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Posted by willshak on July 21, 2008, 11:59 am
on 7/21/2008 3:10 AM otto man said the following:
> I have built a deck on an existing roof and it's too noisy below because
> the roof is too bouncy. I want to run a span of steel over the roof
> without touching it and put my deck on the steel span. The steel will
> span 28' and support only itself and the floorboards with max 4 people.
> The railings are already sitting on the roof so the steel won't support
> them. Can I do this with an 8" high 4" wide I-beam of 1/4" flange and 1/8"
> web? I don't think safety is an issue because there is a fairly strong
> roof right underneath it. What does a beam like that weigh?
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