Recent content by wssix99

I had this same problem with the same material. I built my deck just over 10 years ago. It looks OK, but I still regret not leveling off the top of the joists. The install was a ***** and water pools on the deck.

... and you know that its so suspect that you need to use jack stands. This is good and we should all do it. Its absolutely essential in this case because you are trusting your life to balance of the load and bolted pieces of wood.

Read the thread from the beginning. All your questions and concerns have already been addressed here.

BTW - Not all Scotch Brites are equal. If what you have is too aggressive and scratches the name plate, you can get finer pads. (I did this plan with a gas meter that the gas company hung on the front of my house, to make it look nice, and it did a great job.) ^ This is rough. (I've seen a...

Use water and a ScotchBrite pad. Elbow grease should get it off. If you use a chemical, it will probably take the markings off the plate. Start on the non-printed areas and then find the right amount of pressure you need to apply to get the paint off.

If you don't understand how concrete anchors work with a lift, we can help you. Please tell us what doesn't make sense. (There are also some good threads on this site with details.) The people who design the lift and write the specifications definitely are doing things on purpose. By the...

Here's an excellent video that does a better job than I did at explaining why a compression brace is stronger. In compression, the brace takes the load. In compression, the joins do...

Its not the axial force on the steel diagonal but the radial forces on the frame. A square tube is probably stronger, but this is more problematic for round thin-walled tubing. Stress cracks can form around the weld where the tube is weak in this regard. If the weld isn't as good as we would...

Unless you need it for aesthetic reasons, I would put the cross member from the bottom of the hinge post to the top corner of the latching side. (Reverse of what you have in the drawing.) That puts the cross member in compression vs. tension and will make the gate more durable.

You need the switch if you want to change speeds, but you can't run two ceiling fans off a single regular switch. There are $pecial "multi-fan" switches if you want to run multiple fans from one switch. Regular switches running multiple fans will cause them to horribly "hum."

There is a short section of good threads behind the chewed up ones. Not enough for two normal nuts, but plenty of good threads for two jamb nuts. Maybe one normal nut and one jamb nut. Only the threads at the very end are chewed.

Look at the picture.

Go to the hardware store and get 2 jam nuts and then double nut it. The jam nuts are half-depth and you should have enough threads there do double nut that way. Or maybe you have enough thread for one regular nut plus one jam nut?

The burned part.

It sure does look like a broken crimp. A crimp for going into a screw block still has a blade coming off of it. If you can show us where it goes, we can be of more help.