I am doing an engineering look at an existing 7' -6" high wooden yard fence in Oakland Ca. The fence has 4x6 posts with 8 foot spacing. I am not used to wind designs and don't have software available. From some charts the base wind speed looks to be 92 mph and then an allowance for reducing to...
All of the comments are much appreciated. I do have a splice (non-continuous 2 x 12)in the new span so glad that was mentioned. I was actually thinking of adding a long plate to the bottom and lag screwing it in. That would provide some tension strength to the bottom. Not sure if top of that...
Thanks to all this looks like exactly what I need with the Flitch design. I will check it out and run the numbers. I have a good source for plate but like the new member idea as well.
With regard to the bearing, the transformed steel area with an N of 19 makes up a large amount of the bearing...
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I want to move a post in the basement to make a clear span of 17 feet for the main floor beam. It is (3) 2 x 12's now with a 12' span. I have calculated to the point of figuring the plate to be 5/16" on each side but will use 3/8" x 10". I have calculated max shear of 5.9K, max moment of 26...
