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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...

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...

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...

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...