Construction Techniques Archives - Page 27 of 2486

March 6, 2023

I’m adding a lally column to and undersized midpsan girder in the basement and I’m about cut my holes through the slab. My footers are going to be 24”x24”  but…

March 1, 2023

I'm having efflorescence issues in my dining room on my concrete floor due to water wicking through a patio slab into my foundation slab. I know this would have been…

February 26, 2023

Hello! I just bought my first house and would like to build a guitar rack to hang in my basement. The wall I wanted to build on is more rotted…

February 22, 2023

Over the past 5 months my crew and I have been remodeling a historical home built in 1926, located in south Florida. This house in particular is a two-story balloon…

February 15, 2023

I am wanting to insulate and frame my basement walls to finish. My basement walls are cinder block and out of plumb about 1 1/4” leaning in at the top.…

February 14, 2023

...or Construction Finishes.I am about to embark on sanding these builder grade stair stringers and treads. Planning on a finished bead board sheet cut into risers after stairs are finished.…

February 11, 2023

Evening folks.   I recently saw a post featuring a Lamella Zollinger rhomboid pattern reciprocal roof structure and I'm intrigued..  I'm looking for a calculator, or a long hand method to…

February 5, 2023

I am hoping to better understand the science here. When using liquid flash to seal the joint when bottom plate/mud sill connects to foundation and sheathing to 2 by, why…

February 5, 2023

Hi all,Looking at Josh Salinger's article from a couple of years ago (https://www.finehomebuilding.com/2021/04/28/a-new-take-on-insulating-a-roof) I find that the exterior WRB is tied into the inside membrane at the top of the…

February 1, 2023

I do not have the engineering for the existing wall, so I believe my only options are to either have new footings placed at the base, or possibly placing and…