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Basketball hoop on support pole in basement
I am wanting to install a medium sized basketball hoop into a support pole in the basement. Is it safe to drill into what I am assuming is a load bearing pole. I attached photos of what it looked like ...
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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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How can fix and strengthen a linen closet shelf?
The shelves in our linen closet are loose (pics below).
I plan to fix them by installing angle brackets. One side of the bracket will be on the loose frame, and the other on the wooden frame attached ...
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How do you mount conduit to a wall so that it stands off a standard box distance?
I'm running 1/2" EMT conduit between single-gang surface-mount boxes. The holes for the boxes are slightly set away from the wall so that the conduit does not mount flush against the wall. I have ...
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What would cause a support post for a load bearing beam to bulge or shift?
Last year I had a wall removed (load bearing) and a 20' beam installed. The end posts where it is supported are covered in drywall. I noticed some cracks at a seam on the drywall (at a seam near the ...
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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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How can I make my floor handle a 3500 lb. aquarium? [closed]
I want to put a 220 gallon aquarium along an outside wall over an 8 foot sliding door. Across from there is a set of stairs.
The floor joists are 2"x10"x15' at 16" on center with two ...
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Will ball casters sufficiently support a "bookcase-door" (hinged from a front corner)?
Followup to How do I know whether a bookcase will rack/sag/twist if hung using butt hinges as a (non-secret) "door"?
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I have a bookcase, want it to become a door, and load it with ...
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Can I replace a wooden porch post with a 4x4x.25" aluminum box tube?
I was wondering what the vertical load capacity of a 4"×4"×.25" 6063 square aluminum tube is at 8' tall.
I have a small front porch with only the roof above it. There are 3 wood posts ...
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Can I use fine-thread drywall screws with wood framing?
Is it okay to use fine thread drywall screws when securing drywall to wood studs? What’s the worst that could happen if not?
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How can I repair a loose crawlspace support post?
We just had a crawlspace inspection (unrelated to this topic) and the inspector found one of our support posts was loose enough to be wiggled back and forth. It wasn’t quite touching the concrete pier....
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How to brace double layer (2x18mm) plywood against bowing/sagging over a 2.2m span?
I currently have a 2.2m desk made from a double layer of 18mm birch plywood - So 36mm in total - That is currently supported by 4 hairpin legs (700mm tall), one on each corner and a set of drawers (...
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Mounting Ceiling fan in 1940s built home
I am trying to mount ceiling fans in several rooms of a very old home. I have found pictures of other J boxes on this forum that appear very similar to mine so I attached someone else's picture so you ...
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What size square tubing or pipe do I need for a Scaffold
I want to make a small scaffold about 2.5 metres high with a base about is 2.5 x 1.2 meters- for my self I am about 75kg - Please can you advise What size galvanized tubing do I need ?
would 20 x 20 ...
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Can my deck use 6x6s below the deck, and 4x4s on top?
My family currently purchased a new home and the rear deck (about 6ft off the ground) currently is held up using 4x4s. The joists are about 12ft tall and the deck is about 25ft wide.
Unfortunately, ...
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Does my loft bed need diagonal supports?
I'm building my son a loft bed. I'm trying to make it really sturdy because he has a tendency to break things.
Each leg will be two 2x6s (brown in picture) joined with pocket holes. In the inside ...
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Adding ceiling support for shelf posts
I want to install a system like this one:
It will be a bit more heavily loaded. I would like to get some structure in the ceiling to be able to install it solidly. Ideally something like a plywood ...
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Refrigerator Cabinet Support Requirements?
I have a cabinet that I want to put above my refrigerator. It is 2' deep by 3' wide. There is a wall behind and to the left of the refrigerator that I can screw the cabinets into studs on. The cabinet ...
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Remove attic 1x4 bracing in 1950s house
New to the forum, so please let me know if there's any other info that would be helpful here. I'm currently a DIYer, but have been in construction on and off for 10yrs, but never on the structural/...
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How do I keep a wide, wall-mount desk from sagging?
I currently have a desk made from a 18mm 4x8 sheet of plywood cut in half lengthways and sandwiched to make double thickness at 36mm. It has 4 hairpin legs (one at each corner) and an Ikea set of Alex ...
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Are there any floor reinforcement considerations when moving laundry to 2nd floor?
I’m looking at moving laundry from first floor to 2nd floor in a 2 story house built in 1996. Current laundry is on the perimeter of the house right behind the garage. I plan to move it directly above ...
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Can I set a portable AC unit back in a dormer window?
My office is on the 3rd floor and it's pretty hot in the summer. I wanted to get a window AC unit, but the windows are dormer windows, so there is no outer vertical surface on which to mount a support ...
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How many posts do I need for flat ground level deck
I want to build a flat ground level deck approx 25x26ft. I have very limited space between the ground and the door, so it needs to be streamlined.
I plan to use 3 26’ 2x10 as primary frame supports ...
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Can I safely remove these 3 pieces of wood in Attic?
Can I remove these pieces of wood in my attic?
I think I can take them out based on the following reasons, but thought I'd get another opinion.
Pieces 2 & 3 are separated in two pieces. Usually, ...
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Are lally columns direct indicators of load bearing walls?
