I have a building near a coastal area that has the lower portion of the metal wall studs heavily corroded. The metal stud track and lower portion of studs have corroded to a point that the web and flanges have lost large sections of their areas. We are in process on investigating what are the...
In looking over the DCA6 for Residential Deck design, no mention is made of wind loads. I am designing a residential wood deck around a large pool area 4' of the ground, thinking of applying the open structure wind pressures on the deck structure, but I am unable to find any reference that may...
Hi all. I am working with a contractor on removing an existing CMU wall on a house built in the 50's. The roof is a rafter system supported along the building perimeter. The ceiling joist are supported along the perimeter and at an interior CMU bearing wall. The ceiling joist are lapped to...
I typically size of my water supply lines for both commerical and residential structures using WSFU. Does anyone know the maximum pipe velocity and assumbed pipe materials used in the IRC plumbing section? I have compared the values to the NSPC and those tables (based on different piping...
I am workng on an addition that has three walls being added to an existing structure. Do the layout of the roof framing plan I am not able to tie in the addition to the existing structure. I looked at the building as a three-sided diaphragm via a Vulcraft publication that I have. My question is...
I have an LH series steel bar joist spaning about 40' spaced at 4" o.c. The architect is sugguesting to to support the bar joist via a steel ledger attached to the side of masonry wall. While it would facilite the construction of the wall, I am concerned about the viability of this connection...
I am working with an architect on an addition to a restuarant. One of the shearwalls has various size openings but the width of the shearwall segment elements is only 16". Can this actually be design as a masonry shearwall, I was thinking at this point it would resemble more of a frame.
