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  1. kissymoose

    St Louis, MO Tornadoes

    2 Tornadoes Around 2:00pm 5/16/25 Smack dab in the middle of St Louis 4 fatalities reported so far, dozens injured 20 square blocks reportedly damaged Surprise surprise, a lot of unreinforced masonry involved...
  2. kissymoose

    Calculating load on a central beam in a residential deck

    He's gonna spend so much more money on framing to make that 40' span work than he would on putting a couple more footings in. Your math must be wrong on the second one, those should yield the same result. Also, that 18x40 may meet strength requirements, and code deflection requirements, but an...
  3. kissymoose

    Screw capacities in composite materials

    Can't we screw through the composite into the stud behind?
  4. kissymoose

    Darn Architects!

    Remember Weyerhaeuser's response to their PSL? https://www.eng-tips.com/threads/sagging-exterior-psl-deck-beam.524110/ I don't think I've specified treated LVL or PSL ever since you posted that. Probably a combination of being overly cautious, mad at Weyerhaeuser, and having adequate...
  5. kissymoose

    PEMB buildings from China? Engineering?

    If I reached out to an engineer regarding concern for inadequacy in their design and they dismissed me, my next call would be to the state board. Duty to the public and all that. We need more accountability in our profession for insufficient design.
  6. kissymoose

    Ethics Double Check

    The whole point of this is to make the owner feel good about what's going on. Since they've already brought up the issue, it has already failed that purpose. I'd recommend whoever's paying for the assessment engage someone else.
  7. kissymoose

    When would a retaining wall footing be required?

    $20 says it was poured on inadequately compacted fill.
  8. kissymoose

    Sagging Exterior PSL Deck Beam

    No, if that is what they have to say, the take away is that no one should be specifying treated PSL products anymore. It's 10yo and falling apart, look at the picture. Ludicrous response from Weyerhaeuser.
  9. kissymoose

    Double 3-Sided Roof Diaphragm

    Ridge board design will typically come with tension ties, aka truss without webbing. Why the doubt in ridge boards to provide vertical restraint? Regardless... I agree with post #39, if the boundary conditions shown below were present, both diaphragms would engage. I don't understand the jump...
  10. kissymoose

    Double 3-Sided Roof Diaphragm

  11. kissymoose

    Question for my Autocad junkies....

    I work out of Google Drive for desktop, but I imagine it'd be the same for OneDrive or Dropbox. I'm not sure what the frequency is or if you can control it, but it will record file history and allow you to download previous versions.
  12. kissymoose

    New Brunswick Structural Engineer Trouble

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/helene-theriault-engineer-buildings-john-richardson-1.7244456 Summary: A structural engineer was called in to assess foundation cracks in a 63 unit apartment under construction back in December and concluded there were deficiencies in the design. He...
  13. kissymoose

    Collar Tie Alternative Idea

    I'm confused, is this what you're proposing? You're doing all this to save 2" of ceiling height at the ridge?
  14. kissymoose

    What are the limits of prescriptive design?

    I don't know. It's hard to get up in there to see and the fix is the same regardless. In the few I have seen directly, it's been a failure of the joist/rim to sill connection, which is just a few toenails.
  15. kissymoose

    What are the limits of prescriptive design?

    It does though, in my area. I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't at least a quarter of houses in my area that have foundation walls that have popped their top connections and started to learn inward. One could provide college tuition for a family of 6 by just running around town spec'ing out wall...
  16. kissymoose

    Photogrammetry of interiors

    milkshakelake, I am a few months behind you. Have you found a system you're satisfied with?
  17. kissymoose

    Wood Column-to-Beam Missing Connection?

    My opinion is hiring out a design for this is overkill. It's stood for decades, is unfortunately common, but easily remedied with any sort of connection between the two elements. Any sort of bracket, post cap, angle, plate, or even toe-screw will provide positive connection and if my house...
  18. kissymoose

    Alleviating de-stabilizing forces on wall footings

    I agree, never seen it brought up nor be a problem before. But now that it's here with some FBDs drawn... My thoughts on why it's not been a problem: • ye olde conservative load cases, especially with simultaneous wind lateral and uplift. The uplift per calcs negates wall DL, which likely isn't...
  19. kissymoose

    Hurricane ties for exposed rafters

    A34 on top of the beam?
  20. kissymoose

    Penthouse Risk Category

    reference: https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=458198 1.5.2 ASCE 7. They're not independent structures, so make them RC III.

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