Not too long ago, I saw a reference on this site to a treatise on using slabs on grade in bearing, or the bearing ability of slabs on grade. Apparently, someone did a special study on this and published their results?
Anyhow, the situation being when an interior, non-bearing partition is...
What references to use, and how does one go about determining if checks in timbers are "substantial" as alluded in the Timber Design Manual.
The situation I've seen recently is a nominal 8x14, 16 foot long residential garage door header with splits on one side about 2 1/2 deep...
