Hi everyone. I have a couple of questions on this foundation wall I am designing that separates a basketball court and a higher theater room in a home. See the drawing below for relevant dimensions and design criteria. I have read all the previous threads I could find on this topic but still...
Hi all. I got a call on a retaining wall that someone is installing to access their basement. As shown below there will be a set of stairs down to the basement. One side of the stairwell is a new retaining wall, the other side is an existing 7' tall foundation wall below the garage. Apparently...
Hello fellow engineers, this residence I'm working on has an open patio with jacuzzi where they want to have an exterior partition wall (wood framing) to make the jacuzzi area private. This wall is freestanding as it won't be braced at the top by any roof framing. Further, they want the door in...
Hi all, I've got a question about minimum reinforcement in concrete walls. Per ACI 318-14 Chapter 11 the minimum ratio for vertical reinforcement = .0012 and horizontal reinforcement = .002. I was running a calculation for a restrained concrete wall (10' tall basement wall) in RetainPro and the...
Hello everyone, question here on converting a 3' tall residential crawl space into an 8' tall basement. Prior to making this post I have read through every thread I could find on this site about underpinning multiple times. Please consider the drawing below showing the dimensions of the crawl...
I had a question come up on a residential basement remodel. As I don't do much residential work (or remodel work in general) I wasn't sure what to do here. As shown below the owner is going to remove a 12' section of bearing wall in their basement and replace it with a beam. The reactions on...
