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  1. Arthur Farrow P.E.

    Can you reduce the floor live load when designing a continuous strip footing for a 2 story home?

    KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE 4 TO 6 HUNDRED HOMES PER YEAR ARTHUR
  2. Arthur Farrow P.E.

    Can you reduce the floor live load when designing a continuous strip footing for a 2 story home?

    Thanks everyone for the replies. After some research I've learned that I can reduce the live loads on 2 story or more homes. My reasons are: The strip footings I design that support the roof trusses and long span floor joists also have window openings. AT the openings the roof load is dragged...
  3. Arthur Farrow P.E.

    Can you reduce the floor live load when designing a continuous strip footing for a 2 story home?

    Thanks everyone for replying AaronMcD Where is the excerpt from ASCE7-10 found in regards to reducing the floor live load. I've seen that done when I worked for an engineer in the past but it was long before I got my license and consequently did not ask what code he was using that allowed...
  4. Arthur Farrow P.E.

    Can you reduce the floor live load when designing a continuous strip footing for a 2 story home?

    I have been looking for backup from the IBC, IRC and the ASCE that allows Live Load reductions when designing a continuous strip footing. For a two story house and roof snow load when computing loads by the linear foot a small reduction would seem reasonable. All I could find was code...
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