Steel connections, bearing and roof framing in Gledswood Hills NSW
Two thirds of the Gledswood Hills frame findings are about connections rather than members. Bolts and stiffeners at the steel columns and beams. Bearing where a member sits on its support. A rafter cut short of that bearing. Blocking, struts and supports in the roof framing. Joist hangers not installed in a first floor. A king stud at an opening and a header over it. None of these is a dramatic failure and all of them are the difference between a frame that carries what it was designed to carry and one that carries slightly less, forever, out of sight.
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A rafter was recorded cut short of its bearing.
Joist hangers were recorded not installed in a first floor.
Stiffeners and bolts at steel beams and columns were recorded twice each.
Blocking, struts and supports in the roof framing were each recorded.
Bearing length is specified; a member cut short carries its load on less timber than the design assumed.
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Written by our local inspection team from work carried out in Gledswood Hills. Licensed building practitioners.
