Tesla Semi truck unveil & test ride set for Oct 26th !

Pbutler97 wrote:

free radical wrote:

Or everyone could just build a house strong enough to survive tornado or earthquake in the first place.
The concrete insulated panels tech has been around for decades.

You could just build your house with 3' thick 6000 psi high early concrete walls, put 4 #11 vertical rebar mats in them with the #11s @ 8" O.C.E.W. You could also cast some W8x40 beams in them on 2' centers just for S&G. You also may as well as well drill in some 4' diameter caissons to bedrock to support it all and anchor it down or do a bunch of augercast piles, perhaps both.

Not sure why no one does that?

Now that's a little overdesigned...
One could likely get by with 24" thick walls with 2 mats of #9s 12" OCEW and 3' shafts.
As long as permanent casing is used for up to a D2 seismic design criteria (where I live). LOL
You must be in construction too...
Waiting for someone to suggest #13 bar...