Plumbing and shear walls penetration

Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework. Home Forums Structural Engineers Activities Structural engineering other technical topics Forum pipe penetration on structural members thread I had a sales rep demonstrate one for us last week. Thanks for the info guys. Building codes specify allowable sizes and locations for holes and cuts in studs. My question is regarding allowable plumbing penetrations in a shear panel. Any suggestion on how to do construction method coring on other structural members like RC beam, stair, and elevator shaft.

If you need to locate the reinforcement after the slab has been placed, it is best to use a ground penetrating radar, it will be able to locate reinforcement accurately to a depth of mm 12" if it is operated by a competent user. Structural wood panels fastened to a stick-framed wall add stiffness and strength. Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden. Cutting an opening in an existing slab requires a firm grasp on the actions of the slab and the pathways for forces. General Contractor Join Date: In either approach, cored holes or sleeve will leave a gap between the pipe and the sleeve or hole.

You cannot risk cutting or grazing a tendon other considerations aside. A coring contractor will generally use a hammer drill up to one inch, and a daimond coring bit on a coring rig over that. Resources This past century we've witnessed the rise of the screen. Thread Tools Show Printable Version.