• Welcome to The Building Code Forum

    Your premier resource for building code knowledge.

    This forum remains free to the public thanks to the generous support of our Sawhorse Members and Corporate Sponsors. Their contributions help keep this community thriving and accessible.

    Want enhanced access to expert discussions and exclusive features? Learn more about the benefits here.

    Ready to upgrade? Log in and upgrade now.

Beam end bearing at splice

jar546

CBO
Joined
Oct 16, 2009
Messages
12,946
Location
Not where I really want to be
Crawlspace photo:

Comments please

IMG_8226.JPG
 
Other than high strength air, what’s holding up the left beam? And, that better be strong air because the bearing area is mighty small. Normally, a piece of lath does not cut it as a shim, because it does not have an allowable stress in compression perpendicular to the grain which is equal to or greater than the beam or blocks below. The PT bottom block is good. The blocks below should be centered under the joint, and there should be some side plates btwn. the two beams to tie them together, or adequate nailing btwn. them and their plys. Furthermore, those beams can be pretty tippy when not blocked laterally, unless they are several plys wide.
 
dhengr said:
Other than high strength air, what’s holding up the left beam? And, that better be strong air because the bearing area is mighty small. Normally, a piece of lath does not cut it as a shim, because it does not have an allowable stress in compression perpendicular to the grain which is equal to or greater than the beam or blocks below. The PT bottom block is good. The blocks below should be centered under the joint, and there should be some side plates btwn. the two beams to tie them together, or adequate nailing btwn. them and their plys. Furthermore, those beams can be pretty tippy when not blocked laterally, unless they are several plys wide.
So overall it is a bad job huh? :)
 
I don't see any fasteners. Either the high strength air is doing it's job, or we are not getting the entire picture.
 
We don't allow wood shims on piers. I think their elevation was a LITTLE off. Pretty close to the edge of the pier too.
 
Again, you get a WOW out of me. Sometimes I wonder if you make this sh!t up Jeff, but then there's the pictures.
 
The pier is big enough to properly support the splice.. ALTHOUGH, it's still not a proper splice.. aren't they supposed to overlap or connect?
 
Back
Top