of a minimum 16" thickness, but there are empirical values for stress.
Unfortunately, empirical design cannot be used for SDC D/E/F, and can't
be used for seismic force resisting systems in SDC B/C. That's pretty
restrictive for an "all" stone house.
Jordan
Gary L. Hodgson and Assoc. wrote:
> Fellow listers,
> I was asked yesterday by a regular client if I could design a stone
> house for him-field stone. Give him credit, he also asked if he
> should build a house out of stone. This is new to me and I wonder if
> anyone out there has any words of wisdom or warning.
> Gary
>
>
>
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