Recent content by Adam Baker

Any suggestions?

The whole garage would be considered conditioned space. There is a loft above the main garage space that is used for storage and my mom wants that area to be temperature controlled. Located in North Carolina.

Maybe see if it's possible to install a CO detector that could trigger a relay attached to the fan?

Getting ready to insulate the roof of our new garage, and I have a question. We're using Owens Corning Raft-R Mate rafter baffles running to the peak, w/ a vented ridge cap installed. Rafters are 24 in on center, top chord of the rafter is a 2x6, and the rafter baffles are approximately 2"...

Yea, I told the contractor that we would be putting flooring down. Unfortunately I wasn't present when the rafters were installed otherwise I'd have rejected the rafters that have this problem. I had considered shimming to make up the difference. I guess that would be easier than trying to...

Looking for some suggestions on how to deal w/ an issue with the roof rafters in a garage my mom had built. I've noticed on a couple of the roof rafters, where the mending plate is located on the bottom chord, the 2 2x8's that make the bottom chord aren't flush with each other, leaving a step...

Great, thanks! I will talk to my mom about the paperwork for the rafters. Going back and adding a perpendicular 2x4 to each of the vertical sections would be much easier, and would work w/ what we've got in mind for trying to finish off the loft area.

Recently my mom had a local contractor build a 24x40 garage for her. The original plans called for a 6/12 pitch roof, but she requested a 9/12 so that we could also put a loft in above the garage. The contractor worked w/ a local truss builder and we had loft rafters fabricated. After building...