I am modeling a storm sewer system that will connect to an underground array of pipe (storage) before outletting to existing storm sewer. I originally setup the model to model the array of pipes as a pond and just used one catchment for the inflow of the storm sewer to the storage pipes. For...
I'm in Minnesota, so frost heaving is definitely an issue. I ended up recommending screw piles (helical piles) below each column and also recommended completing an additional boring to determine the depth of bearing soils. Further, I recommended that horizontal grade beams be used for lateral...
I am charged with designing the foundation for a 320 square foot picnic shelter with 4 to 6 structural columns on a slab-on-grade floor. Unfortunately, we completed two soil borings on site last week and the borings show organic silt the entire depth of the borings, to 35 feet. Blow counts...
I am supposed to be getting the block work done on Thursday of this week, so I guess I better get this dialed in asap. I am thinking of having my block guy do two extra courses of block on the east and north wall so I can attached the I joist to the bond beam (with a plate). I will have him...
OldPaperMaker,
Are you suggesting placing the floor trusses directly on the CMUs? It doesn't seem to me that this will add much, if any, strength the wall. Am I missing something here?
I appreciate everyones concern regarding the wall, footings, frost, etc. Believe, I would have designed it differently if the space would allow. I do not have room to excavate for frost footings or I would have put them in. I did get a building permit and in this area of Minneapolis, MN, you...
Mike,
If I were to do this, here is what I envision:
8 foot 6x6 vertical at the corner, then another one every 4 feet. There would be 3 foot of bury on the 8 footers and 4 foot horizontals between the verticals. Think that would hold with approximatley 4.5 feet of earth retainage?
I did consider a sump pump, but opted against it. This is a detached garage and am hoping to keep it as simple as possible. The concrete is being poured as I type, so that option is off the table. The soils are primarily silt, with some areas of sand, so yes, the soils are frost-susceptible...
I am building a 6x6 timber retaining wall that will be about 5 feet high and 20 feet long. I need to figure out a way to tie the retaining wall back into the slope. Typically, I would use deadmen to do this, however I have two trees that about 4 feet behind the proposed retaining wall so I...
I am rebuilding my garage and am wondering what is the ideal depth to place the draintile. The existing garage is completely demolished and I am getting concrete today. I have an alley garage and I walk about about 6 feet to my back yard to the east. The north wall will also be buried...
Is it possible to change the HydroCAD output precision to round off to the nearest whole number or one decimal place? I spoke with the watershed reviewing engineer for a project of mine and she has stated that I can round off to the nearest cfs for reporting my rates. So, I would like the...
Thanks everyone for the ideas. Depending on the rotation, I will probably go with the rotated UCS as I seldom have two rotations in one drawing. The lisp routine will also help on my latest project as there are only a few dimensions that I need to rotate and I hate exploding them, especially...
I am dimensioning my site plan in model space and I have paper space set up with a rotated view so as to fit the site on my title block. The problem is that when I rotate the view (command: DV -> TWist) the dimensions are not plan readable. Instead, the dimensions stay readable to the North...
