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Greenalleycat replied to the thread Cantilevered Beam on Wall.Thanks, that helped I think my point 1/ is relevant then - be careful with assuming that loads are equal on the backspan and the...
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Greenalleycat replied to the thread Triangular CMU.Here's a job I worked on with this case - they neatly cut the blocks and laid a steel layer in the top course Our walls are always fully...
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Greenalleycat replied to the thread Cantilevered Beam on Wall.I'm struggling to interpret what is going on here as the diagram sucks and I'm not familiar with the analysis software Where are the...
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Greenalleycat replied to the thread Casting New Slab in Existing Building.The loads are strange, 3.5kPa seems low for a dancing/party area - it's 5kPa in our code
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1. 0". Plywood is meant to be flat. If your plywood is thicker than 1/8" and curved any more than dead flat, it will need to be kerfed...
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Greenalleycat replied to the thread Lateral earth pressure at rest for a standing cliff.Looking at that picture it is one hell of a site I feel that designing to a soil bearing pressure is almost an academic exercise only...
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Greenalleycat replied to the thread Crazy cantilevered steel deck.It's no utopia and there are certainly plenty of people willing to undercut! However, the seismic design requirements adds a lot to our...
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Greenalleycat replied to the thread Staggered Stud Wall LTB.Ron, higher S1 = bad (number = how slender it is, higher = more slender) I suppose I left out the useful context of the normal equation...
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Greenalleycat replied to the thread Unistrut in Torsion.I don't really understand the geometry of this thing in all honesty so not sure if what I said applies But the P2542 will be torsionally...
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Greenalleycat replied to the thread Staggered Stud Wall LTB.Our code allows tension face restraint to count (compression side would obviously be even better) I've always interpreted 'continuously...
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Greenalleycat replied to the thread Unistrut in Torsion.How is the eccentricity arising? Can you resolve the torsion as a major axis moment into the tube instead?
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Greenalleycat replied to the thread Crazy cantilevered steel deck.Ha more power to him if he pulls that off Here, you would have invalidated your contract by doing that and the client would then have...
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It is a good idea to tell them up front. A friend of mine in construction includes the tax in his price. If they say "Go ahead" real...
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Greenalleycat replied to the thread Crazy cantilevered steel deck.Yes it's Goods and Servies Tax. It's a flat 15% tax applied to basically every single thing - we don't have the double down of state and...
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Greenalleycat replied to the thread Unistrut in Torsion.What's the context? In my case we were hanging a few panel heaters off 2 rows of unistrut I got them to stick a vertical member in...
