Neglecting seismic, my retaining wall footing sizes become unwieldy for retained heights around 8' and up. Using 30pcf EFP, it's not unusual to see these footings grow to a width of 6'++ for toe under type walls. I spoke with a well seasoned soils engineer recently who is encouraging me to use...
It is proposed to utilize a concrete lid over a residential basement, approximately 20’x40’, which can be used as a sport/pickle ball court. I do not have any guidelines for this type of application. My question here relates to adequate stiffness to accommodate the activities above.
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In my high-end residential applications here by the beaches of southern CA, I typically try to keep deflections of longer spanning floor beams at 0.50" TL maximum. Typical spans I see are around 20 to 26'. I see a lot of these doors, typically 12 - 18' wide, for which I typically tighten the...
Apologies in advance if this topic has been covered. I did make an effort to find a similar thread, but an found only slightly similar scenarios, most likely due to the descriptors.
An existing W10X39 spanning 20' is to be stiffened in place due to the addition of load. This is a residential...
