A building wall consists of 12-in clay brick and 1/2-in. Fiberboard on one side. If the wall is 10 ft high, determine the load in pounds per foot that it exerts on the floor.

1.16 k/ft

Explanation:

From the given information;

Using table 1.3 for Minimum design dead loads;

For 12-in clay brick,

the obtained min. design dead load = 115 psf

For Fiberboard 1/2 in. ceilings, the minimum design dead load is 0.75 psf

To start with the load that is being exerted on the floor as a result of the clay brick wall ( ), we have:

To calculate the load exerted on the floor as a result of the 1/2 fireboard, we have:

The total load exerted on the floor =

The total load exerted on the floor = 1150 + 7.50

The total load exerted on the floor = 1157.50 lb/ft

To (k/ft), we get:

= 1.157 k/ft

≅ 1.16 k/ft