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11-03-2009, 02:21 PM
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I agree.
I agree with that as well.
I still think what I do is importent.
We all have a load of sh*t of opinions.
Some more of a load then others. 
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you don't belong in this thread, you're too complacent 
no wonder you're a building inspector and not a fireman or a cop.
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11-03-2009, 02:55 PM
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you don't belong in this thread, you're too complacent
no wonder you're a building inspector and not a fireman or a cop.
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LOL.
Thanks I think 
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11-03-2009, 02:59 PM
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LOL.
Thanks I think
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what do you think? should we learn to build from the hindus or from the chinesez? 
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11-03-2009, 03:04 PM
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what do you think? should we learn to build from the hindus or from the chinesez? |
Both   
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11-03-2009, 03:20 PM
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at that rate we might as well just import a few hundred million of them to do the actual hustling and bustling for us, as we sit back and debate on how grossly overweight we've become. 
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11-03-2009, 04:03 PM
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Clem, it is pretty evident that you are lacking in knowledge of masonry construction, if not construction in general.
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11-03-2009, 04:11 PM
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Clem, it is pretty evident that you are lacking in knowledge of masonry construction, if not construction in general.
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what are you talking about? i never said i was a mason or a gc.
my strong suite is that i'm willing to learn. go for it
Last edited by ClemS; 11-03-2009 at 04:15 PM.
Reason: poor grammar
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11-03-2009, 04:30 PM
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This room addition I framed a few years ago has 10 simpson strongwalls.
Just in the addition...
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11-03-2009, 04:41 PM
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This room addition I framed a few years ago has 10 simpson strongwalls.
Just in the addition...
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yeah but you cali boys don't sheet your walls  tsk.. tsk..
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11-03-2009, 04:44 PM
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yeah but you cali boys don't sheet your walls tsk.. tsk.. |
WRONG.....That particular addition has sheer on the entire thing....We sheer everything...We have these things called earthquakes here...
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11-03-2009, 04:46 PM
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WRONG.....That particular addition has sheer on the entire thing....We sheer everything...We have these things called earthquakes here...
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dunno. everything i've seen built down there is stucco on lath over studs with 1/2 cdx boards on the corners.
we get rain here.. sometimes..
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11-03-2009, 04:49 PM
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dunno. everything i've seen built down there is stucco on lath over studs with 1/2 cdx boards on the corners.
we get rain here.. sometimes.. |
That's how they where built in the 50's and 60's.
Anymore things are way over engineered.
You should see some of the ridge beams that I see called out.
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11-03-2009, 04:50 PM
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WRONG.....That particular addition has sheer on the entire thing....We sheer everything...We have these things called earthquakes here...
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Alot of sheer
Alot of straps
Alot of hold downs
Alot of Everything
More then most of the WORLD.
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11-03-2009, 04:51 PM
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Alot of sheer
Alot of straps
Alot of hold downs
Alot of Everything
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Yep
Yep
Yep
And yep.
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11-03-2009, 04:56 PM
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Yep
Yep
Yep
And yep.
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and you still fall short of the bunker-building hindu masons.
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11-03-2009, 04:58 PM
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That's how they where built in the 50's and 60's.
Anymore things are way over engineered.
You should see some of the ridge beams that I see called out.
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WAY OVER KILL.
To much sometimes is To MUCH.
I've seen alot of over kill by engineers. Park A  on it.
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11-03-2009, 04:58 PM
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and you still fall short of the bunker-building hindu masons.
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Says you....
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11-03-2009, 05:01 PM
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WAY OVER KILL.
To much sometimes is To MUCH.
I've seen alot of over kill by engineers. Park A on it. |
i just did a 3,5ksf new house. 7 rolls of cs20, about 50 phd5's, a ton of threaded rod, and massive hourage for the lowest man on the scrotum pole. what gives?
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11-03-2009, 05:02 PM
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Says you.... |
says the United Masons' Front. You can put all the seismic gizmoz you want in your frame and it still don't close to a good ol' fashioned brick&block bunker. 
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11-03-2009, 05:06 PM
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I give advice for free, I charge to teach.
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