Recent content by dangle

In on 44!

Run the baseboard into the stairs and have the stair wall stringer land ontop of it?

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Clean RCSB w/ HD front end!

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Wow, nice place!

Is this a dream? So much winning going on in this thread... and it's only page 2!

Good start, lookinf forward to the progress pics. BTW... I'm currently living in Newark, DE

^ Well said, very thorough and accurate. Unfortunately, this valuable information will go into one ear of most common folk... and out the other.

A location drawing is not worth its weight in feathers in the court of law. A location drawing can cost as little as $100 (in the NE united states anyway). Great deal, right? Not so much. All a surveyor does is locate the improvements on the property and maybe a couple of property corners...

Thanks for the concern. While you are correct that the maximum reaction occurs at the connection of the collar tie to the top chord, per the IRC, the 12d nails used at the connections are sufficient to resist the calculated loading situation.

Thanks, it doesn't matter how big of a shop you have, you'll always need a bigger one!

Unfortunately, I do not own a garage at this time... but I spend a lot of time in my old man's pole barn. I plan to get his building organized at some point, but there's a long way to go. To start things off, here's a panorama of its current state (Lift at 95% complete and everything). (This...

It'd be helpful if you posted pictures of your current set up so we can see the house style, layout, arrangement, etc. Or even a house plan sketch w/ restricting building features (BRL's, Well, Septic, etc.)and any zoning regulations (Height restrictions, SF restrictions, etc.) From these...