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    Does building code allow latter transfer of ceiling load in floor joists?

    Does building code allow latter transfer of ceiling load in floor joists? If a ceiling joist breaks on a wall, making it interior load bearing wall, but the ceiling weight is all that the wall is holding does it need direct support under it, per building code? Or can the support be a few feet...
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    Overbored 2x4s in load bearing wall (balloon framed)

    We have a 1920's balloon framed cape home. We opened a bathroom wall and noticed that six consecutive studs were bored approx. 75% of the way through; this is in an exterior load bearing wall on the first floor of the house. This was done at least 50 years ago and there's no bowing or...
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    Three, Four, and Five Story Building Requirement

    There are several houses of earthen construction near my home in Texas, and they are beautiful structures; both the rammed earth and compressed earth block buildings. Many of the documents I am finding regarding construction with these materials deal with one or two story homes. I'm wondering...
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    How to determine Design Load bearing, wind, and seismic

    Greetings! My gf and I bought land in Hand we are allowed to draw up our own plans without an architects approval given the size of the building. I am using plans I found online with slight modifications but don't know how to determine these criteria they ask for: Live flood load Live Roof load...
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