teracotta brick bearing walls
teracotta brick bearing walls
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I am renovating a house that has teracotta brick bearing exterior walls. the house is in NYC. According to the seismic code, since this is a major renovation, the resulting structure shall meet NYC seismic code. Any ideas on how to make these walls comply?
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RE: teracotta brick bearing walls
RE: teracotta brick bearing walls
This may be decorative or historic and may require some fancy and difficult reinforcing; is the client prepared to pay for this? or does he just want a 'quick and dirty' approach?. You may want to review this with the building department again and see if there are other things that can be done for compliance or if historic, if there are exceptions.
RE: teracotta brick bearing walls
dik - terracota is like a CMU but made of clay. "Data Book For Civil Engineers" (c. 1951) lists the compressive working stress of "Structural Clay Tile - Cells Vert." as 100 psi.
RE: teracotta brick bearing walls
thanks... I've encountered it before, but usually associated with historic buildings. Some of the 'components' can be quite ornate and exterior terracotta is usually glazed. Brick wasn't an appropriate term... sorry for any confusion. Any applications of it that I've encountered have been as a non-structural exterior veneer finish secured to the superstructure.
By terracotta bricks, I don't know if ick2 is referring to what I normally refer to as terracotta or to clay tile, something that I normally consider as a different product.
RE: teracotta brick bearing walls