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   rez | Jan 20, 2007 10:12pm | #1

   Greetings pete,

   This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again which will increase it's viewing.

   Perhaps it will catch someone's attention that can help you with advice.

   Cheers

    

     

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   Stilletto | Jan 20, 2007 10:37pm | #2

   For beam pockets around here they are usually 4"-5" deep.   Thats on a typical 8" thick foundation. 

    

    

    

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   BossHog | Jan 21, 2007 01:00am | #3

   Around here (just northeast of you in Illinois) the typical basement walls seem to be 8" thick with a 4" beam pocket.

   If we provide steel we generally make it an inch short overall, so the beams have roughly 3 1/2" of bearing. Given the loading that's in most residential beams, that's plenty.

   Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggy" until you can find a rock.
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   copperjohn | Jan 21, 2007 04:24am | #4

   25years in concrete... 1/2 the wall.. for 8" its 4" for 10" its 5" for 12" ( with no footing in this area) its 6" and do not forget to clip the inside upper edge of the steel beam (fire code in this area, so a steel beam will fall out of the pocket if the supports burn out instead of getting hung up in the pocket to kill a firefighter later...) good luck

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   copperjohn | Jan 21, 2007 04:28am | #5

   sorry to not have said this before you can make the pocket out of hard foam blocks ducktaped together and then nail or screw to inside of form panels or wait till the mud sets a little and push them into the wall cavity.. good luck