[TheForge] Speaking of shops...

[wmullett at bright.net]

You can only overbuild if you know what is required .... otherwise, your only guessing.

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>Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:08:44 -0800
>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net (on behalf of Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net>)
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Speaking of shops...  
>To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
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>While i agree, living in earthquake country as we do, and having worked 
>on cheap housing tracts in my teens....still;
>Who among  us here does not overbuild most everything?  pf
>
>wmullett at bright.net wrote:
>> This post shows why codes are required.  
>> 
>> Wood framing is pretty forgiving.  It has what we call a "running factor".  When you hear it crack and see it deflect, you run.  
>> 
>> Messing around with structural concrete and structural steel framing is dangerous.  Especially concrete!  When these structures fail, the collapse is immediate.  Just look at China where builders didn't follow codes.
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