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“Shocked?” ⚡️

No Wi-Fi on this property; it’s all hard-wired Ethernet.

Thank you all for your inputs. The light will be on the detached garage, so it seems the way to do it is to grab the power from the subpanel in the garage and run the travelers back to the house. This makes sense for safety because if someone wants to kill the power out to the garage using the...

I am sure how to wire a 3-way switch, but I am tossed between powering it from the house main panel or the garage subpanel. Either way there will be power passing parallel to the subpanel branch power in the underground conduit. Is there a code requirement or basic safety consideration to do it...

The same inspector that told me to use this arrangement just told me that since I am using it as the shear wall sheathing that it must fully overlap the sole plate and both top plates. Not making much sense. I think I caught him doing one thing as a contractor and then enforcing another as an...

That looks like it will work for the garage door, but now I have an issue with the siding that was recommended to me. I am looking at using 4' x 9' T1-11 structural siding, but they seem to be coming up short of covering the sole plate to top plate distance of 109.125" distance by over an inch...

I really appreciate all the replies. I think I should have titled this "finished opening" because I included the trim under the header in my calculations. Because the door sits inside the opening and closes down from the top it will certainly cover a smaller opening. The door needs to be...

I recently bought a house with the original 1-car garage converted into a den. I am starting on the framing for a detached 22' wide x 24' deep garage. Concrete was just poured. I have no building experience, but I am a safety-conscious person and a fast learner.

So my helpful inspector who is also a builder has offered the following advice: 2x6 sole plate 2x6x104.25" precut studs 3 pcs 2 x 12 #1 DF Header sandwiched with 1/2" plywood Double 2 x 6 top plates over header 2 x 8 trim under header This is on top of a level slab (no stem walls). I calculate...