Draft image: Common Support Beams and Floor Trusses

[zupright (Zak Upright)]

I’ve attached a new draft image to preview, before finalizing. I’d like to hear any valuable feedback from the forum. Thanks for your help!

[bcawhern1 (Brian Cawhern, CMI®)]

Super picky, but the wood I-joist is disproportionate as to what I see in the field. The flanges are typically less wide and the web is taller.

[rcloyd (Russell Cloyd, KY LIC #166164)]

Looks really nice Zak. No suggestions here.

[mdurante (Michael Durante)]

@bcawhern1

Super picky, but the wood I-joist is disproportionate as to what I see in the field. The flanges are typically less wide and the web is taller.

Agreed.

Even though the graphics are somewhat of a “conceptual” interpretation, another consideration is that a wood I-joist or TJI typically has laminate LVL material for the flanges and the web is OSB. The graphic appears to have solid wood for both.

[lhenderson2 (Lon Henderson, CMI®)]

Glued Laminated Lumber (Glulam)

[jjonas (Jeffrey Jonas)]

@mdurante

The graphic appears to have solid wood for both.

Old school.
Solid lumber and plywood was common many moons ago… (until the late '70s) or so.

[mdurante (Michael Durante)]

@jjonas

Old school.
Solid lumber and plywood was common many moons ago… (until the late '70s) or so.

Old school indeed.

In these parts solid wood and plywood configurations were more costly than traditional dimensional lumber even back in the day, which is why they weren’t very popular in residential builds.

[bcawhern1 (Brian Cawhern, CMI®)]

@jjonas

Solid lumber and plywood was common many moons ago… (until the late '70s) or so.

Yup. 1978 crawl just as you described.

[rbleich (Richard Bleich)]

Nortic brand is what we typically see in new construction around here with finger jointed lumber.