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How do you mount conduit to a wall so that it stands off a standard box distance?
If you don't want to get a conduit bender, you can use conduit hanger clamps like the one shown below from Home Depot. The clamp fastens to the wall and holds the conduit away from the wall.
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How can I temporarily support a ceiling with embedded heat tubing?
It's just not necessary to support the framing from above. Temporary walls are put up under drywall all the time, and the gypsum doesn't crush. Actual plaster certainly won't.
Just use a 2x6 or wider ...
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How to secure these wooden porch posts to the concrete slab?
There are many kinds of post bases available which are designed for exactly this purpose. You want something attached to the concrete. You'd do that with concrete screws and a hammer drill.
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How do you mount conduit to a wall so that it stands off a standard box distance?
If you're using EMT and if wall-to-box offsets are the only thing you want to do (which is unlikely) and if you really don't want to learn to use a bender (or you're getting there, but slowly, and the ...
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How do you mount conduit to a wall so that it stands off a standard box distance?
1\2" EMT lends itself to bending very easily. And incorrect bends are easy to "adjust." A little practice with a bender will have you making great box offset bends in no time.
I will ...
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Can I use fine-thread drywall screws with wood framing?
It's fine. They are primarily intended for metal studs but they will work fine in wood. Think about the force required to physically pull out one screw - even a fine threaded screw. Now given the fact ...
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Can this post supporting a roof beam structure be moved?
Wow... I totally missed the detail that the post is to be moved not removed. Much of this answer is still appropriate but changes to relocating the "green" beam instead of beefing up the &...
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Can this post supporting a roof beam structure be moved?
The vertical bit is called the post, which is holding the horizontal beam. Any such changes require consultation with the original architect/engineer or a new engineer. This needs to be stressed, ...
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How can fix and strengthen a linen closet shelf?
yes, those repair brackets. will work well.
It may make sense to use screws into the wall mounted wood (cleat), but to drill through the perpendicular wood (beam) and bolt the brackets on there ...
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How to brace double layer (2x18mm) plywood against bowing/sagging over a 2.2m span?
You can use a stiffener, something like this. If you want to build it out of wood, a 100mm or so ripped piece the full width can go under the middle at 90 degrees to the underside of the table. Screw ...
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Mounting Ceiling fan in 1940s built home
There are all kinds of hack jobs out there to install ceiling fans. Code states that ceiling fans be installed using a fan rated junction box. The boxes will be stamped inside that they are approved ...
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How do you mount conduit to a wall so that it stands off a standard box distance?
When confronted with that situation, I resort to a conduit bender. You can put a couple of small bends in the EMT . It takes a bit of practice, but it's really not all that hard.
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I want to remove a load bearing wall, which support is best beam or deadman?
Probably not the answer you want, but:
It is impossible for anyone to say without a blueprint of your house, and a structural engineering degree.
Google "structural engineers near me" setup ...
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How can I temporarily support a ceiling with embedded heat tubing?
It might be possible but something you really should have an engineer design.
That ceiling sounds heavy with the plaster and tubing. The problem with supporting it from above is the weight pulling ...
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Support Beam Protruding out of house?
If wood is/gets damp/wet it can rot in time, it might take many years or a few depending on the wood and weather. Something most people do not want happening with a support beam.
That opening will ...
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How do you mount conduit to a wall so that it stands off a standard box distance?
Since bending attractive offsets is a skill that continues to elude me, I employ a mix of "leave it straight and let it stand off" and "let the strap bend it flush".
For 1/2" ...
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How can I make my floor handle a 3500 lb. aquarium?
The weight isn't moving much, unless this is a wave tank; I think you can treat that as a static load.
But given the size of that load, I think the real answer to your question may be "hire an ...
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Will ball casters sufficiently support a "bookcase-door" (hinged from a front corner)?
don't use casters, use fixed wheels. just point the axles of the wheels towards line of the the hinge pins and the wheels will be at the correct angle.
nylon will tend to collect grit which may damage ...
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Things to know before buying a 1970's wooden house in Sweden?
The 1960s through to the 1980s construction in Sweden was pretty simple. Most likely the frame is just 48mm x 98mm (2" x 4") framing with just 100mm of insulation. Exterior will likely be a ...
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Will ball casters sufficiently support a "bookcase-door" (hinged from a front corner)?
56 nylon ball casters, each rated to support 3kg static (or 5kg dynamic), will they durably support my bookcase (~135kg fully loaded)
WOW, that would be quite a job installing 56 casters!
Instead I ...
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Can I use fine-thread drywall screws with wood framing?
Don't use fine thread. Use the coarse thread screws. Over time wood expands and contracts with heat and humidity. Combine that with the weight of the drywall they WILL pop eventually. The question is ...
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Can I use fine-thread drywall screws with wood framing?
Should be fine, though each screw will take longer to drive than with a coarser thread.
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How can I repair a loose crawlspace support post?
I would use a bottle jack to raise the beam slightly as you put in a new post or shim the existing one. You could drive in shims, but chances are the beam is a bit low of where it really should be. ...
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How can I repair a loose crawlspace support post?
Normally a couple of wooden shingles driven in would do, but since it's the concrete facing end you'll need to cut similar wedges from pressure-treated wood (or possibly soak some shingles in wood ...
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How to secure these wooden porch posts to the concrete slab?
What isherwood said is correct. You need to know how structural these posts are. Based solely on your photos, they seem to be holding up on the overhang part of your roof.
What I would do is remove ...
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Basketball hoop on support pole in basement
Assuming there is not any unreasonable forces applied to the pole, ( Sumo sized players charging the net), You should have no problems, since the support is anchored at both the top and bottom.
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How to secure these wooden porch posts to the concrete slab?
Why not drive a 3 or 4 foot length of 1/2" rebar into the ground right at the dirt edge behind each post? Leave 1 foot above the surface and use U-shaped pipe/conduit "two hole straps" ...
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Additional crawl space support footings
Your local building department will have the best advice.
They know the ground conditions and possible frost levels and the weight/supports needed for your building.
We can only guess what you ...
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Support Beam Protruding out of house?
I'm not looking for a diagnosis of the problem I just don't know if im over reacting about it.
Well, yes and no. It looks like a serious problem but is it really your problem? As long as you disclose ...
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Advice On Framing For Enlarged Window (and building temporary support wall)
That sounds about right, except that 2x6 isn't adequate for a span of over seven feet. Even though it's not strictly load-bearing, it needs to robustly withstand sag so as not to damage the window. ...
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