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As far as I can tell, it won't ever work so you're left with few choices -
1) Outsource and have a different engineer stamp the railings and carry them in your fees. Not great but technically an option. Have your stamp clearly outline that the railings are not in your scope and are covered by...
Oh yes, they are. I just don't want to take ownership of something that clearly doesn't work. This is in the case of manufactured railings, by the way.
For simpler situations, the OBC supplementary bulletins have multiple pages outlining accepted connections for a variety of situations. These...
Honestly, I've wondered the same. Working on residential (homes, not towers), however, I've been fortunate enough that municipalities simply accept (in my locale, that is) a note stating that all guards are to conform to the OBC clauses specific to this issue. I was never able to make the calcs...
@XR250 The mystery is solved! It's a European beam. Have any idea why a European beam would be installed in a Canadian home (in the middle of a development)? This isn't even a custom home, part of a track of 12 or so. Very fascinating.
Fails spectacularly (obviously) without the central post and doesn't seem to be economical to make it work. Replacement appears best option now. Thanks anyways @XR250
Good day everyone,
[Ontario, Canada] Client has a steel beam above the garage supporting the second floor above. The roof, above the second floor, is trussed and loads the outer walls. The steel beam has a post at each end with a third in the middle of the span. Total beam length is 20' 2"...
We advised them to replace all wood framing in the exposed regions (with new PT), treat all adjacent surfaces with a special purpose fungicide, and not to reuse the insulation material. New post spec is a Mitek Redjack.
Very well could be, but we didn't get a good look because of safety concerns and don't know the exact entry point at this moment. The owners will need to explore the roof and exterior walls in detail once the structure has been safely supported.
Where we work, everyone calls this dry rot. Next time I will call it "Serpula Lacrymans" as the biologists named it ;) Although I am not sure if that would make it any clearer for folks on this forum :ROFLMAO:
This specific form of rot is commonly referred to as "dry rot". It's called dry rot because it leads to the wood becoming very brittle, dusted with red, and with a spongy texture. During growth it shows up as this grey/white "skin". At advanced stages it's almost like the wood has literally...
