Bearing?

Originally Posted By: cradan
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http://www.nachi.org/bbsystem/usrimages/beambearing ]



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Originally Posted By: rcloyd
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Good call Chris, I would have done the same.


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Originally Posted By: R. Michael Gray, P.E.
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You definitely did the right thing. This is the kind of arrangement could become unstable if anything shifts.


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Originally Posted By: roconnor
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Looks like they need some wider shims … icon_eek.gif … and the entire beam pocket should then be grouted solid. Good call.


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I am absolutely amazed sometimes by how much thought goes into doing things wrong

Originally Posted By: cradan
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Never built a home myself, (and was NOT present when the foundation on this one was finished, and framing started), so I’m not quite sure how this happens. Look closely at the photo. The pocket looks like it was widened (to the left) to accept/accomodate the beam. Poor placement of shims aside, who do you think “measured once & cut twice” here? Foundation guy? Framer? All the way back to the design(er)/architect? Just curious as to what you may think…



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Originally Posted By: R. Michael Gray, P.E.
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Assuming this house is under construction, this is repairable and it should go back to the framer assuming he installed the beam in question. This is a defect that might not ever cause a problem, but it certainly could do so. It should not be that hard to fix. No competent carpenter would consider this work acceptable.


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Originally Posted By: cradan
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to call-it-out. My thinking was that no one knows how this home will settle, and what those settlement dynamics might be.



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Originally Posted By: ccoombs
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In school we were testing a concrete beam. We used short steel I-beams between the slave piston and the concrete beam. They were set slightly off center (not intentional), very similar to the picture. During the test one of the I-beams shot out. I must have been weighed 25#. But it traveled across the room and took out a heavy work bench. If it weren’t for the bench, it would have taken off the leg of a student. A very powerful demonstration of eccentric loading!



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