Questions tagged [support]
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Jack post for sagging garage roof?
Is the placement of this jack post okay to support sagging garage roof? What would a permanent solution look like?
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Question the structure weight capacity
previous owner built an attic above the garage w/ a ladder plus shelves on all walls. heaviest items in attic is a container (L24xW16xH12) <20lbs. side wall is holding drums evenly dispersed. ...
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How should I address lengthwise cracks and other issues in old floor joists?
I purchased a house from 1900 about a year ago. One of the biggest problems I have unsurfaced is cut and cracked joists. My questions are as such with pictures below:
Can I just jack them up, ...
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Can I mount a light fixture on an electrical outlet box? [duplicate]
I have a backyard with no light but we do have an outdoor outlet. I would like to know if I can mount a light fixture using the electrical outlet box. The mounting plate comes with the light fixture, ...
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What is the correct tuck pointing mortar ratio for a 1907, St louis brick main support column in basement. Lime? Portland? Sand? Water? [duplicate]
The owner believes the bricks are softer bricks due to the age of the house. All the research i have done say's after 1900 most houses in this area used Portland cement, lime, and a sand mix. I just ...
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How Do I Frame an Opening in My Bathroom Floor
I am fixing termite eaten and improperly spaced joists in my home. I need to create space for the bathtub drain fixtures, which are currently riding right up on a joist that runs under the bathtub, ...
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How to support a 2nd floor deck to fix improperly secured deck ledger
I am in the process of fixing a poorly kept and built 2nd floor Accessory Dwelling Unit/garage apt. The most pressing project is to rebuild/repair the 2nd story deck, which gives access to the apt. ...
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Number of posts needed? [closed]
I have no idea what math needs to be done to figure this out, but let me set the stage for you.
I'm building a BIG planter box in my yard. 27ft X 54ft X 5ft high. We want to utilize our whole yard to ...
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Will this plan support my shelf?
I am installing three 81” shelves on a wall in a laundry alcove off a kitchen. The house is 100+ years old with lathe and plaster walls, orange peel surface.
Studs are located at 18, 34, 50, and 65 ...
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Main condensation line drilled and left inside 4"x12" main structural support
Latent defect found by new licensed HVAC technician after original installer of unit said call somebody else. Ten year Carrier warranty now out. Not servicing my area. I called a new company out since ...
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Things to know before buying a 1970's wooden house in Sweden? [closed]
Looking at buying a wooden house in a forest in Sweden that has some moisture / floor strength issues. While I'll be getting a professional builder to help me inspect the potential floor damage, are ...
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Need to replace deck post, flush with home foundation
I'm planning to replace a number of deck posts. Currently, my deck posts all go straight into the ground. For the posts I replace, I want to pour concrete footings. However, one of the posts is right ...
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How many legs for my cabinet?
I've built a kitchen-style cabinet for my office and I'm wondering if I've put enough legs on it.
I couldn't find any standards for this sort of thing in my Googling, so here I have turned to the ...
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Three unexpected supports under stairs
I have a staircase that follows adjacent to a load bearing wall. Part of the staircase sticks out into the living/dining room area and I wanted to use the space underneath for storage. I cut out the ...
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Adding foundation for roof overhang/deck support beam
Yesterday I was looking for ants in the crawlspace of my house, didn't find any ants but found an issue with one of the roof overhang support posts. It's sitting on top of a concrete block that they ...
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Proper Joist Installation to fix Subfloor Overhang
I am currently doing a full bathroom remodel on a house I just bought.
The entire floor was rotted, so I had to remove it all the way down to the joists. I am planning on sistering two of the joists ...
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What fastener to affix 2x6 support to 16" deep 16'L lvl?
I am building a temp support wall using 16" lvl and 4 built up 2x6's on each end for support "legs".
What fastener would be best suited to join a single 2x6 to the face of a 3.5" 2 ...
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I want to remove a load bearing wall, which support is best beam or deadman?
I have a Block foundation. I want to extend my living room by removing a 12' section of load bearing wall. Dimensions 12'x2x6 junction to 5'x2x6 ceiling span
Would I need to reinforce the foundation ...
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Is this 2x4 in my closet load bearing? Can I remove it?
Looking to update/open my closet... as it is right now, it's roughly two basic closets side by side with one 2x4 in the middle. With this set up I need two sets of sliding doors... I am hoping to take ...
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How to secure these wooden porch posts to the concrete slab?
The front of my house has an overhang extension of the roof, held up by three posts. The posts are loose on bottom and I'm wondering how best to affix them to the concrete.
While they are stable most ...
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How to remove joist supports?
We just bought a new (to us, built in '52) house with an unfinished basement. They've added - relatively recently (visible in listing pictures but not older pictures) - a pair of joist supports with ...
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Hardwood Floor Repair - Sag and Gaps
Just bought a new home with old - possibly original - hardwood, from '52. There's a relative bulge running down the middle of the house (or it could be sagging on either side) corresponding to the ...
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Additional crawl space support footings [closed]
I have a 92 year old 1 story house in Michigan that is sagging along the main support. I have to add additional support and jack it up in some spots. I'm not even sure that the original piers have ...
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Support Beam Protruding out of house?
I have a client who has a load bearing beam from her basement being exposed from the outside, I have advised her to seek a professional engineer to have a look, she had someone who used to do home ...
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Can a double beam of 2x12 handle a span of 16 feet for a patio roof?
I want to build a patio cover. The total area for the roof is 20ft x12ft ( regular roof shingles to match the house) . I want to use only 2 post( 6'x6') per side , at 16 feet between centers with 2 ...
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Can this post supporting a roof beam structure be moved? [closed]
Could this post be moved? It looks like it doesn’t go all the way to the 1st floor, but it also looks to be the only support for the large center beam supporting the roof above.
I would like to move ...
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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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