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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
I have two 2x8's nailed and glued as my beam. The beam span is 18 feet, but my 2x8's were only 16 feet long. So I sandwiched the two 16 footers together and added an extra 2 feet on each end. The 2 foot pieces are glued, nailed, carriage bolted, and have a mesh plate. It feels extremely secure, I just don't know if permit-wise this is acceptable. Did my explanation make sense?
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So you just added a 2' doubled up 2x8 section on either end of your beam?
You probably should have staggered the two 16' 2x8's so they had a 2' run of single ply 2x8 on either end, then glued + screwed the 2' blocking in the 2' single ply sections on either end.
If that makes any sense.
You'll probably be okay though. Like everyone else said, I don't believe they send people out to inspect decks very often.