I have a hip-style roof where the first floor is set up as such (- & | are walls; = & || are doors; + are lally columns; gaps are empty spaces or openings):
It's a poor representation, I know
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How to build a sturdy wooden riser for a mini-fridge
all, I want to raise an under-counter mini-fridge (90 pounds loaded) from the floor. It measures 18"w x 18.5d" x 28"h. It's for an elderly woman who can't bend over to use anything ...
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How Do I Calculate Joist Size/Spacing for Sea Container Used as Root Cellar?
I am repurposing a sea container (intermodal container) to be used as a root cellar. Sea containers are stacked for transit and the structural integrity for stacking is based on the four castings (...
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Flushing LVL up when not as thick as wall?
Can LVL beams be used with spacer blocks in the center to flush the LVL material up on each exterior side? For example when using two 1-3/4" thick LVL's with 2x6 trimmer material it only comes ...
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Installation of permanent stairway into the loft
Want to replace a loft ladder with a permanent stairway. The new stairway has to be over the existing stairway because of restricted space. The only load bearing wall is a gable wall. What I want to ...
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Covered deck roof beam support at house
I am adding a covered deck and attaching to my house. I want to attach it like the project about which funtastic asked this forum May 20 '14 at 6:47 and was given a response to his question by ...
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How much does 3-sided support of granite countertop material increase the distance that's safe to span?
I am designing a counter for an outdoor kitchen, with a counter made of 3cm granite with block masonry support and stone veneers to decorate. An approximation of the planned layout seen from above ...
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Rust at welded steel beam joint
My house has a 20 ft long steel beam running across the entry way with two i-beams for supports. The supports are welded to a base plate at the ground.
The joints have quite a bit of rust on them. I'...
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Can straps of dissimilar metal be used to support copper pipe?
What you see in the picture is the main stack (background, green) and two other pipes joining it . You can also see two perforated straps that were used to support the pipe just below the join with ...
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Is it safe to screw into a single support beam holding up an entire house?
I have a (roughly 40 year old) house with a crawlspace, and then an upstairs above it - I believe this considered a 1.5 storey house. The upstairs is being held up by a long wooden support beam, and ...
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Vertical L-Shaped Desk to support 3 monitors without attaching to wall
I am trying to figure out if my plans for a computer desk setup would work. What I want to do is build a backboard that would be attached only to my desk and have it support 3 monitors (<16KG) ...
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How to support a window AC unit for a dormer window?
Does anyone have a solution for installing a window AC unit they've successfully used for a dormer window (meaning one which has part of the roof sloping down below the outside bottom edge of the ...
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How to Replace Wood Support in Crawlspace?
On an inspection report, there is a stack of wood in the crawlspace acting as a support post.
I'm wondering how and what these should be replaced with?
Googling steel shims, I see it's just a sheet ...
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12' high posts for sun shade over travel trailer
I need to get my travel trailer covered so it isn't getting beat up by the brutal AZ sun/heat as much.
I bought a 20'x40' sun shade I will be putting up, I'm just trying to figure out the best way to ...
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How to maintain minimum distance between two trellis posts that are warping?
The posts on one side of my raspberry trellis are warping in towards the center which is causing the trellis wire to be less taut than I would like. When I built the trellis the posts were straight ...
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New construction, do the supports look correct in the attic?
I have a house under construction and this is how they are supporting the roof. Does this look correct? Thank you for your input!
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Whats the cheapest but strongest 4x8 I can use while only supporting the ends lengthwise of the board?
What I'm trying to do is basically make a shelf that is somewhat of a 2nd story in my rented self storage unit. I've done this before by bridging tall furniture w/strong boards. My unit is 12'x19'. I ...
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Support for enlarged opening for new doors
I’m considering enlarging an entry door (to the outside) from a single door to double doors (rough opening basically enlarged from 35” to 70”). It’s a two story brick house on field stone foundation (...
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Rim joists sitting on top of notched post
My older deck doesn’t have a beam. Instead, the rim joist is attached to the 4x4 posts, most of which are notched and serve as both support for the rim joist and continue up as railing posts.
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Supporting this old 2x4 hip roof rafter to the beam
I'm renovating an old house which had a hip roof. One of the roof rafters (2x4) comes down on an angle and isn't supported on the beam. I thought a strong tie lssj would work but the rafter is a bit ...
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Removing post in center of two-car garage (20ft span)
I have a two-story house with a two-car garage under two bedrooms. The two bedrooms have a non-load bearing wall between them and the garage has a 6x10 beam underneath with a supporting post.
I want ...
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Safe to mount curtain rod to support beam?
I'm hoping to mount two curtain rods to span a distance of about 14' so I can partition a portion of my finished basement and make it easier to heat. There is a single wooden support beam running the ...
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Temporary Beam support help please
I am enlarging and moving a cased opening in a basement wall. The wall is 2x6. Current size of opening is 3' wide and I am enlarging it to 4 to 5' wide. There are open web floor trusses 16" ...
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Moving support post holding up beam?
MY Wife and I decided to take on some remodeling with the help of my plumber father in law. We moved the washer and dryer into the garage and re-ran the plumbing.
While looking at what it would take ...
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T connection of two Beams To Support 2nd Floor - Post or No Post?
Context: We are building plans for an extension to our home, on three levels. We're working with a technologist and will be getting an engineer since they have to stamp any plans. We want to have a ...
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