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Hello all. I’m about to finish framing in my garage doors and not sure what to do with the last jack stud that will make up the final garage door width. The walls are on a 14” tall block stem wall, and so far I have all the required jack studs per code for the openings which sit on the wall...

Just had a 32x28’ foundation put in, and during the pour everything measured out pretty well, but now that stem walls are in, from corner to corner I’m about 7/8” out of square. Im new to the framing game, and wondering if 1” corner to corner difference will lead to more work down the road with...

Trying to layout the front wall of my garage build. Measures 32' across, and each pier or stem wall between the 3 doorways is 14" tall x 18.5" wide. 2 garage doors are each 11' wide and the man door is standard 36". 9/12 bonus trusses will run perpendicular to the front wall. Block...

All, I apologize of this is a dumb question, but asked my inspector and he didn’t seem to care either way. So I know top plate seams must overlap by at least 12”, but what about the sill plate and the wall bottom plate? I’ve got a 2x8 pt sill plate over my concrete stem wall, and then will have...

Hello all. About to get started framing and was wondering what the advantage is of one vs the other. My local lumber yard is out of 117 2x6 so offered up full length 10’ studs at the same cost. The wall will be sitting on 14” of block stem wall and a pressure treated 2x8 sill plate. I figure...

Planning out a 32'x28' garage and trying to come up with a plan on the wall height. Was originally hoping for a 10" poured stem wall, 117" studs, and then standard attic trusses. So a resulting standard 10' wall height on top of a 10" stem wall. The garage doors are 9', so I wanted some wall...