A treatise on architecture and building construction . m-posed load to the floor, or cellar beneath. If its ends are supported on a cap, such as shown in Fig. 95,or upon a bracket, as at d, in Fig. 96, it will probably as it falls, and inno way endanger thefloor above, as theburning material hasbeen carried down withthe girder and is far-ther away from thenext tier above thanbefore the floor , therefore, ironor steel beams are usedin a building withwooden floorbeamsthey should be pro-tected by wood; andthe best method ofaccomplishing this pro- fi<5- ^• tection is sho
A treatise on architecture and building construction . m-posed load to the floor, or cellar beneath. If its ends are supported on a cap, such as shown in Fig. 95,or upon a bracket, as at d, in Fig. 96, it will probably as it falls, and inno way endanger thefloor above, as theburning material hasbeen carried down withthe girder and is far-ther away from thenext tier above thanbefore the floor , therefore, ironor steel beams are usedin a building withwooden floorbeamsthey should be pro-tected by wood; andthe best method ofaccomplishing this pro- fi<5- ^• tection is shown in Fig. 97, where « is a 15-inch I beam sup-porting, not only the floorbeams b, but also the partition side of the beam is filled and enclosed by two piecesof timber ^ and ^, which arc worked to fit their positionsfrom 4 X 8-stock and are held in place by J-inch to |-inchbolts i andy, spaced throughout the length of the beam a atabout half the interval of the floorbeams b. The uj^pcrpieces of timber^ are notched out where the floorl)cams. 142 CARPENTRY. §9
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