Questions tagged [framing]
For questions generally relating to the internal structural members of a home or other structure that form walls, ceilings and roofs, including studs, plates, headers, beams, and joists.
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Lean to wood shed
building a 10×24 lean to wood shed / maybe chicken run, I misjudged the slope of hill, wanted to gain another 1 1/2 inches of height to get a little more pitch, right now my beams are 2 2×6 s giving ...
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Bay window removal
We are considering removing our bay windows to create a larger kitchen in the adjacent sunroom (we do plan to add insulation throughout the floor, walls, and roof). Through some online research, we ...
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Hidden piers on a 16 x 16 flush beam ground level deck
I'm planning to make a 16'x16' ground level deck overtop an existing 12x12 concrete patio extending into the yard 4 feet on two sides. Id like to keep it at around 9 inches off the ground so I don't ...
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Can I use multiple 2x4 boards in place of one cripple stud?
I'm building an 8x12 shed which will have a couple 42x48 windows (future home office). I need four 37" lower studs under each window opening. I have a collection of 24" 2x4 cutoffs. Can ...
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How to add ceiling joists to 20ft wide garage
I have a 20x32 detached garage. The garage has a hip roof. There are rafter ties that sit on the top plates. I want to insulate the garage which means adding ceiling joists that rest on the top plates ...
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Do 6-way corner brackets exist?
I'm trying to mount a 2x2" horizontal cross for guy lines to a central vertical 2x2" post.
Forgive my 3d art, but here's a picture. Each post intersects at the same point and all posts are ...
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How can I temporarily support a ceiling with embedded heat tubing?
I am removing a center load bearing wall in a ranch house and planning on a replacing with a recessed beam supported on 2 ends with post...
Pretty straightforward, however the ceiling in this home has ...
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Removing a supporting interior wall
In about a week I’ll be closing on a new house and am looking to remove this short distance of wall between the kitchen and living room. Based on the direction of the roofline, I’m pretty sure it’s a ...
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Placing 2x10 trusses on 2x6 wall frame?
I plan to build a barn style roof truss on a building with 2x6 frame (studs). I assume the top plate will also be 2x6. Can I place a gambrel (barn style) 2x10 truss on 2x6 top plate? Of course I ...
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Are these diagonal braces structural?
can these be removed or replaced with something else to close up the garage?
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three top plates on wall frame acceptable?
My basement ceilings are 9 feet from the bottom of the ceiling joist to the floor. 9 foot studs are considerably more expensive than 8, plus I would still need to cut them. Any issues with 3 top ...
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How do I finish half concrete wall in walk out basement without framing
I am starting to think about finishing my walk out basement. I am in the southeast USA.
It has a wall that is half concrete from the bottom and then wood studs on top. How can I best apply drywall to ...
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Do I need 2x6 studs in my basement energy walls? [duplicate]
I am starting to think about finishing my walk out basement. I am in the southeast USA on top of sand mix soil.
For insulating full-height concrete foundation walls, do I need 5.5" studs like the ...
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Framing ceiling opening above two windows
I am currently in the process of purchasing a Mitsubishi MLZ Ceiling Cassette. However, the current joist run in my house is from the front to the back. I have two windows in the front of the house, ...
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Are these walls load-bearing?
I am currently demolishing all the walls in my basement in preparation for upcoming renovations.
I keep reading that walls perpendicular to joists are most probably load-bearing. But this was not the ...
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How to attach a basement wall to weak bouncy joists above it? [closed]
Probably overthinking this. I'm putting up a 2x4 stud wall in my basement. It will sit on the concrete basement slab floor and is attached to joists above. The floor slab is in decent shape but I ...
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Can I hang drywall from strapping on an open slanted ceiling?
I want to close in the open shed ceiling in my living room/dining room.
The beams are 4x8 on 32" centers. Can I run 1x3 strapping across the beams parallel every 24" or 16"? Would this ...
