Timber member design tools
When complete this page will have a full range of tools that will enable a check of all the commonly found timber members used within domestic construction
Presently the calculations are in accordance with BS5268, but given time these will be replaced by EC5
Loving using Visual Studio Code and watching LearnWebCode on U tube
God knows what I am going to use this button forExcel and HTML calculations
Technical spreadsheets and HTML derivatives that have saved me time over the years.
New Guidance and Legislation
Guidance is contrantly changing in an atempt to upskill the workforce and align with the competency philosophy that has been adopted.
Horizontal Scanning
God know what this means, but it had to make an appearance. May provide a few non contraversial comments about how the industry is shaping bymoving the deckchairs around the patio.
What I am working on
Timber floor joist calculator
This calculates floor joists taking into account their individual loading conditions
Timber joist with partition calculator
This calculates multiple floor joists that support lightweight partitions
Ceiling Joist Calculator
This calculates ceiling joists taking into account their individual loading conditions
Binders supporting ceiling joists
This calculates ceiling binders to support ceiling joists
Rafters
This calculates rafters taking into account their individual loading and pitch
Purlins supporting rafter
In progress converting the spreadsheet
Flat roof joists
This calculations flat roof joists taking into account their individual load
Hip Rafter
In progress converting the spreadsheet
Valley Rafter
In progress converting the spreadsheet
Beam Loading
In progress converting the spreadsheet
Digital Building Regulation Support in progress
The intention is to provide digital support and technologically move Building Contol into the next chapter. Its hard to believe we are still stuck in the world of pdf format while the rest of the industry has complete co ordinated federalised models
With years of experience in building regulations, compliance and technoligal solutions, I understand the challenges faced by Building Control. The tools are designed to simplify common scenarios, we all know the situation we are attempting to demonstrate will never be decribed or follow diagrams provided in the guidance documents.
It would be great if subjective guidance can be converted in objective guidance
Who knows it may be possible