Thanks for all the feedback so far, much appreciated.
4 bore holes were done in the building foot print and the material is consistent throughout. Basically stiff clay to bore hole depth termination. I think the pier company did 2 test piers before fabricating the piers and going to site. All...
Your moment frame will do what you want it to do but it is a heavy design and probably more than is required. My concern is your connection D. I would only bolt back to the existing house like this if you knew that the wall you were fixing to was reinforced masonry or concrete etc. There isn't...
I would make sure that the overturning moment is less than the moment resisting. Its an easy first principals hand calculation. Usually a large pad footing can be used with thick column base plate and cast in H/D bolts to fix the column base. If you don't get the capacity from thickening the...
Hi All
I have recently designed a project which utilized many screw piers. The project manager got a few quotes to do the piers and we sent the winning pier company out to site before signing the quote to do some test piers, which they did. They designed the piers to hopefully found at 5m...
Hi
I think your original detail is pretty good. Dowel bars can be used externally and commonly are. Round dowels will allow the slab to shrink away at the joint which is good. Also in external applications make sure the dowel bars are hot dip galvanised which protects the steel from corrosion...
