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    LVL for covered porch is possible?

    jjl317 (Civil/Environmental) There are many situations that I need to use LVLs. - Cantilevered joists or beam for balcony - Reinforcing existing joists or beam with a limited depth due to existing condition - If a beam supports 4' cantilever for balcony and 8' spanning into the interior, only...
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    LVL for covered porch is possible?

    jayrod12 (Structural) Thank you for the recommendation. Did 'Encapsulate the beam' mean wrapping Tyvek around entire beam, covering the beam, or something else?
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    LVL for covered porch is possible?

    Dear Engineering folks, LVL is NOT suitable for the exterior application according to the manufacturer, Weyerhaeuser. Beams of a 1covered porch that have a covering and waterproofing roof, which is very limited chance of exposing to the weather, can use LVL? Or, this application is still...
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    Extending existing studs

    Existing house has top plates at 8'-0" high, but the owner wants to raise to 13'-0". I'm thinking of two ways of extending the studs. First way is to install 5'-0" new studs on top of existing top plates and Simpson straps on both sides of studs from new studs to old studs passing top plates...
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    Deep grade beam design: Sandbags under SOG has NO active lateral pressure?

    In many cases of constructions, I've seen contractors brought sandbags rather than compacted fill. At sloped grade, the heights of boundary grade beams vary and sometimes its height can be 4-5 feet. Do these grade beams not require design as 'retaining wall'?
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    Monolithic pouring with NO L-shaped slab-to-grade beam dowel rebars

    Contrator's point is that NO dowels are needed when NO construction joints are created with monolithic pour. Agree?
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    Monolithic pouring with NO L-shaped slab-to-grade beam dowel rebars

    Contractor brings sand bags under the slab on grade. I don't know how they compact sand bags. They usually stack them up to the bottom of slab on grade and install membrane and rebars, and then pour concrete.
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    Monolithic pouring with NO L-shaped slab-to-grade beam dowel rebars

    details of contractor and engineerhttp://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=86d02647-610b-4c96-b6e1-438e9754682f&file=GRADE_BEAM_DETAIL.pdf
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    Monolithic pouring with NO L-shaped slab-to-grade beam dowel rebars

    Most time, I used L-shaped slab-to-grade beam dowel bars, but a contractor prefers pouring monolithic concrete with no dowels. Pros and cons?
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    Designing a boat dock and boat house

    boo1 Playswow Wahoo docks has very good presentation of anchoring systems and other information. Thank you so much for your help!
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    Designing a boat dock and boat house

    BUGGAR Fortunately, these structures will be floating on river, not ocean. I may not think of wave action, but water load (AASHTO) seems big enough to consider very carefully. Thanks for your input. shepherd The site is not at ocean, but river. However, any information can be helpful to me, so...
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    Designing a boat dock and boat house

    medeek The site is not at ocean, there's no wave action. However, flash flood makes big impact on the design I believe. Thanks for your input. cessna98j Thank you so much for the link and information. I'm still reading the web link and AASHTO, and they shall be very helpful to my design. 100yr...
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    Designing a boat dock and boat house

    KootK Thank you for the link and the reference book. SlideRuleEra Thank you for the photo and advice. My dock and house are a lot different than the photo. I was thinking of using pile system with pile rollers, so the structures are allowed to move up and down according to water elevation...
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    Designing a boat dock and boat house

    I have researched many web sites, design examples and code books, but really couldn't find any applicable and helpful references for designing a boat dock and boat house. These structures will float on the water and move up and down depending on the water level, so flood load really doesn't...
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    Have you ever seen this joist?

    Many thanks to all of you. I was surprised with Vulcraft's charge for providing information of their product. My service charge to check the capacity is not expensive, possibly cheaper than Vulcraft's charge, so my client may not want to spend money to get the information of Vulcraft's steel...
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