Recent content by Backwaterdogs

thank you all for the advice, this is very helpful!

Not sure if this is the right place for this question or not, but pouring a final ~10x40 slab in my shed (long over due)...this is going in a metal quanset style metal building. My concern is, there is already a footer/foundation there, but too high that I can't use it as a strike off...

Thanks for all the replies! Yes I it is a hip roof and ideally I would have frame it in Like a skylight, but without cut a much larger hole in roof or room ceiling( room ceiling is tongue and groove, not drywall)...it just didn't seem possible, tho I know that would have been best. Yes was out...

The roof section on this wall is hippest mentioned and roof over this room is all rafters. Don't remember how many rafters, but I recall them being about 24 in o.c. way out close to the wall where I cut. So must be a good 8 plus rafters tied to main roof support at peak to this wall. I would...

On the side I cut the rafter, its 20ft I think, with a 6x6 on each corner and 6x6 post in center and two 2x6 wall sections.

The deck isn't normal stick framing. The walls are 6x6 post and 2x6 walls between post...so are pretty rigid.

Oh ok, ty! This particular area isn't my shop, but rather a sunroom/deck.

Looks like I may be unable to post a url.or image since I'm a new account...had another acct for years but had to create a new one for this thread. If interested my sketch of what was done is below. Have to change the x to an h and paste in browser. Xttps://ibb.co/dWtiXA

This was a exhaust for a wood burning stove. It was put in as close to ext wall as possible thru a hip. Where it landed in the attic space would not all you angle 6 inch double wall. So was either that or move the where it would no longer be centered. Will try to get or drawing what I...

Hey all was hoping someone could help. Putting a wood burner and as luck would have it, I have to right where a rafter is ( yes rafter not truss). So to get my exhaust through, had to cut out about 10 inch of rafter I just supported the rafter by coming straight down with 2x on to structure...