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Size (width) concrete beam hedydadfar 02-10-2008
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Posted by on February 10, 2008, 5:31 am
I have to put a 10" x 10"(reinforce ) concrete beam on top of
concrete block wall 8 foot hight, I can not go higher then 10", I
would like to know if i make it 10" hight and 16" wide is it better?
or do not matter the width of the beam?
Thanks Hedy

Posted by Glenn on February 10, 2008, 11:07 am

>I have to put a 10" x 10"(reinforce ) concrete beam
>on top of
> concrete block wall 8 foot hight, I can not go higher
> then 10", I
> would like to know if i make it 10" hight and 16"
> wide is it better?
> or do not matter the width of the beam?
> Thanks Hedy

Of course an extra 6" would be stronger. That said,
why the heavy top course? A heavy lateral load?
Pre-cast? Formed on top of wall? Just forming the
extra 6 " will be a challenge for someone inexperienced
enough to even have to ask this question:


Posted by RicodJour on February 10, 2008, 12:24 pm
>
> >I have to put a 10" x 10"(reinforce ) concrete beam
> >on top of
> > concrete block wall 8 foot hight, I can not go higher
> > then 10", I
> > would like to know if i make it 10" hight and 16"
> > wide is it better?
> > or do not matter the width of the beam?
> > Thanks Hedy
>
> Of course an extra 6" would be stronger. That said,
> why the heavy top course? A heavy lateral load?
> Pre-cast? Formed on top of wall? Just forming the
> extra 6 " will be a challenge for someone inexperienced
> enough to even have to ask this question:

I think that it's a troll's question. The amount of information left
out is hard to fathom otherwise.

R

Posted by Glenn on February 10, 2008, 1:26 pm

> wrote:
>>
>> >I have to put a 10" x 10"(reinforce ) concrete
>> >beam
>> >on top of
>> > concrete block wall 8 foot hight, I can not go
>> > higher
>> > then 10",>>
>> Of course an extra 6" would be stronger. That said,
>> why the heavy top course? A heavy lateral load?
>> Pre-cast? Formed on top of wall? Just forming the
>> extra 6 " will be a challenge for someone
>> inexperienced
>> enough to even have to ask this question:
>
> I think that it's a troll's question. The amount of
> information left
> out is hard to fathom otherwise.
>
> R

You are probably right.


Posted by Art on February 10, 2008, 11:55 am
hedydadfar@gmail.com wrote:
> I have to put a 10" x 10"(reinforce ) concrete beam on top of
> concrete block wall 8 foot hight, I can not go higher then 10", I
> would like to know if i make it 10" hight and 16" wide is it better?
> or do not matter the width of the beam?
> Thanks Hedy

It's really hard to define "better" in your case. The purpose of this
beam might have some relevance to the answer...

--
Art

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