My subcontractor installed 2" threaded steel pipe for the fuel lines for new emergency generators per the engineer's specifications. The problem is leaking at the joints. He has already made repairs on (3) different ocasions without success. He has changed fittings, pipe sections and pipe...
Trying to find a soution for excessive floor deflection.
A 32’-0” wide building. The floor structure is 4”x10” Hemlock joists, 4’-0” on center with a 2x6 tongue and v-groove southern yellow pine decking. There is a center girder, effectively reducing the span to 15’-2 ½ ”.
Originally, the...