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Is a roofing delivery truck likely to crack my driveway slab?

I am having shingles delivered. The truck weighs 62,000 lbs, will this crack my concrete slab driveway? Also, they plan on a dump truck in the driveway to throw shingles from the roof. I am not sure what weight the dump truck is.
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Is this wall load bearing? Blueprints and photos attached

I would like to remove the highlighted wall on the second floor of my house in order to create a loft area. Please help me identify if I'm dealing with a load bearing wall.
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How much weight can a large screw safely hold in a ceiling plasterboard?

I have a plasterboard ceiling. I want to hang a speaker mount from the ceiling. I have these screw plug things I have already used these to hang other stuff from the same ceiling and they're currently handling about 2kg each with no problems so…
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Garage loft max loading

How much load can this garage loft handle? The garage is 24' wide. The floor of the loft is 2x10s 24" OC. Those are 2x6s to the left of the plates (the 2x10s run all the way from those left plates to the right wall). All the vertical lumber is 2x4s.…
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Determining ampacity for 3 phase panel with single phase loads

I am an electrician seeking clarification on determining the ampacity for a 3-phase electrical panel with balanced single phase 2P loads. I have a specific scenario and would appreciate the expertise of the community to guide me in the right…
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Can my floor hold 2100 lbs of dead load?

I'll admit I don't get how to compute how much my floor can hold, and probably wouldn't trust my own math, even if I came up with the right answer. I'm looking to purchase a recording booth. I do voice-over work. There's one for sale in my area that…
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Remove load bearing wall in Garage

I have a 2 car garage that was either split at one point or it was always like that. There is an apartment above and I want to remove most of the wall between the 2. Is there a calculation I can do to determine how much of the wall I can take out…
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Can I wire my infrared heating panels to my existing circuits?

I am getting two Wexstar 550W infrared heating panels that I will install both on the ceiling. They can just be plugged into a regular outlet. However, per FAQ they can also be hardwired and this is what I want to do with a wall switch to turn them…
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Does my electrical service have capacity for an 80A EV charging circuit?

Per @Harper-ReinstateMonica, asking a new question as a follow up to the previous question found here (What TYPE of wire should I install to future proof this install?). Need help doing an electrical load calculation. First, high res pictures of my…
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When running a bigger wire to deal with voltage drop on a 240V circuit, do I now need to run a neutral as well?

I am running wire for a 240 V, 20 A split-system AC over a hundred feet and the voltage drops below the allowed NEC 5% voltage drop. So I have to step down the a wire a gauge and run a #10 wire which will allow me to send the correct voltage.…
Samuel Lee
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Will a typical house floor carry a 300 lb. safe?

I am going to upgrade my home safe. The safe will be on the second floor, which is the top floor. The safes I am looking at weigh 350 to 500 pounds. I could probably get by with a 300 to 350 pound safe. I mentioned this to a contractor who is…
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How do you calculate the horizontal force created by a load hanging from hinges with a hinged bend (as in a hangar door)?

I am trying to calculate the horizontal force created by a raised hangar door, but for the purpose of this question, we can consider the horizontal force of a 2x4 stud that is connected as shown in the illustration below. The 2x4 is cut in half and…
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Is there a practical limit to the weight I can put on top of my kitchen cabinets?

How do I get a sense of what kind of load my kitchen cabinets will hold? The building is 12 years old, as is the kitchen fitout (we did not do the fitout ourselves so I don’t have the plans and don’t know how much it cost.) We’re in Germany, if that…
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Is this wall load-bearing or not?

A few months back, I purchased a home (built in '57). During the walkthrough and home inspection, there was a wall between the kitchen and living room with an opening on the far end near the exterior wall. The wall that was about 65" was taken down…
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Max load on a 30Amp Sub Panel

1st post so go easy :-) and hoping someone can help. I am currently investigating the feasibility of this and whether to approach an electrician on it (i.e. is it even possible without massive rework). I have a 100Amp main panel which has a 30Amp…
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