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October 29, 2020

Rim joists - From what i understand rim joists are laid flush against the outer edge of a wall plate so that the edge of the floor joists sit on…

October 29, 2020

I'm in the process of refinishing my basement and and have recently been studying the pros and cons of the various methods of preparing the finished sub-floor.  One method I…

October 27, 2020

Need advice. AC installers are also installing bathroom vents.  Looks like they ran the bathroom vents to a ridge vent in my roof.  Is this okay?

October 27, 2020

Building an attached deck which is u-shaped in plan, i.e. on the two legs of the u joists run parallel to the walls. Looking for advice how to connect the…

October 24, 2020

Hi,Ranch/1 story house sits on a crawl space about 3' high. The backyard was improperly graded so that the dirt went above the concrete foundation and onto the boards of…

October 24, 2020

I would like to build a two story workshop using 8 inch wide cement block with concrete columns.   The garage doors on the first floor are 10 feet wide.  I…

October 23, 2020

Ready to install a non-weight bearing lintel on a brick veneer garage. As you can see in the picture there are no courses of bricks on top of it to…

October 21, 2020

We are blasting our garage footprint in a couple weeks and am looking for best advice on footers and slab. Location: SW Colorado - 9300 ft elevation. 260 annual inches of…

October 18, 2020

I'm adding a skylight and 2x6 joists to the flat roof for support.  All of the drywall is removed.  Not too surprising the old (1960) 2x6s have shrunk(?) to 5.25"…

October 13, 2020

hey ya'll, i'm about to replace 10' of termite eaten sill plate. Termites are gone. going to ease the joists with a beam+jack and cut out and replace plate with…