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Nesgroup address: alt.building.construction - Date & Time for the message: Mon, 02 May 2005 23:24:25 GMT /

Author of the message: Bob Morrison

Title of the message:
Re: Question about beefing up a beam to compensate for butt joints in beam

Text of the message:
In a previous post Solomyn says...

> Thanks for the info.  The wise-assed remark someone else made should be
> clarified.  I have ran this by other carpenters, each of which have over 20
> years experience.  I'm sorry, call me old fashioned.  But I have been in the
> construction industry before, and I would gladly take the advice from a man
> who has built more homes than the pencil pusher "structural engineer" has
> reviewed.  I guess I'm just stupid.
>
> Once again Dave, thanks.
>

You just haven't found the right person.  I've seen too many buildings
that "experienced" carpenters managed to screw up.  Nothing like going
out to a job site and looking up at the bottom of a beam and seeing the
word "TOP".
Face it.  In any profession there are people who don't really know how
to do the job properly.  
For long term piece of mind you should run the beam design past an



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