Carports
Two-Car Timber Carport — Pasadena, CA
Summary
Permit-ready calc set and structural drawings for a 20×20 attached timber carport in a high-wind, seismic zone. Cleared plan-check in two cycles.
Scope of work
Analysis
- ASCE 7-16 wind & seismic
- Gravity + lateral load paths
- Connection demand
Design
- Glulam beam sizing
- Post & footing design
- Anchor & hold-down schedule
Deliverables
- Stamped calc report
- Structural plan set
- Plan-check responses
Constraints & objectives
Avoid full driveway concrete demolition by using isolated pier footings
Hit a 9-foot interior clear height under a 4:12 gable
Meet Pasadena wind-exposure C with conventional timber sizing
What the client said
“Apexo turned around our calc set without us chasing them, and the corrections came back cleaner than what we usually get from larger firms.”
— Project Manager, Residential GC