New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 14 - HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 7 - BUILDING CODES GENERAL
Part 4 - 2021 NEW MEXICO EARTHEN BUILDING MATERIALS CODE
Section 14.7.4.8 - EARTHEN BUILDING MATERIALS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. General. The provisions of 14.7.4 NMAC, shall control the design and construction of one- and two-family dwellings in which earthen building materials form the bearing wall system.
B. Allowable wall heights for earthen structures. All earthen structures whether adobe, burned adobe, compressed earth block, rammed earth or terrÓn, shall conform to table 1. For purposes of using table 1, height is defined as the distance from the top of the slab or top of stem wall to the underside of the bond beam.
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Table 1 ALLOWABLE WALL HEIGHTS FOR EARTHEN STRUCTURES |
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Maximum Sds |
Wall Thickness |
Maximum Height |
Maximum Sds |
Wall Thickness |
Maximum Height |
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.25 |
10 |
120" |
.3 |
10 |
120" |
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12 |
128 |
12 |
128 |
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14 |
144 |
14 |
144 |
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16 |
144 |
16 |
144 |
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18 |
144 |
18 |
144 |
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24 |
144 |
24 |
144 |
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.35 |
10 |
120" |
.4 |
10 |
120" |
|
12 |
128 |
12 |
128 |
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14 |
144 |
14 |
144 |
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16 |
144 |
16 |
144 |
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18 |
144 |
18 |
144 |
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24 |
144 |
24 |
144 |
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.45 |
10 |
104" |
.5 |
10 |
96" |
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12 |
128 |
12 |
112 |
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14 |
144 |
14 |
136 |
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16 |
144 |
16 |
144 |
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18 |
144 |
18 |
144 |
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24 |
144 |
24 |
144 |
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This table is based on two story maximum, one and two family residential with seismic soil site class D1. NOTE: Sds can also be referred to in the IRC Section R301.2.2.1 determination of seismic design category. |
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