View Full Version : Notched Concrete Beam
Rick Bunzel
04-15-2009, 05:18 PM
I have seen lots of notched wood beams but this is the first time I have seen a concrete beam. Notch was more than 20% of depth and there is a crack to the left of the notch. Owner was there and claimed the PO did it but the cut looked pretty fresh to me.
//Rick
Jim Luttrall
04-15-2009, 06:08 PM
I doubt there is a "notching and boring table" for concrete beams, in the IRC anyway.
Jerry Peck
04-15-2009, 06:36 PM
That's not good.
See those two rust bulls-eyes? Those are the ends of the reinforcing steel which was cut in two.
(Okay, the photo has the garage door track hiding where those two bulls-eyes would be, but a concrete beam *IS* going to have reinforcement in it and they would be cut in a notch like that.)
A structural engineer needs to design appropriate repairs for that.
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04-15-2009, 11:05 PM
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04-16-2009, 03:54 AM
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04-16-2009, 03:59 AM
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