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April 15, 2002

Beginning the design of yet another house (agressive amateur).  Small in-fill lot in the oldest part of town.  Albuquerque.  7"-10" rain/year.  How to get more square footage?  Basement!, says I.…

April 15, 2002

Any solutions to joining a new addition to an existing structure in San Francisco where there is no space between buildings?  How do you weather-proof the joint?  Thanks.

April 15, 2002

Any information on using a crane to hoist piggy back trusses, 50x50 building?

April 15, 2002

what is common base or footing to set conc stepunit on  , step co say  crushed stone is fine, installed on backfill  would rather excav  and pour conc pad ,…

April 15, 2002

Simple question. Building a deck, had two different lumberyards daraw up the plan. They gave me 2 different span raings for the 2x8 joists. Inspector on vacation for a week…

April 14, 2002

Bidding out a Tile Job and the walls are spec'ed at two different thicknesses.  The bottom half of the wall, a wainscott,  is covered with a thick bed subway tile…

April 14, 2002

We own a couple of unrestricted wooded lots. I am a contractor and want to build a couple of 700 s.f. cottages on them for rental. I am going to…

April 14, 2002

Hello, I was wondering about the following cross-roads when framers are meeting engineered joists (TrimJoists, I-Joist, I Beam, etc.) with engineered beams (LVL, glu-lam, etc.) from differing manufacturers. For instance,…

April 14, 2002

I'm considering concrete as a finished floor in a built in shower. Any advice on how to detail the pan?

April 14, 2002

I have a concrete floor that has a black mastic "residue" left behind after the former owner pulled up all the 9x9 resilient tiles. I want to paint this floor.…