Can someone please confirm that I am designing the ridge beam correctly for the following?
26' wide building with a metal roof with a 12:12 pitch (unobstructed, slippery slope).
The rafter span is 18.5'.
My roof snow load is 17.3 psf which I got from the following:
Pf=0.7 x Ce x Ct x I x Pg...
Does anyone know where I can find a good design guide for rafters, ridge beams, collar ties, etc.? Preferable something online that I can download but a book would be good also. Thank you.
Currently there are 5" dia. logs (18.5 feet long) spaced 36" o.c. being used as rafters for a building with a 12:12 pitch and a metal roof. The owner wants to add a sheetrock ceiling so he wants to sister a 2x to the log so he can run his furring strips and install sheetrock. Below are my...
See attached picture of the plans.
The guy who drew the plans shows a 2x8 (12' long) on each side of the 6x6 post. The trusses will sit on these two 2x8. The snow load in my area is 55 psf. Based on this the load on the beam will be 55 psf x 19.5 ft (bldg is 39 feet wide so 19.5 is half) =...
I am trying to figure out the hydroCAD program. I have ran through it and have a hydrograph that has an inflow and a primary plotted on it. I am assuming the inflow is the runoff entering the pond. What does the primary mean? Thanks.
I have a question about building a house on a slope. The site slopes from north (high) to south (low). The north wall will be fully buried and the east and west walls will be fully buried on the northern side and taper to no bury on the southern side. The south wall will be fully exposed...
I am a sole proprietor in New York and have a question about sales tax. I prepare and stamp plans (house plans, septic systems, subdivisions, etc.) and have been told that I do need to charge sales tax and have also been told that I don't. Can anyone confirm whether I need to charge sales tax...
