Lateral restraint at beams?

[Erby]

I'm thinking this beam should have some lateral restraint. Your thoughts?

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Sure ain't entered very well either!

[Marc]

• Beam and pier centerlines should line up.
• Pier needs a cap which in this case is usually a 4 inch solid concrete cap with wood wedges between it and the beam.
• I don't see an inherent tendency of the beam to rotate.

Marc

[Ben H]

That is some quality Kentucky craftsmanship for sure.

[Eric B]

Why is it so close to what appears to be a bearing wall?

[Jim Katen]

Why is it so close to what appears to be a bearing wall?

I'm guessing that's where the bearing wall ends and the beam takes over.

[John Kogel]

Why is it so close to what appears to be a bearing wall?

I'm guessing that's where the bearing wall ends and the beam takes over.

12' joists were too short, 14's were too expensive. Who wants to drive an hour both ways for lumber? Pass me that jar by yer elbow and then let's get er dun. []

[Steven Hockstein]

Recently I was an expert on a case where the foundation wall settled and someone added some piers and a beam in the crawlspace to support the floor joists as cantilevers. How was the foundation? Maybe this is something similar. I would raise a big red flag to my clients.

[Jim Baird]

Have seen this off centering often. Layout errors are often "exact" errors, off by one foot etc.

OTOH, code calls for three inches bearing on masonry for wood structure. So this does "pass", no matter how sloppy it looks. Piers are supposed to be capped, like Marc said, or the top voids grouted to make a solid cap. Here lots of builders use treated pine for caps, and they appear to work OK. I see no problem with rotation.

[Chad Fabry]

Have seen this off centering often. Layout errors are often "exact" errors, off by one foot etc.

OTOH, code calls for three inches bearing on masonry for wood structure. So this does "pass", no matter how sloppy it looks. Piers are supposed to be capped, like Marc said, or the top voids grouted to make a solid cap. Here lots of builders use treated pine for caps, and they appear to work OK. I see no problem with rotation.

That's funny. Capping the pier with pine to create bearing for pine.

[Jim Baird]

Have seen this off centering often. Layout errors are often "exact" errors, off by one foot etc.

OTOH, code calls for three inches bearing on masonry for wood structure. So this does "pass", no matter how sloppy it looks. Piers are supposed to be capped, like Marc said, or the top voids grouted to make a solid cap. Here lots of builders use treated pine for caps, and they appear to work OK. I see no problem with rotation.

That's funny. Capping the pier with pine to create bearing for pine.

Down here, Chad, the pine is even harder than the heads on most local shoulders!