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<br /> <br />Residential two-story <br />woodframe structure <br />on wooden posts, <br />Sacramento, California <br /> <br />This house, shown in Figure AIO, is elevated II feet above <br />ground. It was built on nine wooden posts with 13.5-inch- <br />diameter wooden piers set at lQ-foot centers. The piers are set in <br />concrete and bolted to the floor joists with steel plates. It is <br />located about 40 to 50 feet away from the Sacramento River, <br />which floods frequently. Depths of flooding may reach 6 to 7 <br />feet in the vicinity of this house. In addition to the main house <br />being raised, the air conditioning unit, shown in the first <br />photograph, is also raised well above the flood plain. Cost of <br />flood proofing the structure is estimated to be $8000. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~...... <br />. . <br />,t\. . ,., <br />., ".... ~ ... <br />{ ";,' <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Figure AIO. Wood frame structure on wooden posts <br /> <br />30 <br />