marknohr

Thanks everyone for your comments

1st order is that I'm looking for a structural engineer licensed in CA. There is an unbelievable amount of building going on in the SF bay area so getting on anyone local's calendar has proven a challenge. 2nd order is to get some upfront guidance on expanding a room out onto an existing 4' cantilevered balcony. The plan is to double up the existing 2X10 16OC joists. I've heard 3:1 and 2:1 floor joist ratios as rules of thumb and want to be sure as this may impact the direction we take on the plans. Again, looking for a CA engineer to advise. Can anyone help me locate a resource for this?

Ok Thanks for all your responses. All of this sounds a bit cumbersome but it is what it is. I hope Chief will eventually support a feature/layer/floor suppression feature.

I'm remodeling an existing home. I drew up the existing layout and then created floors to represent where the new walls would go. I don;t want to regularly see the original floors and do not want them to be a part of framing ... So how do I suppress these floors?