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16x40 Stick Frame on Monolithic slab - Should it be designed professionally? [closed]
I will be building a 16x40 stick frame building on a monolithic slab. 2x6 walls that are 12 feet high with 16 inch spacing for the studs. The roof would have trusses at 2 feet spacing. I would use ...
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What shape/type of metal strap would you use to strap a collar tie to rafters?
Currently, the collar ties in the garage (from 1950) overlap the rafters and are nailed into the rafters from the side with just two or three nails on each end. There is one collar tie every 4 feet (...
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Is a ridge beam necessary when doing plank framing for an A-Frame house?
I am building a simple 30'W x 32'L A-frame lake cabin. I will be using 2" x 6" Douglas Fir tongue and groove planks as the roof covering so that the inside walls of the A-frame can be ...
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Framing on top of a half brick wall
I am designing a greenhouse and would like to create a 3ft brick wall, with metal framing on top where I can install various windows. I have included a picture of the general structure I am trying to ...
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Is this bedroom wall load bearing? [closed]
I purchased a newly built house in North Alabama and I was able to get pictures of framing before sheetrock was installed. I am wanting to remove 2 walls in a bedroom to make it bigger. The bedroom is ...
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What are good options for wall plate that isn’t level?
I have a shed I’m building. Looks like the slab had a slight dip along one side, and it wasn’t too noticeable until I bolted the wall down with anchors.
So long story short, the wall top plate has a ...
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Which way is best to reframe/reinstall this door? Does it need to be more secure?
A basement door is in bad shape and getting replaced. We got a few quotes and are trying to understand which makes the most sense for us. The motivation to replace the door is water leaking through it ...
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Confused about a post not actually supported by anything in attic. hip valley roof
I was cleaning in my attic, and air sealing some electrical boxes, when I noticed something that looks like a supporting post that was nailed to the thin tongue and grove floor. It's in a hip and ...
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Can I place a door with flanking casement windows beneath the same header?
Can I place a door with flanking casement windows beneath the same header? The opening is 89.5”. 3’ door needs to be centered, 18” casement windows. How would you frame it?
My concern is whether ...
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Skylight R.O. Square or level?
I’m roughing in the opening for two skylights on either side of my house. I used a laser to get a level line across the span of the house (to get both openings on equal level).
The issue, as you can ...
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If an interior wall is right below a joist or beam, do I still need the upper plate? [closed]
Like the title says, if the wall is right underneath a joist or beam, I think I can just attach the studs to them instead of adding a plate? Or do I still need a plate? If so, why?
(Thanks a lot for ...
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Adding an interior wall to make additional bedroom
I’m wanting to add an interior (non load bearing) wall to close off an open space in my house. I would also be adding a door, and a closet and door on the other side. This is a second floor area and ...
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Connect two framed walls with a 2x4? (See video)
I have two interior walls that are 3.5” apart in a tight area. I’d like to use a single 2x4 to connect them to save space on both sides. Is this up to IRC/IBC code? Neither wall will carry electric or ...
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Creating takeoff for LVLs should this be two long beams spanning full distance or four?
Hey all i'm working on a framing takeoff.
This span from left to right is 24' with a lally column in the center.
For these LVLs the double 11 1/4"s would you suggest I order two 26' pieces and ...
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Feeder line to sub panel running parallel along/ through a load bearing wall w/header
I am planning a new feeder line from 200A exterior breaker to 125A interior sub panel. My preferred route runs ~25’ along/parallel through a load bearing wall where I want to widen a door opening by a ...
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Sealing - Do sheathing and bottom plate have to be sealed (caulked) in CA?
Context: I am about to place the house wrap on the sheathing of my house addition in California. I am looking at flashing my doors and windows properly to make the house water tight. I am looking for ...
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Is this pressure treated wood safe? [closed]
I just heard that Pressure Treated wood is not safe and can increase the risk of cancer.
I am a DIYer, and very new to the field.
once I heard that I started googling and apparently there are ...
