Recent content by BobnCO

I think It’s the use of the term footers for what sounds like joists.. (rim joists, then common joists.. )

This is fun!! (Carpenter occasional framer here) . Reading on this site, you would think buildings are blowing over more than in the story of The Three Little Pigs!?!! 🤣

Yea I always liked those!

Yes my buddy is a surveyor and tells me this! I’m suppose to be retired but keep getting rangled into projects, mostly by family!

You’re never going to pull max current or even close with a rolling vehicle… you can almost push the car on with three people.. a few hundred# pull, not thousands. We started w/ little Chinese utility 2500# winch and 10 ga. wire. It worked ok. Since I had an old Harbor Freight 8,000# winch...

Now days I would set up my laser at corner shooting 90 deg lines, now you just have to get distance “perfect”. The engineer will approve moderate elongating holes in steel for minor adjustments and erection crew does this all the time. Yes it was harder without lasers!!

That looks pretty f’n good to me. When I started framing many moons ago, (tact homes) they were very often framed with “the hinge”.

I’ve done some commercial buildings professionally and I can’t fathom they could ever get most of them right without being in a plywood jig “where they go”prior to starting the pour. There just is not enough time and the dimensions need to be pulled (or shot with survey equipment) to keep the...

8’ would likely be adequate, 4’ spacing if you want better.

Conversely, and in my experience most carpenters overbuild everything if not engineered. It’s just easier than trying to save a few bucks and eliminates call backs. I sometimes make fun of some of it due to the obvious overbuilding. Most work was not engineered not that long ago, and carpenters...

Sometimes you can flip it around (there all off and one got flipped at the factory or onsite.) You should be able to measure at the top plate each way, with a plumb bob hanging from the peak. Good luck

When it comes to reciprocating saws Homeowners buy Dewalt, Pro’s buy Milwaukee. Dewalts are cute 🤣

My Bosch died recently (used for years) and I got this Klein at Lowes. I like that it is rechargeable instead of a fist full of AA batteries!

My input as old GC having paid for ample Pro cutters and having my own 14” electric.. Yes hitting a good blade was a very common thing and may bring out rage diamond a bit. Recently my ancient pro blade (probably $300 inflation adjusted dollars in 90’?) seemed slow, and I finally bought a new...

The Klein’s are sweet, I’ve moved on but used to do a lot of commercial / institutions construction and remodel, never had something that nice. I’m on the lending side now and had seen them but never really looked until now… I was too busy cracking up watching guys use grocery carts, which...