We have just recently had the anchor bolt fabricator providing 1/4" setting plates that are welded to the anchor rods to assist the installer in setting the rods. Our current project, the installer placed the setting plate flush against the concrete footing leaving no void between the two...
Hello all. I am currently working on a project with a radiant slab installation. The mechanical engineer is wanting to use a reflective radiant barrier (bubble wrap/foil/bubble wrap) directly under the slab that has an overall thickness of 3/8". We are looking to use an 8" thick slab...
I have viewed many post and maybe this is out there but I have overlooked it, but I am looking for recommendations on a good timber frame design manual? I've got copies of the NDS 05 specification and design manual. Wondering if anyone has had any luck with additional references.
I beleive we have a solution now. The mechanical engineer has recalculated and figured the duct did not need to be so large. The duct will be more square eliminating the need for a 22" opening.
To answer your questions though, the opening is within 4 courses of the top of the wall and there...
We are creating a new opening in an existing, standard 8" CMU wall for a duct penetration. The wall is load bearing. My question is what is the maximum width of the opening where a lintel would not be required? Could we provide an opening 22" wide where the blocks above each had 5" of bearing...
Please see attached. We are looking at installing a new steel gravity column and footing in an existing building. The issue we have is that the centerline of the column is directly over the edge of the existing footing. We are looking at overpouring the new foundation over the existing but...
