The top chords of several TJI Floor joists were completely cut by a crazed tile layer.
There is not room or access to place new joists next to the damaged joists.
Would a patch work? I am thinking of packing out the joists with the appropriate sized plywood and sandwiching the damaged...
Is it possible to extend a glulam beam (5.125" x 12") approximately 40" by splicing another glulam beam next to it?
I assume the overlap needs to accommodate a bolt pattern to withstand bending and shear stresses. Are there other factors to be considered?
A contractor put to short of beam in...
I am reviewing plans for a friend in which the upper floor of a Prairie style house is supported by beams and columns and is located over the middle of the lower floor. The floor diaphragm for the upper floor does not extend to any exterior shear walls on the lower floor and there are very few...
I am designing a 10' cantilevered retaining wall.
I have a geotechnical report on the soil. They provided an equivalent fluid pressure of 47 pcf for level back fill and 78 pcf for a backfill sloping up to 2:1.
The retained soil will be level for the first 10 feet then slope up the hill. Can...
A friend is builing a storage shed using stacked shipping containers welded together with a trussed roof attached.
The structure is 5' from a small convetially framed office building. The plans examiner wants a 3 hour fire rating due to the distance between buildings and their classifications...
A contractor in my area recently sheathed a roof with 7/16" 24/16 OSB on 24" O.C. joists. Unfortunately for him, the system he installed is rated at 40 psf allowable live load which is lower than the snow load requirement of 55 psf.
If he adds another layer of sheathing to the roof will the...
I am reviewing a set of plans in which a Hip roof with a cathederal ceing is specified. The roof system consists of a ridge beam and 4 Hip beams. The interior is pure cathederal with no columns supporting the ridge or hips and no collar ties. The roof is rectangular 48' x 28', Roof pitch...
I am designing a concrete columm to support (4) 12" x 12" timber columns that form a square with 6" space in the middle. The Timbers have a small compressive load (3K each) and are only this large for aesthetics. Ideally I would like a 30" x 30" x 72" column on top of a footing to support...
