thanks in advance for reading. I typically refer to Raymond H.R. Tide, “Integrity of Structural Steel After Exposure to Fire”, Volume 35 No. 1: First Quarter (1998), pages 26 through 38. in looking at fire damage to structural steel. In my case I have no visual distortion/damage to steel...
i am trying to figure out why ceiling fell and have at least a modern-day code reference to back up my opinion. my opinion being that smooth shank nails were used to attach wood furring in lieu of ring shank. you know of a code reference i can use for attachment of wood lath to underside of wood...
I have an old building from 1908 with a wood lath and plaster ceiling. I suspect the ceiling fell down (only about 30 square feet of ceiling) due to smooth nails backing out over time. I have an older version of USG Gypsum Construction Handbook, but i don't see specific section regarding...
Thank you, ANE91. I have no reason to believe it is wind. Good observation on your point that the insulation is not disheveled. I definitely saw no signs of wind on outside of building. Trusses are 6 feet apart so I highly anticipate failure in nail withdrawal once I run the numbers. Thanks again!
Thank you for reading. I have an R-panel metal ceiling (3-foot wide sheets). The ceiling attaches to 2x4 wood nailers (laid flat). Nailers spaced every 30 inches and nailed to truss bottom chords with 2 to 3 10d nails. Trusses are at 6-foot centers. This is in a large storage faciltiy. No...
Yes. it is a unit ventilator on the second-story above. I think that is what it is from. You think just condensation from the unit (i'm not an HVAC guy)? Thanks.
In the attached photos is the north elevation of a 2-story school addition. CMU exterior walls. Steel floor/roof framing. Vertical stains are below a second-story joist bearing at north exterior wall (see dashed outline in Photograph 1). No streaks are below any of the roof framing members...
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I have a wood-framed fink truss. A rough sketch is attached. As you can see in the sketch, the top/bottom chord interface at the left hand side is not at a support. This is where failure occured, which I attached a photo of (note that a temporary wall is now in place below the failure...
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I have a 5-story condo building (no drawings, no site visit). I don't know what the floor framing is. Floor framing reportedly spans 24 feet. At the back side of one of the units I have a localized floor deflection of 1/2 inch over the last 4 feet from the sliding glass door...
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When I see large deflections on chimneys rather than brittle failure, I start to think that the mortar is a lime putty mortar vs. portland cement mortar. Short of doing a vinegar test, or scraping to identify white inclusions vs. white aggregate, can you tell just by looking at the...
I have opposing 2x6s meeting at spliced 2x6 ridge board. Is there a code section (IRC) that references this detail, and if so, what code section is it? Should a vertical support be provided at ridge boards abutting? I attached one pic. Thanks...
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I have a warehouse wall about 18 feet high built in the 1960s. Don't know reinforcing, cell grouting, block width. I have horizontal cracks with lateral displacement between windows. I have a CMU cracked vertically with inward horizontal displacement. There is no unbalanced soil...
