Recent content by kevmor99

Yeah, it's the master bedroom closet, one side of it is the exterior and this is the interior wall. I'd be curious about drilling into exterior wall top plates also, what is typically allowed in the code, etc.

Hmm, I think that may be the end of it, the edge of the roof is about 5 ft. to the left...

Photo of top plate on right

I believe I have a load bearing wall that is supporting with some trusses on it (hip roof). I'm wondering if it's possible to drill a couple 1" holes in the top plate of one stud cavity for electrical and ethernet? I read on here about drilling horizontally through studs, things like 40% hole...

I have an attached garage, no living space above garage, and it's built with 24" OC trusses. It has double layer 5/8 sheetrock for the ceiling (I'm guessing because the 24" spacing). I can take a photo if that helps, but I'm guessing it can't support hardly any weight? My plan was to add...

I posted this earlier but it was deleted when some topics got erased. Anyway, I think I know the answer but I just wanted to confirm: Are there any restrictions on placing a new electrical outlet on the wall shared between an attached garage and the house? I started reading (IBC 711.3.2) that...

That makes sense, it currently has a NEMA 6-20R plug on it, so the max breaker would be 20A to match that? Is the 20A receptacle rated at the running amps or does it take into account the starting amps? Here's the name plate: https://ibb.co/59MZXVz

I currently have an air compressor, 230V, 12 amps, it looks like it says 2B for horsepower (it's hard to read), I'm guessing it's 2 HP? It's about 30 feet from the panel and I'm looking to add a quad tandem breaker as it's out of space. If NEC says I can size the breaker to 250% of the amps...

Hi all, I'm looking for some opinions and maybe some good ideas. I recently moved and have roughly a 20x20 space at the corner of a fence on the property line and the house. At our old place I had a 8x10 shed that was built by the previous owner. I'm thinking it was probably 10 ft tall, and...

Wouldn't they chew next to it though to make a new hole? That's what they were doing on my wood siding...

I'm thinking of putting the wooden clamp traps outside but I don't want to catch the neighbor's cat...

I forgot to mention, I have one of those Tomcat boxes with the green poison outside. They don't seem to be touching it? They avoid all of the traps it seems, they'll walk right past the clamp traps as they come in their entry points.

I have a shed building next to my garage, it's on a concrete slab and has wood siding. It's on the edge of the property and has about a 1 ft. gap to the fence. In this gap the rats are entering in at the bottom of the siding, chewing through it and even some of the framing. I've tried using...