On Feb 12, 12:18*pm, mike wrote:
Does anyone know if a 3.5 inch angle iron over a 12 foot span is
adequate *to support *8 foot of brick wall above?


I've just had 10' span done supporting an 8 foot high 8" brick wall
above. The engineer speciified two C section beams bolted together
(this lets you insert one at a time and do the job without props).

Each beam about 150mm x 90mm but I cannot remember the steel thickness
- my guess is about 8mm. the overlap (bearing) onto the surrounding
brick is 150mm.


Robert