canwesteng and dik, thanks for responding. To be more clear, I'm familiar with the FSPF perimiter desgin itself, I'm more interested in opinions regarding the monolithic slab and it's behavior. Would you design it as a minimally reinforced slab as they often are in residential or becasue it's...
Good Morning All,
I'm designing a residence in a cold climate that is requesting a FPSF with a monolithic poured concrete floor slab. The soils are not expansive and the risk for movement is low. The soils report does not specify a structural slab. However, should I consider this condition...
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I've been circling around on this design for a while now. I have read a few of the forum posts on it and done the analysis a couple of different ways. When working with residential, lightly loaded helical piles it has been asserted that the most common execution of these piles is...
Thanks Mike,
I had not gotten down to the specifics of the log sizes yet but appreciate the clear distance guideline. I like your suggestions, perhaps the log guys could then use 2 half logs lagged into this infill piece. as opposed to trying to rout out a whole log.
I appreciate it,
Mike
Hello All,
I was curious if there some suggestions for wrapping 10-12" I-Beams with 12-14" logs. I am replacing an existing exterior deck structure that is currently made out of logs and failing. We have opted to replace it with a steel skeleton and wrap it with logs to re-create the original...
