Recent content by rwgust

I have read through your posts several times now and I'm not 100% sure that I'm following you, I'm admittedly not very experienced with this sort of thing, I don't know if there's anyway you can attach a drawing or a picture that might help a lay out your design a little better for someone like...

the shop i built this summer is a 18x24 shop, built on a 8" wide concrete foundation that is 4' in the ground, then built using 2x6 lumber. Looking now to add the main storage area, thinking 2500 lbs at the most. Originally I was thinking of cutting into the drywall and adding supports and...

My lumber yard stocks 9.5" LVL material, they have in 48' lengths and just cut to your size. I was going to build the whole shelf using material. I'm not planning anything specifically heavy but i'm sure over time I'll fill it up. So was just wondering what my limit would be. Based on...

1.75" thick lvl beam, 9.5" tall, 18' long

9 1/2 inch wide boards, trying to figure out how much one of them 18 feet long will support, my guess is that I'll probably double them up

I should've been more clear but when I said the 9 1/2 inch I was referring to the width of the of the board. I just don't know how much one of those boards 18 feet long supports

By how you asked the question, I think you already know that the correct answer is yes - have them done. You would not have asked if you didn't think they should both be done.

I have a shop that is 18' wide, I'd like to install a shelf across the back of it across the entire width that I'll use for storage. It would only be about 4' deep. I am thinking about running 9 1/2" LVL beams across the width, but struggling to understand just how much weight each LVL could...

Wow that looks really neat, do you have any idea how much each beam weighed? And if I can ask, what do you think they cost approx?

I could go steel too, hadn't thought about that but that may be the way to go.

I have a 18'x24' workshop that I wanted to build a shelf that would span across the back of the building. So basically it would be about 3' down from the ceiling and come out about 4' and then be the width of the entire shop. I was going to cut into the sheetrock wall and add add 2x6 supports...

Would it be a bad idea to run a strip of window waterproof flashing along the rakes before installing drip edge? Will cost me about $20 but I think would make for a more waterproof rake, thoughts?

Question on ice/water shield: I get that u install horizontal piece first, then up the rakes. On a 18x24 garage, would u ice/water shield the whole thing? Or would u run 3ft and felt the rest?

I might have my terminology backwards, but basically the underlayment is over the metal flashing on all 4 sides. And I'm wondering what to do since it's over the flashing on the rakes, was thinking about applying window flashing to make a good seal. It's a 18'x24' garage.

The contractor that built my garage also put on drip edge and underlayment on so it was water sealed until we roofed. I noticed that the underlayment goes over the drip edge on the eaves and every website I've seen says that the underlayment should be underneath the drip edge on the eaves so...