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How do I attach subfloor around perimeter with vent and exhaust in the way?
I had some water damage. We wanted to remodel anyways, so I ripped everything out, including the subfloor. Now it looks like this:
Here's the same angle, color-coded and labelled for reference:
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Can I use Deck Screws / Wood Screws for indoor framing?
I am a new DIYers
I built one-room frame using Wood screws 3.5"
Here is its description
https://www.rona.ca/en/product/reliable-fasteners-flat-head-wood-screws-10-x-3-1-2-in-zinc-plated-100-per-...
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Does this air compressor fits this nail gun minimum requirements?
I want to buy a nail gun for framing job (mainly holding the frame to the concrete floor)
I have never used a nail gun before
I found this one
https://www.homedepot.ca/product/freeman-pneumatic-34-...
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1 5/8" steel stud framing
I have a wet bar that I'd like to convert into a closet space. The wet bar was built into a "nook" of sorts, with two side walls (one side is short as it is in the middle of the room and one ...
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Framing a small wooden shed on concrete foundation
I’m planning on building my own wooden shed since I can’t find a prebuilt one that’s the right size.
I am considering just starting with wall frames and screwing those directly into concrete. Any ...
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How should sub-fascia terminating into a lower roof be secured?
There was a pre drywall inspection done and one of the findings was a front gable fascia was not completely secured. The report also stated that this reduces the integrity of the roof and can be the ...
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Misaligned rough in drain pipe and HVAC vent
I roughed in a VERY small bathroom in the basement, then had an HVAC crew replace some old vents with more discrete boxes to create more headroom. Every inch counts. Problem is, the washer drain on ...
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Advice On Framing For Enlarged Window (and building temporary support wall)
I'm hoping to enlarge a window in an exterior wall on my house. It's a gable end wall on the 1st floor of a 1.5 story house (attic space above). The joists above and below the room (and trusses of the ...
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Proper way to repair split top plate from nailing in studs?
The context is building a wall which has three king studs at the end (it will be joined to by another wall so has two studs to screw that wall's end king into plus one for the interior sheathing).
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Can some basement walls be framed on subfloor and others not?
I have a basement that has some framing already done - mostly interior walls, some of which I believe are load bearing.
I want to put down some subfloor, and the subflooring recommendations I've read ...
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Sill pan for window - drawbacks of creating positive slope by angling sill 2x4
At 0:38 of this FineHomeBuilding video https://youtu.be/zEleTgfifS0?t=38, it says one valid way to create a positive slope for making a sill pan for a window is to angle the rough sill by 5 degrees to ...
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Nailing the frame into the cement floor
I am trying to nail an inner frame into the cement floor.
what i did is hammering the nail.
it went all the way through the wood, but when it reached the cement the nail bent.
so how to fix the frame ...
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Double blocking in deck - how to install straight-line double blocking?
In preparing to build a guardrail with posts on the outside of the deck, I see a diagram in the Simpson PDF (bottom left diagram on page 3 of https://ssttoolbox.widen.net/view/pdf/xeuwdrqaen/T-C-...
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How do you attach the top plate of a new 2x4 framed partition wall when there is an existing drop ceiling?
I’m adding a 16 ft long x 8 ft tall 2x4 framed partition wall to a finished basement with a suspended drop ceiling. I’ll be removing carpeting and dry wall on either end to fix the base plate and end ...
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Rake wall for "flat" roof structure - any way to do it yet maintain consistent stud heights?
I'm working on a flat top roof structure, but was advised at the end of https://diy.stackexchange.com/a/262338/135898 to at least keep it to a 1/8-in to 1/4-in per foot slope rather than being ...
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Proper plywood and blocking pattern / approach for 12x10 roof?
If building a 12x10 flat-top roof with 10ft joists spanning the 10-ft dimension, what is the proper way to cut the plywood and position the blocking?
I'm assuming I should cut the 4x8 sheets to be 4x5,...
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