Recent content by yhuynh

Building in NY state - Zone 5. I’m preparing to frame my covered porch so I can start roofing my house in NY state. Before I do that, I need to figure out my concrete detail. I already poured 12″ piers with 24″ bigfoots 48″ deep. The top of the piers is about 5″ lower than what the finished...

I'm building a shop/house in upstate NY. We are using hydronic radiant for heating, and minisplits would be for cooling and supplementary heat as needed. I've been toying with the idea of using concealed/ducted minisplits for a couple reasons: - Want to be able to install filter media...

Ok, I don't know how I missed this...I had read on a Hansen Buildings post that the lower roof had to be dropped for the transition and I assumed this was the way it had to be done. I read through the installation manual so many times for the roofing panel I'm planning to use - it was there...

Thanks for all the comments, super helpful for this amateur! Can I align the rooflines if they're a different pitch? It's my understanding that the transition flashing needs to shingle under/over - hence the drop. However, with your input I'm now considering possibly making them both 6:12 and...

Viper98912 - That's a very good question... I just found out yesterday that transition flashing exists, I think that's why I was thinking it would make sense to have have a gap for water to fall to the lower roof. I think the attic vent works as designed, but I don't love the edge of the patio...

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I'm building a pole barn and can't wrap my head around this. I have a 6:12 metal roof transitioning into a 5:12 metal patio roof. I had worked out a detail for venting the attic with an air gap through the patio. But now that I'm considering details for the concealed fastener metal roof, things...

Thanks everyone for the replies! Interesting to see the different products out there. I wanted to avoid too major of a change like removing the ledger board, as I don't want to have to go back to my engineer. Someone else I spoke with recommended that I hold the rafters high on the ledger...

I'm in the middle of reviewing my truss shop drawings and can't figure out how to properly vent my attic with the way the porch roof meets the building. In theory, I only need 1/300 = approx 4sqft of venting which would be covered by the soffits on the back of the building and above the garage...

Thanks for the response! Yes you're right, I meant a 30,000 lbs machine! That some serious roller, but you're right I do think a ride-on roller is going to be much more appropriate and also faster.

Hello All, I'm building a house in NY and naturally the first step is to prep the building pad. It's my first time doing this so I'm feeling a bit nervous about the whole thing. I'm hoping kind, experienced folks can review my plan of action and give suggestions/insight. Much appreciated...

Part of my job sometimes requires working in an uninsulated former riding arena in northern NJ. The whole arena is 14000sqft (ceiling height at ridge beam is somewhere around 30ft) but we only work in a small area of maybe 600sqft. During the winter time, it gets pretty cold in there but we...

coming late to the party.. if someone could please advise: how does someone who's been doing it wrong get the cables to lay flat again after being abused so the over/under can be done properly? thanks