#LVL BEAM SPAN CHART FULL#
Today, its full fill demand of construction industry. It is product of modern recent innovation they are result of new science, technology and economic pressure to make use of new many wood species and smaller trees that cannot be used to make solid Lumber. It is available in US, a wide range of lengths, widths and thicknesses and customize as per requirements.Īs per “The American wood Council National design specification for wood”, An LVL is type of structural composite engineered wood lumber comparable to glued laminated timber known as Glulam. I'm also seeing that they are all giving engineers a rougher time, and competent contractors an easier time.Laminated veneer lumber or LVL typically used for boards of all kinds members, it is used for window and door headers, trusses, edge, beam rim boards, skateboards, as well as beams, and edge forming materials and many more.
#LVL BEAM SPAN CHART CODE#
I actually recently had a plan checker tell me that the prescriptive code doesn't apply to the house you are building, then proceed to tear apart everything the engineer does, I'm finding the in most AHJs plan checkers are becoming progressively rougher, while field inspectors are becoming progressively nicer and easier to get along with.
I think your inspector is doing you a favor by agreeing to accept a manufacturer's engineering or span tables as opposed to providing engineering. McCryptic is right, go to T&W and find the name of the manufacturer whose product they are proposing to supply, then get their tables. To get an alternate approved you have to provide the engineering of the manufacturer of the exact product you are asking to be approved. You follow the prescriptive requirements (not allowed much around here anymore), get approved engineering (usually demanded around here), or get the AHJ to approve an approved alternate. Asking the question here is kind of a fun diversion asking them is more like work they have to (at least attempt to) do, and as noted, it's really the engineer's job. I kind of don't want to bother them with it, also. They're a good yard, but I don't know that I'd expect them to find a table you guys can't. I have not called the local supplier (Truitt and White). Partly it's that they are busy with what they deem as "real" work, largely it is a philosophical/professional push-back against the local AHJ's for demanding so much explicit stamped documentation for every effort to improve the wackadoo existing housing stock. They take things extremely seriously up to a point, but often push back against (paid) extra work beyond the main structural elements of a job. Have you gone the sales rep route with the local supplier yet?It has taken me a while to accept the informal attitude of most engineers here about small (but not insignificant) changes/additional work orders. I seem to recall a joist table from maybe the early 90's but not after. When faced with similar in past I set the comparison using beam #'s then went back to lumber joist tables and imputed the lvl #'s and it was good enough for them, but that back when $5 and a bond bought a lic. I wonder if there are some burning ears or slide rules over at in their version of a 'wazzup' (comes down w/o us) type thread thread.
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