Recent content by ericlar80

The Lowes in Simi Valley has a bunch of the Cobra pliers in stock. They are on the clearance wall in the back.

I wonder how a diamond disc grinder for concrete would work on mill scale.

The only thing it won’t do is AC arc, and just thinking about how reliable the tombstone is. Seems like it could be worth it if I can find a good deal.

I already have a Lincoln square Wave 200 tig welder that can also do DC positive and negative stick welding up to 170 amps. Wondering whether there is any sense in considering a tombstone welder that can do both AC and DC welding? Also have a Miller 211 that gets a lot of use. A lot of general...

That would work. Otherwise, if you have a rental place nearby, they should have a "material lift". It is basically a small, human powered forklift that is perfect for this kind of thing.

Yeah, you will be fine.

Yes, crown up. Cup your hand a little hand point your palm to the ground - that's how the beam should be installed. :)

LVL probably would have been a custom order, depending on where he’s at. This is a basic setup so a solid header or built up header are both good options for a weekend repair like this. Just put the concave side of the beam facing down.

I tend to over design things. A few extra 2x4s isn’t that much of investment considering the savings of doing the work yourself. You could steal a couple of those for the framing if you’re so inclined.

I doubt there is an easy way to convert that to an apartment. Best case you have an engineer design custom trusses and you find a way to sneak them in there. You would be better off ripping the everything off and starting over with different trusses or building a second story altogether. It’s...

Yeah, looks good. It never hurts to have an angled cross brace but you probably don’t need one.

Jeesh, are you planning to open an online store?

Just to clarify, the 2x4s are supposed to support the 2x8 directly. Not the beam.

I’m surprised they don’t have a 16’ length of 2x8 you could cut down, but two sections is probably fine.

Yeah, if you put a supporting stud every 16-24”, anchored well, you should be able to just use a single 2x8. For replacing the actual header, I would make or buy a 4x12, assuming that is a 10’ wide door. Im assuming that’s probably bigger than what was in there before.