Would you feel comfortable hanging floor joist on a ledger if the span was 14.5ft? existing rim board is 2x8. The new joist (and ledger) would need to be 2x10 to span 14.5ft. Personally I don't feel very comfortable with it but perhaps I am being too conservative. Thoughts?
Would you do a cursory review of a house without providing a report? I was contacted by a man who just wants a SE to walk a house with him that he is interested in purchasing. He doesn't want to pay for a report. Quite frankly I don't want to do a report because they are so time consuming...
I spoke with the building official, this is what they had to say:
You should design this for Risk Category 3. Risk Category 3 includes uses where the occupants' ability to respond in the case of an emergency is limited, and that is certainly true in a daycare, probably more so than in a school...
This building was designed using IBC 2018. Group I-4 is not mentioned in IBC 2018.
Buildings and other structures that represent a substantial hazard to human life in the event of failure, including but not limited to:
•Buildings and other structures whose primary occupancy is public...
We issued a permit for a 2-story new construction day care center last year. Arch permit drawings states Occupancy Load = 230 and Occupancy = E. So I designed the building for Risk Category 2. It has been about a year since we issued the permit.
Recently they sent me an updated 1st floor...
I am supporting a hot tub on an elevated wood framed deck. The deck joist will be supported via a top flange hanger attached to a nailer on a steel beam. I wish I could bear the wood joist directly on top of the beam, but I cannot for architectural reasons. I am concerned about the top flange...
I have a potential client who wants to install (3) 4ft wide windows in the rear wall of his existing house. I cannot get this to work because it removes the braced wall panels at the corner of the house and the next braced wall panel will be 22ft from the corner.
The client is open to...
We had a series of (6) rowhomes burn down. There is now a 90' wide lot between the remaining rowhomes. My job is to design a ~90 foot long concrete retaining wall to separate the existing sidewalk from the monstrous "pit". We are retaining about 6ft of soil. The retaining wall design is easy...
I plan on having 2x12 rafters span between the wall top plate and the ridge beam. There is an HSS beam attached to the top plate of the wall. So I am counting on the ridge beam and the HSS beam to transfer the wind load to the frames.
So this is actually just one big room that will house the kitchen / dining / living room. So it will be open concept. There are other buildings on the complex that will house bedrooms, etc. Guys, this is a vacation home. 🏌️♀️🏂
I am working on a single family house ($$$$$) where they want a 20ft x 60ft building with a very steep roof pitch (24/12) and a vaulted ceiling throughout. They want the roof thickness to be shallow (12 inches).
There are no opportunities for shear walls in the short direction. I came up...
I designed a new construction church back in 2021. It is being built today. The contractor is making major changes on the fly without approval. We just "found out" that they started building because the architect happened to drive by the site.
1) The foundation has been poured without...
Pham: Thanks for your reply. This is very helpful. My office is in PA. 98% of my revenue comes from MD. My business was founded and registered in MD. Since my office is in PA, my accountant wants me to move my business entity to PA and register in MD as a foreign S-Corp. He thinks it will...
I am not sure where exactly I should post this, so bear with me, please. My accountant is telling me one thing, but I disagree with him.
Does anyone know if you need to register your business in every state that you do work in? I think the answer is yes. So then, does the company need to...
Is there a way to install wide (or maybe the correct term is deep) furring strips on the outside face of a CMU block wall, and then put EIFS over that, so that it looks like the upper floors are cantilevering ~12 inches? In other words, is there a way to "build out" the outside face of the CMU...
I did this design, which is loosely based on an a/c bracket support that I found online. I would have just spec'd out that wall bracket but it was calling for 3/8" lag bolts and I wanted to use these 1/2" threaded rods so I could utilize the Simpson Tension Tie.
I am open to criticism.
I have a residential client that wants to replace their existing balcony. The balcony is constructed of (2) LVLs outriggered from the 2nd floor framing. The plan is to demo the existing balcony; install (2) Parallam Plus PSL outrigger Beams (secured to bearing wall at rear of garage - backspan...
