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  1. roy835

    Ridge Skylight - Hole in Wood Diaphragm

    I think APA Research Report 138 has a method for calculating forces around holes in diaphragms. It's avaialble on their website: Link llr
  2. roy835

    Another Mortise and Tenon,(M+T), Question

    Check out the Timber Frame Engineering Council. Link TFEC-1 provides guidance on mortise and tenon joints. Larry Reynolds
  3. roy835

    Reasonable Crack Widths in a Concrete Slab

    Our office is involved in a project in which shrinkage cracks, varying in width from 0.003” to 0.009,” have developed in a new 3” exposed-aggregate topping slab. The topping slab was placed over an existing, exterior structural slab. This project is located in a mid-Atlantic state and the slab...
  4. roy835

    3x Sill Plates and IBC-09

    Section 2305.3.11 of IBC-06 requires 3-inch nominal sill plates for shearwalls that resist a load of 350 plf (ASD) or 490 plf (LRFD). This section has been removed in the IBC-09 and Section 2305 now requires use of AF&PA Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS). The SDPWS does...

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