Load Transfer from Porch Columns

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TBFGhost

Discussion Starter · May 3, 2014 (Edited)

One of my long time clients asked me to come take a look at a porch they want installed. They had a set of plans drawn up...my question is where is the load going from the columns? They appear to just be sitting on the deck surface? Doesn't this present a problem? I also noticed no uplift protection speced out.

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Jaws

· #6 · May 3, 2014

Footings and Simpson brackets.

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· #11 · May 3, 2014

griz said:
I am sick and tired of hearing this line of BS from archy's and engineers. It's a fvcking structural detail HOW DO YOU WANT IT BUILT???????

Arrogant pricks who can't pour piss out of a boot with the directions printed on the heel....:thumbup::laughing:

That douche can drink the piss :thumbup:

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Jaws

· #17 · May 3, 2014

I love working with the two archys that have found me that are good.

The rest are a cross between a realtor and an interior decorator.

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Jaws

· #20 · May 3, 2014

Oooooohhhhhhhhhh, you just got me riled up with that chit. That SOB takes douchness to a WHOLE other level.

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Jaws

· #25 · May 3, 2014

EricBrancard said:
Yeah, his cross section suggests a round column with a cap that overhangs the beam. The elevations show nothing of the sort.

If the posts are supposed to land on the beam, they sure don't look like it on the cross section. The rim is in the way.

Decking goes on last? Ask this clown how many he has built. We generally use temp supports, block between beam and bottom of decking, install decking and set posts on top.

For the majority of small residential projects, architects are a waste of the customers money. This porch could have been designed on a napkin on lunch break by any competent contractor.

The OP is a FAR better business man than me. It would take a week of editing to get my email response down from starting with "phuck you very much, pvssy. Take that toilet paper you call plans and shove it up your azz" :thumbup::laughing:

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Jaws

· #28 · May 3, 2014

EricBrancard said:

Exactly :thumbup:

Throw a Texas drawl in, ditch the suit and we have a match :laughing:

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Jaws

· #30 · May 3, 2014

TBFGhost said:
I suggested getting plans drawn up because my client wasn't exactly sure what she wanted yet and we have a very crunched time frame to complete this. So my hope was sending them to someone who does just design and plan work would kick things along....plus with the heavy winter we had this year and the recent major storms, I wanted plans that could be used to fall back on if say a snow load took it down, or another major storm ripped it off...

You are a pro. I wish your archy was.

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Jaws

· #31 · May 3, 2014

m1911 said:
tell him he's welcome to tear it down as long as he pays you to rebuild it.

why is it for every 1 decent architect I meet, there are 200 a-holes?

Douche 101 is an elective few archys skip, apparently. That dude majored in it.

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Jaws

· #33 · May 3, 2014

Send the plans to Scipio and tell the HO to tell the archy fvck off if he hasnt been paid.

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Jaws

· #35 · May 3, 2014

Californiadecks said:
I can vouch for Scipio, I've built a lot of his drawings, with no issues :thumbsup:

If my pop gets too busy to draw my plans, hes first on my list, even if he is from California :thumbup::laughing:

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