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<br /> <br />This uniquely designed house (Figure A 13) is of wooden <br />frame construction and combines steel ribbing and 12-inch <br />concrete pillars to raise it 12 feet above the Sacramento River <br />flood plain. The pillars have No.6 bars and No.3 hoops at 12 <br />inch center to center. The ribs are tied into the house with steel <br />frame and bolted. All utilities, including electrical wires and <br />plumbing, are contained in the large concrete pipes attached to <br />the side of the dwelling. A steel stairway is the only access to the <br />structure. <br /> <br />It should be noted that the owner has a second dwelling on the <br />property, which is located at ground level. That structure has a <br />concrete block wall surrounding it. Just prior to flooding, a gate <br />is placed into the walkway opening to seal out floodwaters. The <br />small amount of seepage through the wall and gate is pumped <br />out by a sump pump operated during flooding. <br /> <br /> <br />...~ -" ~;t" <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Wooden cube house <br />raised using steel ribs <br />and concrete pillars, <br />Sacramento, California <br /> <br /> <br />Figure A13. Wooden cube house raised with steel ribs and concrete pillars <br /> <br />33 <br />