Well, to be exact, what I'm trying to do may be impractical.
I need to span 16' with a dead load above of about 200 #/l.f. It's an exterior wall of a residence. Interior wall is 18' high. i.e. no lateral support for beam. Bending is not a problem. Deflection in the weak axis due to wind is the...
Is it possible or even advisable to create sections like a "T" or "C" by nailing and/or gluing LVL lumber? I'd like to make "C" type section by attaching an LVL top and bottom to a few vertical members. The result would be a "C" shape.
If it can be done, how? Nail? Glue? both. I'm trying to...
That's basically what it is, a shallow basement wall forming a box, with slab on top. I guess it would be a waste to fill all the cells and omit steel doweled to the ftg.
Well, filling both sides is unfortunately not an option, and I've got a struct. eng. that's going to help with the slab design, so I guess the real sticking point is the infill.
the walls are already up BTW ,unfilled and unreinforced.
I have a CMU "box" of dimensions 13'x28' with walls roughly 5' high. I'd like to fill it 90 percent with crushed concrete &then top it with some 8910, let it compact, then pour a porch slab on top. Does this sound reasonable? Clay backfill would be a no no in this instance as the walls aren't...
