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    Rafter and wall plate connection

    Your sketch does not have them aligned as you stated, but the OP's 2nd posting and sketch has them aligned. Kristofer, are you in a heavy snow load area? This looks like a 1-car garage which around here would be about 15' wide or less in total width. Structurally, every system we have...
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    Rafter and wall plate connection

    Are you just not wanting a seat cut (aka bird's mouth) for some reason? You show your rafter and joist in alignment to each other. That makes a connection with a torque to it unless you block both sides. If you use one side, alternate them.
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    Retaining forces on residential footing stemwall in crawlspace

    These load sound awful high. You must be dealing with a soil I have never had to deal with. Treating it as undrained is understandable if it is undrained. With the crawl space lower than the exterior, I imagine it will drain into the crawl space. If you need more gravity load, consider using...
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    Rafter and wall plate connection

    The sketch below is from the 2021 International Residential Code. The sketch is conventional framing. The code in your area probably has a similar sketch. Note the ridge has 2 options; collar tie or ridge strap. You can pick either method to keep the 2 slopes of the roof connected to each...
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    Retaining forces on residential footing stemwall in crawlspace

    I would use the floor framing as a brace. In my area, we use the floor for basements also. Never had any problems provided the construction sequence is correct. If you excavate, pour your strip footing and backfill the excavation after the wall is laid, it will probably work by the numbers...
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    Rafter and wall plate connection

    As mentioned by Eng16080, I am assuming you are talking about away from the gable end of your structure. Your drawing appears closer to what is called "stick-built" which is very standard method of wood framing. The location and names of some items in your drawing do not match the typical...
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    Shelf Support Steel Angle Fastened to Cold Form Exterior Stud for Brick Veneer

    What I mean is the Arch is doing the entire wall design and cutting the structural engineer out. Their wall design just has that minimal info and nothing more. The city accepts it and then as long as the contractor supplies within the specified parameters, "Good to Go". I have seen 6" track...
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    ChatGPT - Nice!

    Even if it generates a report or document that needs close scrutiny and proofing, unless you type 1,000 words a minute, it is probably well worth it. Getting wording just right sometimes take more time than we imagine.
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    Retaining concrete reinforced block wall

    Are you going from the current patio level down to the level with the sidewalk and the 2-seater bench? If so, where are your stairs going to be and what kind of stair (spiral, 2 tier etc) are you intending to use?
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    Shelf Support Steel Angle Fastened to Cold Form Exterior Stud for Brick Veneer

    That is more info than they have to supply where I tend to work. A single note saying " 6" cold-formed stud at 16" oc" is sufficient in their minds. And what gets supplied is the thinnest 6" depth with the narrowest flange available. No worry about stiffening lips or yield stress.
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    Retaining concrete reinforced block wall

    Not sure what is new versus existing in your sketch. Why are you dropping 3m twice rather than 6m once? I see 2 walls that are 1 meter apart. Is the word "patio" new, or old patio? The pictures look like you already have a patio area. Are you dropping to the level with 2 separate chairs in...
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    Welded together baseplate

    I don't know what your material is, but I agree with the others, it seems like even a mediocre burn table (or a cracker-jack with a hand torch) could do the job. Prepping a plate and keeping a welded plate from distorting seems like a lot of work. I have not had many instances where baseplates...
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    Shelf Support Steel Angle Fastened to Cold Form Exterior Stud for Brick Veneer

    XR50 & DaveAtkins: I have never had to attach a lintel to cold-formed studs, but other than alignment of the fasteners to the studs (especially on a rake), are there any other reason's you guys prefer welds to fasteners?
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    Basement to walk out basement conversion

    I am not responding to your header question, but I am curious how much shear wall you are removing while also removing an existing lateral load that may be "balancing out" the lateral force from the other side of the house. The right side of your sketch appears to be an exterior deck and so...
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    Best practice for connecting existing trusses and rafters to a proposed I-beam header.

    Since you are calling out the steel W-sections properly, I would not include the overall dimensions. If they are qualified to handle steel, they should be able to figure that out. I would not call out 2-2"x6" since the correct designation is 2x6. I might show it as (2) 2x6s or two 2x6s. The...
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