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When shopping around for a steel building, whether it be for a barn or garage, you should know the terms and words used in the industry. An educated consumer is rarely taken advantage of.   

We have put together this glossary in hopes of educating you the consumer.
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Hair-Pin Reinforcing bar used to help transfer anchor bolt shear (due to column thrust) to concrete floor mass. The "U" shaped hair-pin wraps around the anchor bolts inside the slab.
Haunch Also Knee. The deepened portion of a column or rafter, designed to accommodate the high stress where column and rafter intersect and connect.
Header A horizontal member over a wall opening.
Header Trim Trim used above a wall opening.
High Strength Bolts Any bolt made from steel having a tensile strength in excess of 100,000 pounds per square inch (p.s.i.). Some examples are ASTM A-325, A-354, A-449.
High Tensile Steel Structural steel having a yield stress in excess of 36,000 pounds per square inch.
Hip Roof A roof which rises by incline planes from all four sides.
Hot-rolled Shapes Steel sections (angles, channels, I-beams, etc.) which are formed by rolling mills while the steel is in a semi-molten state.

 



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