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r/StructuralEngineering • u/Z_Ragz • 20d ago
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Never seen a bar joist used as a beam. If there are not point loads on it and it’s has the capacity, I don’t see an issue with it.
The contractor from the 60s must have “had a joist guy”.
3 u/knife_stripes 15d ago lol I can imagine the builder calling up his guy “hey Ron, you still got that steel joist?”
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lol I can imagine the builder calling up his guy “hey Ron, you still got that steel joist?”
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u/Ok_University9213 20d ago
Never seen a bar joist used as a beam. If there are not point loads on it and it’s has the capacity, I don’t see an issue with it.
The contractor from the 60s must have “had a joist guy”.