On 9/14/2014 7:02 PM, John Jeno wrote:
I think you will find the blocking plate will stiffen t he deck more than a bar. You see the bar creates a parallelogram that allows flexing (think of an open ended box). but the blocking plate acts as a shear panel which cannot flex sideways. Probably will stop the crack from progressing for the rest of the year.
Well how did a side discharge deck not just plain disintegrate? C