Columns size 14''x9'' So how mony required steel

Dnyan Deshmukh

Staff member
Designing is not a something like consist of 2 or 3 parameters in it, for designing of any member all data is required including future expansions to which owner might be looking for.

Some noobs design without thinking about everything and later make clients panic and do ad hoc solutions like, use light weight blocks on above floor, make top floor roof with tin sheets as structure cant take load etc. (i have seen such buildings).

If you are not designer or even do not understand basic, dont risk the life of others.

Designing goes from top to bottom by calculating all loads.

If you wish to construct a single column of 9" height, you not even required a design.

You can make it in brick or you can make it in concrete without reinforcement.

Or you can make it in clay and later on burn it with fire, you can have a column of big size red brick lol

From your question it look like, your designing somebodies home and you did not understand what to do, that's why you asked question by splitting it and restricting information to particular element at single instance which is a cruel method and lead to dangerous situations.


Best Answer to you question might be
You wont required reinforcement as the column height is only 9' and you can construct that column with following materials

- wood
- concrete
- clay
- stone column
- flyash brick column
- you can use any type of material to build that column.
 
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Tejas Jain

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As a structural engineer I will never recommend to use steel without complete knowledge of location as steel requirement changes from load and position. You will get steel by using thumb rules and it will work for sometime but it is not recommended for quality work. This is just juggad work but it is not favourable for long term use.
 
Any building design top to bottom and column design depend upon on load like column beam slab ( DD LL WN ) and also depends on types of building like residential, commercial and conditions (gm,garden etc.) And location
So don't suggest wrong if u clear then u suggest because half knowledge is dangerous
 
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