Recent content by Daniel Ozarks

These door issues are a big problem and I keep reading the same stories. It seems the only solution to these cheapass doors are either a roof or a storm door. Been battling another leaker today with all the rain and it's coming in right at the hinge side corner. Seems so tight but it's getting...

Let's bring em down. Stop buying it. Post on their Facebook page and keep bothering Lowes on their reviews and questions. Rockwool does comment on Lowes website and they lied and said they have nothing to do with price increases.

People need to stop buying Rockwool no matter how good it may be.

Lowes just raised the Rockwool R15 from $58 to $79 in one day (2/24) in Missouri. This stuff has been at $58 for awhile and just when I'm fixin' to buy 40 bags they pull this bs. They also did away with the 15 bag discount. Rockwool blames Lowes but everyone else has the same price. So eff...

Thank you for your reply. I can see what you're saying. The pipe thickness would have to be considered. When I've read about this elsewhere people talk about how the OSB and drywall will stiffen the hinge or other such little things to help because these hinges are apparently common and there...

The "engineered" recommendation is single toothpick studs from top to bottom which has its own challenges. All trusses need braced, but in the case of flat bottom to scissor the question is how to do it to eliminate the hinge. All that a 1 inch steel pipe does is connect the gable and the wall...

I have a similar situation to what's been discussed in the past - flat bottom gable truss with a scissor truss next. My question is, how come a solution isnt just running some 1 inch steel pipe from the floor, through the top plate, and up to the top of the gable? 2 should be fine but you could...

Greetings, I know this is old but I have a similar situation - flat bottom gable truss with a scissor truss next. My question is, how come a solution isnt just running some 1 inch steel pipe from the floor, through the top plate, and up to the top of the gable? 2 should be fine but you could do...