Re: [RE-wrenches] TJI rafters

2018-03-02 Thread Glenn Burt
We have had to install blocking between TJI beams and anchor to them.Piercing the top member was a no-no. GlennSent from my 'smart' phone so please excuse spelling and typographical errors. -- Original message--From: frenergyDate: Fri, Mar 2, 2018 9:18 PMTo: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenche

Re: [RE-wrenches] TJI rafters

2018-03-02 Thread MDElectricSolar
We have done different things, but simple solution is to add blocking and lag into that instead and avoid the TJI's. Michael D Nelson MD Electric & Solar, Inc. 707-684-0064 mobile 707-884-1862 office www.mdelectricsolar.com www.facebook.com/mdelectricandsolar > On Mar 2, 2018, at 6:18 PM, frene

Re: [RE-wrenches] TJI rafters

2018-03-02 Thread frenergy
Jerry,             Metal roof? comp? tile? Bill On 3/2/2018 1:23 PM, Jerry Caldwell wrote: Dear Wrenches, I have a customer with a low slope roof supported by TJI beams. Does anyone have experience permitting and installing on TJIs? I'm curious if jurisdictions are requiring Structural Eng

[RE-wrenches] TJI rafters

2018-03-02 Thread Jerry Caldwell
Dear Wrenches, I have a customer with a low slope roof supported by TJI beams. Does anyone have experience permitting and installing on TJIs? I'm curious if jurisdictions are requiring Structural Engineer stamps. Since the top chord of the beams is only 1 3/8" thick should we be using shorter l