Recent content by The Wart

Consider using Tim-bor or a similar borate type treatment to the raw wood prior to installation. It greatly reduces insect damage and also impedes rot. Back priming the siding prior to installation is a given and making sure your rain screen is properly detailed will make the siding, and it's...

I'm actually doing a house with this detail right now. Do yourself a favor and lay the whole thing out to scale on a piece of plywood. The sub-fascia doesn't need to be beveled, simply placing so that the outer top corner is in plane with the top of the truss and will catch the roof sheathing...

Get a set of folding table legs and a sheet of 3/4 ply. Cut ply to desired size for top. Screw saw to table when you are using it To keep it from moving. Table folds flat for easy storage. BONUS: when not being used as a miter saw stand the table doubles as a.....table Seriously, a miter...

A 14' eave shouldn't have issues but bear in mind that you will lose some vertical headroom under the eave of the porch roof via the falling roof pitch and beam required to support that roof

You might want to look into some of the heated mats for dog kennels. They might work and should be easy to clean anyway

You don't want to end up to steep, it will be a pain to mow. Shoot for "rough grade" to start and then go back and "finish". So, for rough, just get most, but not all, of the dirt all the way around the building. This will let you determine if you have enough and how far out you can pull...

Google "How to construct a chimney crown" by Carolyn Schierhorn. Excellent article with accurate information.

Not a huge deal. You are probably, I'm guessing here, looking at the step/width difference between 8" block and a 2x6 wall assembly. You can either notch the backs of your bottom cabinets; a HUGE pain that I do not recommend, or apply a packing strip on the wall at the top of cabinets. At...

I'm assuming by foundation you mean footers Type s is fine for CMU below grade. The type is actually ok for CMU above grade but it is generally easier to just stick with s. Type m or a straight sand-Portland mix are unnecessary, and possibly detrimental. In general mortar should never be...

Our barn has this same issue except only 3 feet of fall across 80 feet. It's a huge pain having the entrances steep. Put the building on a foundation/stem wall and cut it into the hill to make your doors hit the grade that you want. As far as making it two levels; doing that would make it...

Jack stand covered the web bracing. Bottom chord, three numbers on truss prints are read as feet, inches, sixteenths. So, 9-10-15 is 9'10 15/16 on center. Split them off of the center and you should be good. Also, you may need some other "typical" bracing that should be outlined in your...

Lbs hinted at some important info. It isn't as simple as just putting any of these products down onto the existing dirt. They all need a properly compacted sub-base, normally 12in of crusher run, but the spec varies by manufacturer. Just something to be aware of.