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Supporting Elevated House
Since the vertical members are resisting lateral and axial loads, I'm treating them as columns. Columns require minimum ties at 16 times longitudinal bar, 48 times lateral tie bar, or least cross-sectional dimension of the member per TMS 402-13 section 5.3.1.4.b.- BR_PE
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- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
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Supporting Elevated House
Has anyone elevated a house on Masonry blocks greater than 6 feet on piers/pedestal placed on a grid with steel beams to support the load bearing walls? If so what code did you follow? A friend has ask me to be the EOR for raising his house, after reading thru TMS 402, i think the piers should...- BR_PE
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