dropped basement girder (a type of beam) with lapped floor joists (joists are beams too!) on top of it. It is a type of beam that carries other beams or loads
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    Deck Ledger and Lateral Loads

    I understand your point if there is a complete failure the connectors probably won't do more than buy a little time... that might be a better thing than a totally sudden failure. Rated load and ultimate load on the 1500 lb connector are not the same thing, it'll at least give a break in the...
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    Deck Ledger and Lateral Loads

    A valid point, the only deck failure I have been a part of was the same, no flashing, the rim came out with the ledger.
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    Deck Ledger and Lateral Loads

    Of the deck collapses you all have seen how many involved a properly lagged or bolted ledger?
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    Stacked Garage

    The pictures reminded me of one company out of MO log homes. They advertise in the glossy mags, their logs are simply untreated tie stock. We joked that you could throw a cat through the cracks. It has been a few years since I've done a log home. To my knowledge the log standard does not adress...
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    Deck Ledger and Lateral Loads

    Reading the NADRA proposal a couple of questions popped up. It specified 2x6 decking, does 5/4 x 6 fail to make span? There has been much made of ledger attachment and the lateral connection device OR we may build the deck freestanding and brace per the document. Does this bracing provide the...
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    Stacked Garage

    If you're curious many woodworkers have a metal detecting wand much like the ones in airports, it could detect metal connectors. I was involved in a court case where they x-rayed the lags in a log wall. What are you requiring to hold the wall together?
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    IRC Indoor Grow Rooms

    While we've been having fun I have been hard at work this evening. The pears have been squeezed and we're racking off after the first fermentation. I enjoy a bit of home brewing, I guess another hobby that has had federal stigma and another one that can involve heavy loads... but on a home scale...
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    IRC Indoor Grow Rooms

    We had a house with an indoor atrium in the core, stone walls, flower beds, gravel and stone paved areas, fish, carpenter ants, etc. You do have to take care of the indoor environment. Six plants in most circumstances isn't going to hurt anything. Really debating a Little Debbie franchise in CO.
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    Deck Ledger and Lateral Loads

    I would certainly be interested in taking an entire codebook full of instructional classes but I'm afraid you are blowing this carpenter's tuition money on the first segment. You'll do more training of the footsoldiers if you get the price in line. That depends on what I always wonder with the...
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    Pole barn framing

    From what I've read, which is not much, the splice is supposedly at a point of lower, but certainly not zero, moment.
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    Building Code College

    Sheesh, that's absurd, they need to cut the fee by a factor of 10... do they really expect people to pay 4x $150 for a short course on decks? Do you know how many sunset books on deck building I can buy for $600? Thinking out loud, I see even relatively small manufacturers offer ceu's for...
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    Pole barn framing

    My understanding is that a pole barn is the original non engineered form of what has come to be the modern engineered post frame building. The current method accounts for strength from the roof and wall sheathing and reduces the required post size generally by one dimension compared to a frame...
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