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Your blocking idea with the adjacent floor joists will stiffen the bag's support and increase its inertia. This is a legitimate strategy. The blocking should fit snug enough where it's somewhat diffic …

Weight and eccentricity from the wall would also be important information if there were strength values to compare against. Technically you're using wood in torsion instead of the bending of verticall …

The composite section's neutral axis is at [2(1.5")(3.5")(3.5"/2) + 0.65(14.5")(0.75")(3.5"-0.75"/2)]/18in^2 = 2.3" The effective moment of inertia contribution from the wall framing follows as 1/12(2) …

Just build a floor to ceiling wall interior to the foundation. You need a vertical line of fireblocking every 10 ft measured horizontally along the wall, so incorporate that into your design. People c …

There's shear loading on the fasteners bridging the slip plane between the ridge and the rafters. As a gap widens at the slip plane, the fastener strength goes down. For the set of rafters without col …

The diagonal 1×4 is "let-in-bracing" (LIB). See IRC R602.10.4. It's a structural part of your house's lateral system for resisting wind and/or earthquakes. In line with this LIB there should be one or …

From the image it's not perfectly clear, but I'm pretty confidant that the metal straps have been used as joist bracing. This is somewhat unconventional. The International Residential Code (IRC) calls …

The International Residential Code's maximum notch depth is 1/6 times the joist height, where the notch can't be in the middle third of the joist's span. See IRC R502.8 (technically R502.8 gets refere …

If your new wall is longer than 10 ft, which seems unlikely in a bathroom, then technically you should have vertically oriented fire blocking in the upper part where there's a gap between your new framing …

You don't need the butt joint over a stud. You just need to stagger the butt joints in the dual top plates by 2'-0" or more. IRC R602.3.2: Wood stud walls shall be capped with a double top plate inst …

Assuming that there aren't roofers or 30" of snow on the roof, remove the hurricane ties, remove the blocking between rafters (save the material for reinstallation if your rafters are taller than 10") …

He's probably trying to save face with his customer. To avoid the pinch when standing the wall up, often people will make the frame 1-1/2" short, stand it up, and then hammer a second top plate into t …

For the 24" window, see Table R602.3(5) from the IRC. Assuming that you have one floor and a non-habitable attic, then the stud spacing requirement is 24". A normal inspector in my area would let it g …

Your single king studs are good based on IRC R602.7.5. Assuming a 50 psf snow load, IRC Table R602.7 indicates that a double 2x6 header with single jack studs is adequate. If you install the double 2x …

For single ply installations: 8.2 In single-ply installation, all ends and edges of gypsum board shall occur over framing members or other solid backing except where treated joints occur at right angles … to framing or furring members. …