1. Design of framing (stringers) and columns is by others.
2. Wooden piles and framing are southern pine (SP) or engineered wood products with minimum specific gravity or equivalent specific gravity of 0.55.
3. Use the screw lengths cited in the tables and details.
4. Tabulated loads are total load, not per side, and are based on double shear action with the same size and quantity of stringers on opposing faces of the pile.
5. Dimensions and allowable connection loads are based on notched piles that must accommodate the stringers with adequate bearing and no gaps.
6. Notched piles shall not be notched such that more than 50% of the cross section is removed.
7. Unnotched piles may be assigned notched pile loads if the unnotched-pile dimensions meet or exceed the maximum dimensions for the notched pile and fastener placement is the same.
8. Tabulated values shall be multiplied by all applicable service adjustment factors per the NDS. Allowable loads are shown with a load duration factor of CD = 1.0. Loads may be increased for load duration per the building code up to CD = 1.6. For service moisture content greater than 19%, use CM=0.70.
9. When the connection on an unnotched pile is simultaneously loaded in more than one direction, the allowable load must be evaluated using the unity equation: (Design uplift/Allowable uplift) + (Design lateral/Allowable lateral) + (Design vertical/Allowable vertical) ≤ 1.0. If notched piles are used, the last term is zero.
10. For stringer thickness at least 1.5" and less than 3", use the table values for the conditions with a single 2x stringer.
11. Butt loads are based on all stringer members butted. For multi-ply stringers where one stringer is continuous, use the tabulated loads in the “Continuous and Lap” column.