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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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Can I remove the rafter ties from my hand-framed garage roof?
No no no.
I have no idea why they didn't run a full length header but from your picture it looks like they laid 2 2x8s end to end to form your header and then sandwiched it with a 2x8 on each side …
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Hanging kitchen cabinets on 2x3s
I will also say if hanging cabinets it is a good idea to run many cross braces in the framing to help support. …
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Is there a required or recommended minimum distance of an HVAC duct from an exterior wall?
There is no minimum for running hvac near an exterior wall.
In fact you can run hvac outside (my old house had hvac under slab) and you can certainly run hvac in exterior walls. There are extra insu …
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Framing around PVC pipe
Your pictures are perfect, except you need a Beta before the "A" - which is just a header to go across joists or blocking. This will give you the stability.
For extra stability you can add a paralle …
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What is a shear wall and what is it for?
I have worked with engineers on shear walls in florida. I have seen many examples of the amount of shear protection. I have never seen a diagonal 1x6 used in an interior wall. For example just some …
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Make new walls match thickness of old walls
You either go with different thickness of drywall or just shim the drywall out. I shimmed out drywall in a similar situation and it is really easy if there is such a small difference in widths. I re …
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How much of this load bearing wall can I remove?
Well from your picture it looks like you can open it about 10 inches to the right. You would need a longer and more substantial header possibly but at 10 inches you hit your shear diagonal support. …
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Can I safely remove this unused blocking from a load-bearing wall?
I would normally say yes but it appears the 2x4 on the right is heavily notched in a weird fashion. I would keep blocking across from this to make sure that vertical 2x4 is stable. Not really sure y …
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Should I use traditional 2x4 framing or 1x3 grid framing for a New England basement remodel?
So when framing I pop out at the bulge you would just be drywalling there. …
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Can it be appropriate to orient a 2x4 "wide side out"?
It is fine to have a board facing like this (given normally faced framing throughout) and is actually a must for an outside corner. …
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What is longest distance without attaching a top plate of interior wall
In my opinion this should be done 3 times per span at a minimum. So really it depends what you are building with. If you use your stock 2x4s that are 8 feet then 3. But If you get longer 2x4s I thi …
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Why are there shims under my studs?
Means either the base wasn't flat or they cut their studs too short. You really shouldn't shim load bearing studs but we do it all the time with non load bearing. Ooops.
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Trying to not use wood in basement walls
If we are framing a basement that can get water we use pressure treated lumber. All of the problems that you describe are of almost not chance with PT wood. …
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Installing Cement Board 16 inches on center
Or you can add a few boards for extra framing... Probably 3/4 of the showers I do I put up at least two three framing boards - both vertical and horizontal. …
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Doubts about quality of wood-frame construction
None of this should be acceptable if you are paying someone to build you a shed. Period. Yes it passes inspection because it is not a habitable space, meaning that code wouldn't allow someone to liv …
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