Our clavos have a thick sturdy nail allowing them to be used in nearly any wood application.
Wood beam bolts.
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Force goes into wood connection face mount hanger.
Obviously there are other checks at each load transfer but this is only a path.
Then wood transfers it to bolt locations.
Stagger the bolts and make sure the bolts are placed a minimum of 2 1 2 inches from the edge of the beam.
Use with our beam hangers and universal beam straps or independently as desired to enhance the look of your faux or real wood ceiling beams.
Clavos or decorative nail heads are frequently used as adornments to doors cabinets furniture and gates.
Using the rational method the load transfer between the steel and wood members is actually calculated.
Our decorative faux metal nuts bolts clavos ceiling beam hardware is made from a flexible resin material to replicate forged black iron.
Then bolt transfers connection through wood bearing and steel bearing to steel beam.
No composite action calculated or needed if the steel does all the span work.
The alternative to the empirical method is the rational method.
Decorative beam hardware notes.