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gte447f replied to the thread Whats the deal with hip roofs.Sadly, modern builders where I am from (American south) would never do this these days, because they couldn't wouldn't spare the cost of...
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gte447f replied to the thread Steel Exposed to Fire.Well @phamENG is a concrete guy, in that they are a structural engineer who has studied concrete as a building material and probably...
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gte447f replied to the thread How to fix this?.This seems to me to be a very strange way to look at your engineering duties, but taking it as a given, how does empowering them to do...
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gte447f replied to the thread HOT TUB - gut check.OK, I'll give you that one. Coastal and certainly marine environments are a severe exposure category, so a special case where special...
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gte447f replied to the thread HOT TUB - gut check.Seriously? Have you ever actually used this detail or did you just throw that out on the fly? That's a lot of fabrication to achieve...
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gte447f replied to the thread HOT TUB - gut check.You may well be right, but just don't mix the materials seems like better advice. Reality check for this entire thread, go with hot dip...
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gte447f replied to the thread Steel Beam to Wood Post Connection.Not sure about @XR250 , but I have seen shallow steel flush beams in residential construction just sitting/bearing on the wall top plate...
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gte447f replied to the thread Brick Veneer "Passing Through" Framing.I agree in principal, but lets be honest, in reality there will be practically no shear in that diaphragm ever, and the rafters alone...
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gte447f replied to the thread Brick Veneer "Passing Through" Framing.Personally, I would prefer your original design to bolt a shelf angle to the wall framing, although I can see the mason's reluctance due...
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gte447f replied to the thread Brick Veneer "Passing Through" Framing.Well, I doubt these low roof diaphragms have been designed to transfer out any shear at the boundary, but if they had, that would be the...
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gte447f replied to the thread Easy foundation work or a trap?.Not surprised. None of it happens here either for residential underpinning and it is a booming business here, but then again there is...
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gte447f replied to the thread Easy foundation work or a trap?.I can think of an obvious reason. Helical piles are beyond the scope of the IRC., and the IRC says that anything beyond the scope of...
