As I read your posts, I would like to thank both of you. More importantly it showed me that my lack of information made the question extremely generic and local. Here in the Pacific Northwest we have a 12" frost line and so almost never have basement walls unless gradation is a factor. In an...
Is there a "rule of thumb" for determining when a point load on a one story prescriptive foundation requires design? I have generally thought of the number being 1.5 - 2 kips. I am gathering consensus since I cannot find anything definite from other reliable sources. This condition happens...
