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    Calculating Exterior Wall Footing Width and Thickness for a Single-Story Home with Slab-on-Ground Foundation According to Ontario Building Code

    In a single-story home with a slab-on-ground foundation, measuring 12.2 meters (40 feet) wide and 22.57 meters (74 feet 1/2 inch) long, the concrete foundation walls are 229mm thick, with 2x6 stud exterior walls plus brick veneer. The home has no interior bearing walls, a concrete slab floor...
    • Muha007
    • Thread
    • calculation in part 9 concrete exterior walls footing footings ontario building code
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Building Design Topics
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    Design of reinforced cast-in place concrete foundation walls of buildings within the scope of part9

    For foundation wall design in part 9, there are design tables for solid concrete, reinforced or unreinforced concrete block foundation walls, as well as flat insulating concrete form foundation walls. I couldn't find a design table for reinforced cast-in place foundation walls, is this type of...
    • sunyaer
    • Thread
    • cast-in place concrete foundation wall reinforced
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Canada
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    6 foot high Concrete block wall without embedded foundation or footing

    Does anyone have any idea about how to address an issue and violation like that when no one in the state of Washington has authority over the city to correct or discipline them?
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