Saw this gem on site. Can anyone think of a fix that doesn't involve ripping it out and redoing it?
I am thinking maybe blocking between the studs and driving screws through the bottom flange into the blocking?
Boise allows birdsmouth but the bottom flange must be supported.
Met with a mason on site today who will be installing the brick veneer on a house I designed.
There are multiple low roofs that frame into the walls with a ledger. He suggested omitting the lintels I had shown and instead cutting the sheathing to allow the bricks to "pass through" down to their...
I have a 16' tall window wall where I initially specified 24" Simpson Strong-walls on each end. The wall widths were changed to ~12" in the field and the contractor installed this instead. See attached photo.
Installed is a (3) 11 7/8" LVL column on each side (other side not pictured) with...
For a walk out basement in a climate where the frost line is only 12", how do you all normally detail the foundations? I prefer to have footings and walls on all four sides of the house, including the walk out side. This allows me to completely isolate the slab on grade which is the best way to...
I have a residential project where the contractor and steel fabricator ignored my details requiring a column cap plate bolted to the bottom flange of the beam - the standard detail you always see. Instead, they field welded the column directly to the beam's bottom flange.
So, I have two...
How do you all show joists for residential projects? I gained the majority of my experience in CT and NY and around there everyone shows the joists as harpoons. I am now practicing in GA and I am seeing most "architectural designers" (ie: unlicensed architects playing architect)drawing each...
Hi All,
Long time reader, first time posting.
I have a client that wants to extend his 6" concrete basement wall 2'-0" to increase the ceiling height and re-grade his yard (the house has been demolished to the foundation).
How would you go about dealing with this hinge? The required...
