Pole barn versus post frame … how to keep the structure from flopping over? Consider a barn, or perhaps a shop, made using timber and `posts’. There are two main ways to keep it from flopping over. One way is …
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Shear Deflection – Prefab Wood I-Joist Example Calc (c) Jeff R. Filler, Pell City, 2022 Continuing our discussion on shear deflection of wood beams (joists, etc.), let’s look at a prefabricated wood I-joists. Basic design information for prefabricated wood I-joists …
E (Eeee!) (Steel for now; wood later) E stands for Modulus of Elasticity, or Elastic Modulus, also Young’s Modulus. It is also abbreviated MOE (`Em – Oh – Ee’). By definition it is the amount of stress (tensile or compression) …
Keys to Successfully Obtaining a Code Evaluation Report (c) Jeff R. Filler, Pell City, Alabama October 2021 A code evaluation report is a report published by an evaluation agency stating that (and how) a building product (or building method or …
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on headroom (c) Jeff R. Filler, 2021 … last year I built a chicken `palace’ (huge coop) for my wife, actually for her chickens. I made sure I found out how high she wanted the roof. It would slope downward, …
What makes for successfully obtaining a code evaluation report? (c) Jeff R. Filler, 2021 The use of building products in construction that are not described in the building code, or not described completely in the building code, generally requires the …