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    How to install tie rods to counter roof thrust in a barn with a central post obstruction?

    A true "team player" would come up with another alternative that costs more and is far more complex than double rods, and then sit it out.
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    structural questions for residential construction.

    Nothing to do with your wall project; does the school you are going to have the entire 4-year curriculum or is it a community type college that provides freshman and sophomore level classes only. I see you are taking math and physics. What does Eng 101 cover? You won't get anything that...
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    structural questions for residential construction.

    The soil on the left and right were assisting in preventing racking because while they opposed each other, the wall was the "spacer" that maintained their distance. Now, the spacer is gone and you are relying on the wooden floor system to function as a diaphragm and be the spacer Previously...
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    Graphical Method for Interpreting Reactions and Forces

    The pdf is not legible. Even, then, you may need to explain the source of the info to some degree.
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    Construction Material Weights

    I used the Specific Gravity data in the NDS supplement for lumber weights. For example, SYP is .55 which is 34.32 pcf. I have easily seen 37 pcf published for SYP. The SpecGrav is next to E in the tables for all lumbers they list. No variation is shown for grade, one size fits all within a...
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    How to install tie rods to counter roof thrust in a barn with a central post obstruction?

    I would not rule out any workable option at this stage. In the early stages of problem solving, applying job-specific criteria tends to limit creativity. See what people come up with first, then apply criteria like cost. You have 2 issues, first, what is causing the problem, second, how to...
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    structural questions for residential construction.

    I do not know how far along you are in school, but this is not a design that there is a specific piece of literature that will provide guidance. It is a fairly lengthy education into loads, load paths, action-reaction, redistribution of loads when you tinker with removing components from an...
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    How to install tie rods to counter roof thrust in a barn with a central post obstruction?

    I just noticed the roof covering Brad pointed out. In addition to what looks like a really heavy tile roof, are you also in a heavy snow area? Is the crack you show in picture 5 a main rafter from the primary structure frame or is that a purlin end. Looks like a purlin since I see a similar...
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    How to install tie rods to counter roof thrust in a barn with a central post obstruction?

    I agree about there not appearing to be thrust from sag of the peak. The rafter closest to you on the left side in picture 4 looked bowed more than others. Is it really bowed or is that just the way the picture looks? The masonry crack the size shown in the picture for a building of this age...
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    Discussion: The Miracle Of The Loretto Chapel Staircase Explained

    I have never been near it, but if I ever do, I am going by. Problem is, if they won't let me walk up it, I will then regret getting that close and not.
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    structural questions for residential construction.

    You are in the right place for a student. This site requires students to use this "Student Engineer General Discussion" and no other. It's in the policy. Also, for the most part, no one will give you final design info, even me. But we are here to help students some degree and many of us do...
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    Discussion: The Miracle Of The Loretto Chapel Staircase Explained

    Am I correct that if nothing was attached at the top, each time someone used it, the top tread should go down? The more users, the more it would go down.
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    Discussion: The Miracle Of The Loretto Chapel Staircase Explained

    It would be interesting to see someone in modern times build this, even with glue. But by themselves, and no modern tools that did not exist in the era of the original construction. Kind of like a Forged in Fire episode. Just having to use a handsaw alone would run me off.
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    Live load not specified

    Of course in modern times and mores, it may be a Public room.😊
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    Live load not specified

    you mean a bedroom in a hotel or motel? That is in the code somewhere. Hotels: See Residential. Private Rooms and corridors serving them?
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