Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Structural beam 2Sep 10, 2009 8:56 pm yep thats my understanding too. one of those H shaped metal beams. Re: Structural beam 5Sep 10, 2009 9:59 pm Structural would imply that it's there to support the structure of the building. They don't have to be steel, like some others have said. My in-laws' house has whole 10" diameter logs as beams in parts of their house. Re: Structural beam 6Sep 11, 2009 2:50 pm Thanks for the info guys. I am still confused ..... The problem is that my plans show structural beams both in the front(going vertical) and back(over the family room & kithcen area) of the premises(going vertical & horizontal). The builder has used the iron beams for vertical beams but not for the horizontal ones(its the normal timber thats used in the roofs) So I want to know if I have a valid claim here to dispute the builder for not using the iron beam. The beam material is not mentioned anywhere in the contract. any suggesions??? Re: Structural beam 7Sep 11, 2009 3:03 pm Not neccessarily wrong, depends on the load etc, it has got to be specified somewhere on plans or engineering specs...when you say same timber as used in roof, it could be for example F17 KDHW 200 x 45 etc...need to find the specs before complaining...probably legit. Re: Structural beam 8Sep 11, 2009 5:20 pm Are these engineering specs a part of contract??? As I dont have any document which specify this, apart from the application form for Construction certificate which mentions about the material to be used for walls,floor,...etc. But it don't say anything abt structural beam. Re: Structural beam 9Sep 11, 2009 7:05 pm Could be any one of a quite a number of different products eg. LVL, LGL, steel or even a MGP or F graded solid timber piece. Re: Structural beam 10Sep 11, 2009 10:59 pm We need a structural beam in our build due to openings of large doors. If there is any large opening where you would normally put a load bearing wall but can't due to the house design you need a structural beam, it happens often. You just get an engineers design costs about $300 which tell the builder what beam and how it is to be connected. The firm who did our soil test also did the foundation design and engineers design for the beam. Cheers Lou http://take2-customdesigndownslope.blogspot.com 07-10-09 omg they have cut the block 14-05-10 we finally have the keys Re: Structural beam 11Sep 12, 2009 11:39 am This sounds about right, it sounds like you have a situation where your horizontal beam picks up trusses or rafters but then that beam lands on another beam running the opposite direction. Now that beam is picking up a point load (horizontal beam) which puts considerably more strain on the beam than a distributed load. So this beam assuming its not a smaller span may need to be steel but the horizontal beam is probably adequate as timber. Hope that made sense. Re: Structural beam 12Sep 12, 2009 1:53 pm We have structural beams in our house and they're all timber. Other than steel lintels over garage opening and doorways, of course You don't normally get a full set of the engineering diagrams, but you ought to at least have a roof framing plan (or partial anyway) and that specifies what size and grade supporting beams are to be, same for the supporting wall studs, plus where load bearing walls are and so on. Check through your plans and see what you can find. Hello everyone, After some suggestions and ideas about how to put a concrete path around the drop edge beam area on our new build. We are required to have a concrete path… 0 12860 The distance between my DEBs varies from 4.1m at the narrowest to 8.1m at the widest. 5 27265 |