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To: donald sew who wrote (987)	10/31/2001 6:42:03 PM
From: David Jones	Read Replies (1) of 306849

"I can tell you that it was definitely a stronger house. 2 specific reasons for extra strength is the double flooring one ends up with between the 1st and 2nd floor, and the center beam ends up being 6-2"x10" laminated together, where in a normal house it ends up only 3-2"x10". The reason for the extra material is due to the transportation where once delivered, doubles the material in certain area" I don't know what a double floor is? Here between floors your required to follow a set of guide lines. Depending on span and flooring material. 2x10's on 16" centers with 1 1/8" flooring boards covers most applications. The center beam you refer to is the joint between the two halves that make up say living room? There's a whole alphabet soup of new structural beams that are half the weight, twice the strength and cheaper than nailing 6- 2x10's side my each. IMO the best single family housing being built today is metal. But there's only a handful of contractors that are doing it and a ton of resistance to switching over from unions to contractors.

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