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Posted by BobK207 on July 24, 2007, 9:26 pm
> I had an engineer check out the cantilever construction partially holding up
> my Jacuzzi. It is a 2 foot cantilever. The joists under it connect to a
> triple joist that should have been fastened to act as a single unit but
> weren't. I had it checked out because I am redoing the bathroom and I
> wanted to make sure it was done right by builder 9 years ago. Earlier this
> week another engineer looked at it and suggest adding angle iron the length
> of triple joist to make it stiffer. This engineer thought that was a bunch
> of crap. He said the cantilever did not go deep enuf into the house and
> there would be a bad uplift problem.... only 30 inches instead of about
> twice that which is required by code. He said it had to be moved and
> recommended adding a piece of steel sandwiched between the joists as a
> stiffener. Bad news for me.
Art-
Both of your engineers have an advantage over this
engineer......they've seen the installation.
Can you post pictures?
cheers
Bob
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