Hi John,
How did you fix the timber insert to the flitch, did you use a glue or bolts or both?
Regards
Ian
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The quick answer is that a flitch is a steel insert in between two timber beams. Fixing together is via bolts though holes drilled right through the lot. Typically 12mm, with plate washers either side.
Other beams can then be hung from the flitch using joist hangers nailed on with square twist nails in exactly the same way as you would use them on a conventional wood beam.