Apartment Walkway Framing Problem

[ken]

**Apartment Walkway Framing Problem
**8/13/06

It is very common to use stair and walkway framings to access the apartment units.
What are the common problems and how should you consider them in your design?

-Stair framing design (type and system)
-Walkway framing (slab thickness and steel deck types)
-Cantilever support
-Stair to walkway connections
-How should we fix the problems
-Others (?)

[ken]

by Bruce Pooley » Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:23 pm

Ken,

Is this one of your current projects?

What is the main problem? Steel corrosion? Cracked concrete?

[ken]

Yes, this was one of my previous projects to find the solution to reinforce/repair the existing framing subject to weather-related conditions.

The deck and stair framings both showed the existing structure was under the sever weather-related conditions. And I think this may bring a reminder in designing the similar structure.

See other topic for a similar discussion and possible design considerations.

-Ken