Monday, August 17, 2009

Re: Side notches in Glulam

What kind of joint are you talking about? A beam to girder connection?
Just housing or also a mortise and tenon?

Scott

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:44:50 -0400, "Jordan Truesdell, PE"
<seaint2@truesdellengineering.com> wrote:
> I have a timber frame client which wants to house some timber joints
> into glulam beams. When we do this with timber, we simply reduce the
> section. Provided that the top and/or bottom of a glulam isn't notched
> any more or less than the inner plies, does anyone know of specific
> prohibitions against side notches for housing (likely to be 0.5 to 0.75"
> in a 5-1/8 wide member)?

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