On July 18, 2018 at 11:23, SB Smarthomes said...
I think they own 4-5 other homes, but they are all more traditional construction. This home is replacing another vacation home here in Santa Barbara that they completed in 2011. It has some concrete features, but this will be the first all concrete home they've built. It will be unique even by southern CA standards.
To provide some context for the fit and finish required on this project, the other vacation home they have in Santa Barbara is for sale. If you want to do the math, it's over 8k sq ft and priced just under $5000 sq ft.
That's about what I figured- they need someone to explain the reasons why this is a bad idea or, because concrete can damage metal, it's going to take time to find the correct solution. However, if the area where a vertical pipe needs to me installed vertically, it's possible to do that without causing a structural failure IF the outside of the wall won't be visible- they can make a bump out in the wall- when it's on the inside and used to make the wall stronger, it's called a 'pilaster' and it can be reinforced with rebar or a mesh cage. That said, I don't know if that would fly in CA, with its design codes regarding earthquakes.
