Recent content by ottoemezzo

Got it! My builder may have taken a few shortcuts for the sake of cost, but I have to say he's been super helpful whenever I have a question. The engineering drawing says: "This truss has been designed for a 10.0 psf bottom chord live load nonconcurrent with any other live loads." I'm not sure...

Thanks again. Glad to be here :). I've asked for a copy of the engineering drawings. The thing is, I didn't ask him to build to a price, or to match what someone else quoted me. I just told him what I wanted. He didn't have to go the cheap-o route. All it would've taken was a two minute lesson...

Thanks for the replies, guys. I hope so. I specifically asked the builder for storage in the trusses. Again, I hope so, and they'd better be! Do you have any reason to suspect otherwise? I told the builder I'd be finishing off the inside w/ drywall. Thanks for your help. Much appreciated...

Hi all, Any suggestions on the right way approach insulating this ceiling (please see link below)? The trusses make it a little complicated. For example, should I insulate just the underside -- the ceiling of the garage? Or do I need something above, in the rafters, as it were? The garage...