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Originally Posted by slant eyes
thanks for the time to clarify. one more thing to clarify on my end, if you have the time. so the sistered beams are merely end to end with some overlap...like...
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and not stacked like this:
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and glued down or nailed or screwed or bolted or however you want?
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Exactly.
They need to be fixed together to prevent all movement (Screwing is most effective) so that they can spread their load carrying accross the entire surface. You put a ton of wood glue then screw them down while the wood glue is wet.
And that is how you make a sistered beam