I'm having a house built and I was wondering if anyone has any good recommendations on specific brands of soil treatment products for termites. The house is located in central Florida and there is well water so contamination is a concern. The house will be wood frame and built on a slab with...
I live in Florida and I hear horror stories all the time about sink holes developing in people's houses. I thought it would be an informative thread to discuss people's interesting experiences with sink holes in terms of what kind of damage there was, how long the house was there before the...
Refering to the Uniform Building Code (1997), Table 23-IV-J-1 (pg. 2-307), what do the values in the table represent? For example, for joist size 2x6, spacing of 12 in, Modulus of Elasticity of 1.4 e6, what does "10-3" represent?
Referring to UBC 1997 Table 21 - H - 1, what is meant by grout spacing? I have an example where there is an 8 in CMU wall reinforced with #5 at 48" on center vertical. 48" is listed as the "grout spacing" so does grout spacing really mean the spacing of the vertical bars or...
