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Now on to the matter of houses being engineered.In many cases it is not possible to do without steel, which a contractor won't use.
What steel are you talking about? If straps, contractors have no issue with installing straps. If tension rods, same...
My opinion is that the designer should do the inspections. In lieu of that the insurance companies should have inspectors.
The government inspection process is too corrupt, which is why I left the field after 16 years.
The contractors own the commissioners who control the major who controls the...
Here's my tip: memories are short,sprinklers fail, fire dept.s have short ladders. A death trap in the making and pushed by the wood industries.
Fire rated wood might help but that stuff is problematic.
Inspector Jeff
I think if most things were built to codes and engineering standards and were maintained the problems would go away.
Florida had proposed that Architects inspect their own jobs. Now this would pose a problem in the real world, but would make a big difference in safety.
Government inspectors have...
MacGruber,
Yes, it is messy but uses a few bolts and hold downs and some blocking.
Would not the M be resisted by the HD7A tying into the dead load of the tributary floor and roof? The bolts into the wall might need bearing plates to spread the load.
Wouldn't the braced frame railing resolve...
Here are 2 solutions.
1.Insurance companies employ inspectors.
2.Homeowners hire inspectors who work for an agency that employes Lawyers.
Otherwise the corruption will continue, through government officials coerced to pass illegal thing just to keep their jobs.
I put up with it for 17 years.If...
I guess the point is moot if galvanized steel and venting is used.
The blocking between the floor joist would not connect to them so they could act as the web of a T beam with the flange being 2- 3/4" plywood.Is this possible?
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I don't see why it would not work. The balcony rail will be fabricated from steel tube stock and be anchored to the host structure and to the wood deck end members with lag bolts or threaded rods. The railing would be a cantilevered braced frame attached to the host stud pack which is attached...
You have to remember that it is not that thick as the lap joint and the grooves are thinner, maybe 1/2 the nominal thickness. You can use drywall on the inside wall to help with shear using a combined SWS. Or metal brace strapping.
He might be right!
Inspector Jeff
During inspections and plan review I have noticed the engineer allows 8" -12" from the corner holddown anchor bolts to the 2-2x4 chord of a wood SWS.
It seems the moment on the plate which is acting as a cantilever is much higher than designed for.Also the shear is higher than a 2x4 can take(...
Would not the OM at the first floor shear wall be tremendous?The chords would have to be almost solid wood.
Would braced frames work better?
Inspector Jeff
2 collar ties each rafter; eliminates ridge beam and creates a truss. Create moment splice at rafter cantilever area or add bearing at house/porch wall eliminating cantilever.
Inspector Jeff
The sad thing is the heavy duty railing was not attached to the wall and could have acted like a braced frame and possibly given the victims time to get of.
Inspector Jeff
There are 2 balcony framing types. One is joist supported on each end by hangers.
The 2nd is the type that collapsed which consist of cantilevered from an inset inside the floor edge lam beams and between them non p.t. joist.The blocking at the interface of the building makes it hard to see the...
How did the water get behind the membrane? Either became loose from wall or holes in it? Possible nail holes in flashing like on roof leaks.The membrane should have gone up the entire curb and under the sill.
Inspector Jeff
