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Basement per Contractor
sundale, Please tell us how you design walkout residential houses if you do not use a wood diaphram. Concrete? It does not seem economical to build the way you describe. I know that the walkout house I live in that was built 25 years ago works like a charm still today.- Machine15
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- Forum: Earth retention engineering
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Basement per Contractor
I think you should re-analyze your system. Why are you designing a cantilevered wall? Just because the other side is wood framed and not full height masonry? Then all wood buildings would not have a shear wall diaphram system. Anyone else agree or disagree with that? Also, if you were to...- Machine15
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- Forum: Earth retention engineering
