Talk:I-joist

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I'm not convinced that the picture shown illustrates an I-joist. In fact, the beams shown are solid section (so could potentially be glulam) and at least one appears to have signs of fire damage (one joist to the right of where the person is standing). Has the image changed or was it misassociated? Sadly I don't have a wikipedia compatible replacement image to hand. JonSenior (talk) 13:36, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree this is not engineered lumber. I would think those beams are decades old (except for the new 2x10s). My friend and I have a hole in the ceiling with engineered i-joists visible. I'll try to get a photo and upload it. Jim1138 (talk) 05:25, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're right. That is totally not the photo I meant to upload! Not really sure what happened, since I swear I looked at both the uploaded file and previewed the article, but I uploaded a couple of photos that day so I must have copied and pasted the wrong flickr url into the bot. In fact, I'm almost certain I meant to upload this photo, which was the best free image I could find. It certainly explains the mismatch in the description. I've replaced it now. It's not great (low resolution and not a particularly good view of the subject either), but it was better then no image at all. Can you guys confirm that these are I-joists (I'm no wood expert)? If you can take a better photo, by all means upload away. Sorry for the mix up! Zachlipton (talk) 15:29, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the updated photo. Those are I-joists. I don't think I can get a good photo. Maybe the next time I stop by a lumberyard.Jim1138 (talk) 23:35, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I should be able to provide a better photo in the future (Planning on making some as part of a project), but it'll be a while. Thanks for the new upload. I didn't see that photo when searching Flickr, it's better than the ones that I had found. JonSenior (talk) 09:16, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]