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Working on a bearing wall removal project. New column load, 26 kips, will bear on existing 12" wide p.c. foundation wall (load will be applied at inside face of wall). Existing footing will be underpinned with a new spread footing. What type of analysis needs to be preformed to check the load...

Thank you, Moments. Very helpful resource.

Dick, In your reply, you stated that The Contractor has made a proper suggestion (with installing two beams side by side). He will be building a temporary wall to support the floor loads (as with any bearing wall removal). Are there any other construction precautions that need to be taken for...

Thank you for your reply. The original house plans do not specify the type of bonding. I had the Contractor weld a steel plate to the outside bottom flanges of the two steel beams to have them act in conjunction. I will have Contractor verify the wall construction in the field. Thanks again.

Working on a project that involves removal of a 3 wythe brick wall. Contractor wants 2 steel beams side by side (for wall removal and installation purposes). Is it common engineering practice to assume the weight distribution will be even across the 3 wythe? i.e. each beam will receive half...

Got it! Thank you to all. As I mentioned many of the articles on the topic talk about movement or deflection but the rafter framing seems just as important & critical. As it happens the architect I am working with wants to face mount the rafters. Thanks again!

To JAE I am referring to the horizontal reaction from a vertical load on a sloped beam. The outward thrust that ceiling joists usually tie together seems to just magically disappear because the ridge beam is adequate to support the vertical loads. I don't see how. To 1freewun This concern of...

I am designing a cathedral ceiling and having a difficult time wrapping my head around the structural ridge beam concept. If we look at the statics of the sloped rafter member and draw a free body diagram, there is a vertical (Fy) and horizontal (Fx) component to the reaction. I understand the...