Architect question for those of you that do residential projects...
When you guys do load calculations for a residential project (an addition or remodel, not a new home), how common is it for you to do them based on the previous 12 months of electrical bills?
I'm used to doing the math myself...
I've included a switched ceiling mounted ventilation fan in laundry rooms for as long as I can remember. When I first started designing homes, plan reviewers redlined me for this requirement and I never questioned it.
A contractor has recently pushed back at me on this, saying that the 4"...
I've got an interior remodel in construction, single family home with a conventionally framed roof where we're taking out an interior wall below the ridge and replacing it with a glullam flush beam. Loads to 4x6 posts are around 6,500 lbs each. The 4x6's get buried into walls at each end (this...
