Residential stucture w/ masonry walls w/ raised wood floor
Residential stucture w/ masonry walls w/ raised wood floor
(OP)
I am looking at a plan for a one-story residence. The architect has proposed masonry wall construction with a raised wood floor system inside. You don't see this combination often but I am struggling to think of reasons not to do it. Any thoughts?






RE: Residential stucture w/ masonry walls w/ raised wood floor
Code permitting, if you allow for the extensions and shortenings, absent from diaphragm support, having the walls stabilized with counterforts-transverse inner smaller yet structural walls (or having the exterior walls with entrants and salients) may help to gain the required structural stability.
RE: Residential stucture w/ masonry walls w/ raised wood floor
RE: Residential stucture w/ masonry walls w/ raised wood floor
RE: Residential stucture w/ masonry walls w/ raised wood floor
If it were me, I would opt for 2x6 wood studs with premium insulation.
RE: Residential stucture w/ masonry walls w/ raised wood floor
If so I see id tone all the time, but maybe not where you live. It gives better access to plumbing, particularly for repairs, but has to be vented to the outside, and any insulation placecd between the joists. There are other requirements too.
Also, if it is on a slope. you do not have to cut and fill to place a slab.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
http://mmcengineering.tripod.com