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Thank you for the responses. There will have to be a masonry legdge for brick and or stacked stone. There is a portion of the addition that will be supporting a second floor. Jr

I am a residential designer and have a renovation proyect of an existing home with a single story 20'X20' addition. The foundation will be a monolithic slab with turned down perimeter footings. What are the reinforcement requirements/guidelines for this type of slab? This is in North Atlanta...

Yes, that has been considered and a structural engineer was hired to design reinforcement to the existing footings.

Thank you guys for all the suggestions. I contacted a local truss designer and they are suggesting a 20" deep open web truss at 19.2" o.c. There is actually an engineer looking at the foundation today, he already suggested we reinforce it and the homeowner has agreed to it. Again, thank you all.

Hello, I am doing a residential design/build project where we are adding a second floor to an existing split-leve house. The addition is above an existing 4-car garage that is 27'x33' with 8' clg. ht. and pre-fab roof trusses. My question is this, what sort of a floor system should I use? I am...

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PT999, Thank you so much for your comments and suggestions. I agree with you that a continuous pour and rebar will be much stronger than a 2-system wall (footing + cmu). The addition will only require a foundation wall that is about 32" high from existing grade plus the footing. I have seen...

I am a designing an 800 SF addition to an existing house and I am thinking a CMU crawl space foundation wall with I joist trusses are my best option since the grade is sloping from the rear of the house. I am in north Georgia and wanted to get advice on what considerations I need to take on...