On 22/10/2012 21:48, GMM wrote:
On 22/10/2012 14:43, John Rumm wrote:
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.


I should take a browse through the phone apps (without wishing to turn
the thread into another debate about which phone is best!)

Hence why I did not mention a platform. I have seen them for mine, so I
presume they exist for the others... I wonder if Tony is planning on an
Android or iOS port of superbeam proper?

Your comments about ISP newservers made me realise that I set
Thunderbird up for home, then might have failed to post over a different
WiFi connection, so if this posts, problem solved (ish)

Normally if the newsserver accepts authentication then it will allow
posts from any network. If it does not, then it will usually only accept
them from its "own" network address block.

BTW the quoting looks much better - no double spaced lines anymore ;-)


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Cheers,

John.

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