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gte447f replied to the thread Legal Thoughts on Stamping Plans.@LOTE , I agree with most of what you said except the above. Rather than a small cabin with a couple of bunk beds, these vacations...
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gte447f replied to the thread Legal Thoughts on Stamping Plans.@Bammer25 , this is all well and good, but I still question what it is that you are actually stamping. For example, what code...
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gte447f replied to the thread Legal Thoughts on Stamping Plans.@Bammer25, as to whether or not a stamp is even required, my state has the following exception within the law for architects: (b)...
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gte447f replied to the thread Attic Truss Loading.Then I would say the proper design live load should have been 20psf.
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gte447f replied to the thread Attic Truss Loading.I would say 20 psf tops, unless you want to analyze and verify capacity. If you were designing these on the cheap you might even say...
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gte447f replied to the thread HUD Foundation Inspections.I did a couple of these years ago and quickly decided that it wasn't worth the hassle, meaning that there wasn't enough money in the...
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gte447f replied to the thread Legal Thoughts on Stamping Plans.@Bammer25 , kudos to you for asking questions and continuing to participate in this discussion. I do not want to "gang up" on you. I...
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gte447f replied to the thread Legal Thoughts on Stamping Plans.IRstuff, there is no "implicit concurrence with the structural capability of the house" implied by stamping floor plans that do not...
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I love the summary given by gte447f above and agree with all of it. Since the OP referred to Tennessee - here's a quote from that...
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gte447f replied to the thread Legal Thoughts on Stamping Plans.What sort of jurisdictions require this sort of thing to be stamped? The IRC would not generally require a stamp for this stuff.
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gte447f replied to the thread IEBC Allowable 5% Gravity Increase on Total Load or Load Type?.Based only on the text of the quoted passage above, I agree with @Flotsam7018 that the 5% limit is for the magnitude of each load, not...
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gte447f replied to the thread Legal Thoughts on Stamping Plans.Your statements above suggest that you aren't doing much of anything. This seems to be text book rubber stamping. Every engineering...
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Important caveat: XR250's trusses/joists were either designed for that load or he, as a competent structural engineer, performed a...
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gte447f replied to the thread Wood post Cracks.I would do absolutely nothing to address these totally normal and common checks other than assessing them and arriving at the...
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gte447f replied to the thread Concrete Column - cold joint cracking.The crack doesn't look vertical to me. It looks more diagonal, so I don't think it is necessarily just cracked at the cover beyond...
