masonary beam pockets

PaulPrice · May 23, 2012

how do you guys usually layout your beam pockets, usually the ones I work off of are pretty close to the size of the beam ( a little bigger than the beam), and I just shim the beam flush with steel shims. Any way, today I set couple 3 ply lvl's in some pockets and they were twice the width of the beam and some were 4" taller and lumpy as hell.

All I could come up with to remedy the situation was to shim, plate and lag the bottom, then continue my mudsill over top the beam.

So this got me curious, because I know there's alot of experience on here, tips, tricks? . I'm eager to see what you guys have come up with in the past

Chris Johnson · May 23, 2012

First off its masonry

I usually leave them about a 1/2-3/4 of an inch low, after installed shim to the correct height and use a non shrink grout.

If the sides are too big, once set and the bottom is grouted I put some blocking on the edges and pour concrete around the cast it solid.

And if it's a wood lvl wrap it with poly or some peel and stick

FramingPro · May 23, 2012

Chris Johnson said:
First off its masonry

I usually leave them about a 1/2-3/4 of an inch low, after installed shim to the correct height and use a non shrink grout.

If the sides are too big, once set and the bottom is grouted I put some blocking on the edges and pour concrete around the cast it solid.

And if it's a wood lvl wrap it with poly or some peel and stick

lvl is wood...
Laminated veneer lumber :whistling

PaulPrice · May 23, 2012

I wrapped it with copper deck flashing, but I don't think it would be possible for them to fill this thing in later, given its size

FramingPro · May 23, 2012

i guess if you had to you could wrap the pocket with membrane to isolate it and then wedge wood blocking in to keep the beam stable

masonary beam pockets

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