joist hangers

[big ali]

what would you guys interpret " mechanically fixed joist hangers" to mean....
hangers that are bolted to the wall and not fitted into a mortar course or am i wrong?
the wall that the joists are to be connected to is an existing wall so cant be built in.

 

[hollybank]

Are you fixing them to a wall or a trimmer?

 

[big ali]

straight to the wall, cant see why i cant bolt a dirty great wedge of timber to the wall and stick some jiffy hangers on there

 

[Nisus]

Mechanically fixed, I would say screwed to timber, not fixed into mortar course.

 

[hollybank]

Depends on the weight and span i think,cant you use them ones that go in a cement joint?Where are you working at mo ?

 

[big ali]

the drawing shows them going str8 to the wall, not timber but says mechanically fixed thats what has thrown me. gonna be a pain fitting in a mortar joint and getting them level as the course is a bit piss eyed. im working in wolstanton at the minute was in baddeley green last week where you at

 

[Pug]

I would say mechanically fixed means using screws or bolts...

 

[big ali]

thats what i thought but what a ******* pain that will be fixing that lot to masonry much easier to fix a a bit of 2x1 (joking) to the wall and hang the joists of that

 

[hollybank]

Im not in at the mo waiting for a job to be given the ok to start when they get the keys to the building.If it says mechanical fix on the drawing i cant see why you cant put your 6x2 fixed on the wall and use your joist hangers to come off them.

 

[lucius]

Speak to whoever done the drawings or building control but mechanicly means bolted.

 

[nelly]

Theres mechanical fix and chemical fix, one is screws/nails etc, the other is glue or resin etc.

 

[big ali]

im waiting for the nudge off building control so i can bolt joists to wall and hang the rest of there, daren't do it with out checking

 

[nelly]

im waiting for the nudge off building control so i can bolt joists to wall and hang the rest of there, daren't do it with out checking

Allways best to check before hand mate. My experience of building control people is they are ok if you are doing things right, but if you try doing things half arsed or on the cheap they will be onto you.

 

[big ali]

all sorted , have any of you lot ever used a private building inspector ie, nothing to do with the council?

 

[hollybank]

Yes we had CPR on a job last year,in my opinion they were very helpful and would come out the same day.

 

[big ali]

good cos i got to deal with one ;-)