Exterior elevator shaft
Exterior elevator shaft
(OP)
Exterior elevator shaft addition to an existing building with cmu walls. Dimension are 20'x22'x28' tall.
The question is, would it be incorrect to design the cmu spanning vertically? Are the walls supposed to be designed to span horizontally in the shorter direction?
Obviously the shorter direction would likely cost effective but ignoring the numbers, my question is more about the design approach.
The question is, would it be incorrect to design the cmu spanning vertically? Are the walls supposed to be designed to span horizontally in the shorter direction?
Obviously the shorter direction would likely cost effective but ignoring the numbers, my question is more about the design approach.






RE: Exterior elevator shaft
I like this approach too in this case because some day an architect is going to want to put a giant bay window in it or rip out one of your perpendicular walls and then it's going to be a problem.
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RE: Exterior elevator shaft
RE: Exterior elevator shaft
RE: Exterior elevator shaft