On 22/10/2012 10:19, GMM wrote:

Thanks for the link - Now I have to find a Windows PC I can spark up
and run the software - should be interesting.

Probably not as "industry standard" or trustworthy, but there are a
number of smart phone apps about that will do calcs at least on a single
beam. Might be worth trying one of those if you have platform for that.

I suspect a narrower joist could be significantly cheaper for these
timbers, although it might not make a substantial impact on the job
cost overall. I've rather taken a 'do it properly and do it once'
approach to this house, rather than being cost-driven.

It depends a bit on the layout and how many joist hangers you need etc.
Those will be the same price regardless.

I did toy at one stage with the prospects for making up composite
joists in situ, given the access issues, but decided that would just
add another variable (and potential disaster) to the equation (!)

Must have another go at Thunderbird for this group. I had it
working, then it wouldn't post for some reason.

It ought to be fairly painless for newsgroups if you are using your ISPs
newsserver. If using a third party one, you may need to turn on the
"request authentication" option in the account settings.


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Cheers,

John.

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