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Triple LVL

Coopercat2

2006-03-28, 2:21 pm

Question: With this new construction it will be the first time I deal
with LVL's. For a garage door header I am using a triple LVL -- how do
I attach each individual LVL to the next LVL --do I bolt all three
together? Or do I simply nail one to the next LVL and then to the next
LVL (before or after toenailing to the king studs on either side)?
Thanks in advance for your answers -- coopercat2

Bob Morrison

2006-03-28, 5:21 pm

In a previous post Coopercat2 wrote...
> Question: With this new construction it will be the first time I deal
> with LVL's. For a garage door header I am using a triple LVL -- how do
> I attach each individual LVL to the next LVL --do I bolt all three
> together? Or do I simply nail one to the next LVL and then to the next
> LVL (before or after toenailing to the king studs on either side)?
> Thanks in advance for your answers -- coopercat2
>

The manufacturer's literature will give instructions on how to connect the
3 LVL's together.

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Bob Morrison, PE, SE
R L Morrison Engineering Co
Structural & Civil Engineering
Poulsbo WA
bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com

marson

2006-03-28, 9:21 pm

check the website of the company that built them. Truss Joist
Macmillan calls for two rows of 12d nails 12" oc.

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