Discussion Forum
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messed up trusses
hi all I just did a truss job and the trusses were messed up. the bottom cord was not centered on the truss. if you measure from the tail to…
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slab on grade
I need to pour a mono slab on grade with a 6 inch stem wall. I would like to pour it all at once so I dont have any cold…
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dance floor
I just saw where a couple of those 10 dollar an hour contractors are putting down a laminate floor like uniclick or what ever as a dance floor in one of…
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falling rocks! need help
I have an old building that I work on from time to time. trying to restore it. built in 1912. problem is it was built right up next to a…
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window expert
hi everyone. ok I have been trying to track down a window leak for the past few weeks its a vinyl double awning with two fixed lights above so its…
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nee braced deck
does anyone have a good design for building a nee braced deck? where the support posts are angled back to the footing, I cant go straight down with the posts…
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up against the wall
I am replacing a 40 foot wall on a building build around 1920,and there is only about 6 inches from the out side of the wall to a rock cliff.…
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mudsill on footing
I am doing a foundation under a trailer house, the engineer called for a 6 by 16 concrete footing with 2 by 4 pony wall directly on top of it,…
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out swing door over steps
I am building a sunporch ,I want to install a 32'' glass storm door that will of course swing out over the steps with the last step being 7'' below…