Recent content by DMurray

My lumber supplier recommended 5/8" Glasroc or Densglas sheathing for the exterior walls of my new garage (as opposed to OSB). It appears to be a special type of gypsum, sandwiched between layers of fibreglass. I see a lot of residential and commercial construction guys are using it around...

Ok, looks like 2x6s are the way to go. Do you put them up after the roof sheathing is on? That would make sense because there will be some urgency to get the roof sheathing on right after the trusses go up in order to stabilize them. So do you just overhang the first course of OSB sheathing...

Hey folks - the garage I'm planning has a 5/12 pitch roof with 2x4 top chords on the trusses. A few questions come to mind about creating the sub-fascia structure: I was thinking I'd use long 2x4s to cover the truss ends, but should the fascia boards drop down a bit below the bottom of the...

Yes I think so. I wasn't thinking of storing anything up in the attic because I live in climate zone 7 so it will be quite full of insulation. But with nearly 10 foot ceilings, I would like the option of suspending some kind of shelving solution from underneath. Nothing too heavy really, but...

Yes I'll go back and ask more questions. It's a big lumberyard that also has a truss plant. They sell "garage packages" which include all lumber and trusses and they will also build it for you for a price. But they charge a lot of money to bundle everything up and sell you a package. I'm...

Thanks for the great info folks. Sounds like this is a common requirement - I'll go back to the truss company and have a discussion about storage loads and go from there.

For my new garage, I was thinking about specifying a 2x6 bottom chord for my trusses. I thought it might be useful for hanging storage later on. I've never ordered trusses before. Is this a common thing to ask for? I guess one downside is that the trusses would be a fair bit heavier and...

Two thumbs up on the Temp Stick solution. I've had 3 of them monitoring various buildings in an RV park for the past 2 winters are they've been excellent. Very accurate, crazy long battery life, and a very well designed phone app. The notifications work perfectly and give me a lot of...

I went back to the designer about it. He said one of his junior guys did the drawings and the work was not checked before it was sent out. He apologized and added the second top plate to the drawing. He noticed a few other deficiencies while he was at it and fixed those too. One of those...

Walls are 9 feet. I will insist that he add a second top plate to the design. Local code doesn't permit 24" wall stud spacing and I don't want to pay for the extra trusses to make them line up with 16" OC studs. I don't know why he would have designed it this way in the first place. I think...

According to the drawing, 2x6 stud spacing is 16" OC.

Hi folks, The design drawings for my new 26'x28' garage only show a single 2x6 top plate for the walls. I am taking this up with the designer because I think it will require me to put the trusses on 16" centres to meet code and therefore require several more trusses ($$). I also see a single...

Hi there, I've been following this board for awhile. Lots of great information here. I'm in the process of planning my dream garage for construction in the spring. I've done some renovations on my home and have basic capabilities in the various trades, but always defer to the pros when in...