[TheForge] Speaking of shops...

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Sure; but as folks who constantly test our constructions, we have a 
clearer idea than most.
I'd trust a blacksmith's structure over your average 
contractor's....some exceptions of course..pf

wmullett at bright.net wrote:
> 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
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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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