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THE TEST OF STRENGTH AND VALUE EVERY BUILDER CLAIMS HIS BUILDING IS STRONG AND MAYBE ENGINEERED. YOU CAN ONLY SATISFY YOURSELF ON THE MERITS OF EACH BUILDING WITH AN EXANIMATION OF THE ENGINEERING BY ASKING. WHAT IS ENGINEERED? WHAT ARE CERTIFIED WIND AND ROOF LOADS? DO THE PLANS CONTAIN THE SEAL OF AN ENGINEER OR ARCHITECT LICENSED IN YOUR STATE…. AND IS THE SEAL ON EVERY PAGE? OR JUST ON THE TRUSS DRAWING? WHAT ARE THE REQUIRED WIND AND ROOF LOADS IN YOUR AREA? AT STOCKADE WE CALL OUR COMPLETE BUILDING ENGINEERING SYSTEM THE...
STOCKADE’S TREATED FOUNDATION COLUMNS ARE SET UP TO FIVE FEET DEEP, ANCHORED WITH A STEEL ROD AND LOCKED IN PLACE WITH A MINIMUM OF 120# OF CONCRETE. IT WON’T SETTLE OR PULL UP! EACH OF THE 3 LAMINATES ARE TREATED SEPARATELY WITH A WOOD PRESERVATIVE TO A RETENTION OF 0.8 POUNDS PER CUBIC FOOT BEFORE LAMINATION. WE GUARANTEE YOU IN WRITING ASSURING 40 YEARS OF PROTECTION AGAINST DETERIORATION OR INSECT DESTRUCTION OF THE FOUNDATION COLUMNS .
FOUND TO BE 33% STRONGER THAN SQUARE POLES BY LEADING UNIVERSITIES, THE LAMINATED WALL AND FOUNDATION COLUMNS OF DENSE SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE DELIVER THE STRENGTH NEEDED FOR WIND AND SNOW LOADS. EACH COLUMN IS THREE FINISHED MEMBERS, TESTED AND GRADED BEFORE OUR EXCLUSIVE GLUE AND NAIL LAMINATION PROCESS. WHILE GLUE AND NAIL LAMINATED COLUMNS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE THEY HAVE BEEN PROVEN VASTLY SUPERIOR TO OTHER METHODS OF LAMINATION OR SQUARE POLES.
THE ENGINEERED 2 FOOT COLUMN SPLICE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION AND THE WALL COLUMNS IS LOCATED AT THE ZERO MOMENT OF STRESS ON THE COLUMN WHERE WIND AND SNOW LOADS IS A MINIMUM FACTOR. BECAUSE THE “EAV-LOC” CONNECTION IS RIGID AND THE FOUNDATION COLUMN IS LOCKED IN CONCRETE, NO MOVEMENT OCCURS AT THE “COLUMN-LOC” CONNECTION, ELIMINATING STRESSES. |
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