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Old 05-21-2007, 10:16 PM
Nick Ostrowski Nick Ostrowski is offline
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Cut End on Steel I Beam
I saw this modified steel I beam in a house today. The top and bottom of the "I" were cut off leaving just the flange in the middle which was welded to the adjacent steel I beam. The house is 23 years old and I saw no evidence of weaking, cracking, or failure on the cut beam but it just doesn't seem kosher.

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