So I'm curious about something, and I'd love to get your opinions as engineer's. In an attempt to try and save the client some money on having to order an entire set of plans, would it be reasonable to ask a reputable firm to analyze the plans that already exist and provide feedback on it...
That ones on me for not understanding, I think I misread some of the simpson literature I found with regards to attaching to a wooden beam and was confusing the allowable shear number.
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The builder. The client hired the engineer off of Upwork, and it seems the engineer sent them the stamped plans and then after reviewing the client is questioning some of the decisions. Although the design engineer seems to not be responding to questions or revisions anymore.
From what I've...
I'll reach out to Simpson and see what they say. I also was looking at my plans, and saw this was the wind/seismic load calculations, for what it's worth. If my understanding is correct, the windload I'm trying to match is a V of 115, and Shear Walls are set at something like a V of 715, so...
So I recently learned about them, but everything I've seen has them mounted into a concrete foundation. Given that I'm on piers I didn't know if they'd work. Could they be used with something like a Simpsom holddown run through the beam/joists?
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I'm in the process of building what started out as a screened porch and is seemingly shifting more towards a 3 season room. I wasn't originally worried about shear walls when it would all be screened in, but the client is looking to possibly add 4 track vertical patio windows (the...
