Creative I-Joist Construction

[jar546]

This was a first. Without a design from the manufacturer or engineer, the "builder" took it upon himself to make a girder out of I-Joists and nominal lumber. The manufacturer refused to stand behind it saying it was outside of their design criteria and recommended an engineer. None of this was on the plans by the way. Thoughts?

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[north star]

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Was this the builders' own house, or one s\he will
sell ?

Certainly not the prettiest puppy in the litter, from
your photos.

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[fatboy]

Oh.............. heck no....find yourself an engineer to buy off on it and stamp it.

 

[jar546]

$ ~ $ ~ $

Was this the builders' own house, or one s\he will
sell ?

Certainly not the prettiest puppy in the litter, from
your photos.

$ ~ $ ~ $

Oh no, this was for a customer.

 

[Paul Sweet]

I would run (not walk) out of there!

 

[TheCommish]

The builder was on the wrong page of the engineered lumber catalog, he meant to be on the LVL page, so now show me the documentation that support this (pun intended) from the manufacturer or the friendly RDP

option 2 install the correct beam, it might be cheaper than the engineering

 

[Mark K]

Why are we even entertaining this proposal? This will not work as installed and it will be cheaper and faster to install what was required than to try to fix the problems with what was installed. Report the Contractor to the contractor licensing board.

 

[linnrg]

If you encounter this as an AHJ you should placard the building as unsafe with the description of the defect and the requirement to replace the beam and columns with adequate materials to be determined by a structural engineer.

 

[steveray]

If it is not holding anything up it will be fine....

 

[jpranch]

Are you kidding me??? What does the rest of the framing look like???

 

[ADAguy]

no way Jose! Revise and resubmit.