What do I need to learn to make sure the building I want to build doesn't collapse?
What do I need to learn to make sure the building I want to build doesn't collapse?
What do I need to learn to make sure the building I want to build doesn't collapse?
The reasons buildings collapse
well, for starters don't put the core in the middle.
triangles
You beat me to it
Well is it a dog house or a sky scraper?
I have a two-story stone house in mind
Theyre probably not going to approve it because youre not approved and your building material is not approved. So go down to wherever you get a loicense and ask them if they will approve a rock structure like a castle, first.
This is why most of this shit is now stone facade.
IF they say yea no problem. Rando's can just into stone work. Then google for national building codes and become a rock construction inspector to learn what the inspector is looking for. Then you will know how to rock construction.
Might take a minute but I feel this is the path.
>This is why most of this shit is now stone facade
lol no
its because a bunch of ignoramuses can putty a face on, but they cant reliably make a wall not fall down
Earthquake country or not?
fastest way to do this is to either build from a plan or otherwise design using "pre-engineered" or prescriptive techniques found in books like the IRC, WFCM, etc.
The work of engineering and designing for relevant loads has already been done for most common building materials and configurations. Unusual materials or configurations make things more complicated.
Draw your plan with as much bracing as you need, then add more and make everything redundant. Sure, you'll end up with a 70lb footstool but it'll serve your descendants long after you've been forgotten.
didn’t your parents buy you legos as a child? SAD!
Design it not to collapse. Please post more vague questions.
Sounds like the phone number of a qualified professional engineer would be a good start.
> PrepHole
just pay a pro to do it bro
>just pay a pro to do it bro
It takes a DIY expert to get load-bearing drywall, after all.
triangles and strong materials
having things stay up is a lot easier than keeping out damp, or making sure it's not totally freezing in winter. look into those too.
double wall construction is something you would be interested in.
>double wall construction is something you would be interested in.
Yeah but its just damn rocks stacked together with a filler in the middle. Its damn near idiot proof. Besides the mortar recipe and 3 4 5 carpenters rule to make sure youre dead ass on a 90 at all times.
How to hire an architect. It's surprisingly easy, but it costs money.
how cheaply can it be done? say you want something run of the mill.. couple grand? 5? 10?
framing
Learn Statics i guess
This is everything you need to know about the basics of construction.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13bsDH5vRBm08jZ3jZ1eGV9uN3-Ul1pEA/view
You need to know how to do 2d statics, check buckling for columns, bearing capacity of foundations, and how to calculate dead and live load, and the tributary area so you know the load paths.
Look at similar buildings and eyeball it. That's how it's being done; the engineers make their extremely complex calculations (they learn for years) and then they add some random 50% safety "just in case" factor kek. So, if it looks good for you you're good to go.
aka the just wing it approach to structural engineering
This is why people fell through the floors of 70s houses in the 80s
(And why we have stricter building codes)
Joist and beam spans+cantilevers
The International Residential Code by the International Code Council has prescriptive tables that should give you a lot of what you need to know.
basic building code
re; studs and sizes and spacings and shear walls