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the garage has 10' tall interior ceilings and with an 18" tall header the wall can accommodate an 8' tall garage door. The plans only call for a 7' tall garage door currently. So the framer is asking about placing the header to be flush with the plate above and he would "Fill in" frame below...

Framers are asking for "future use" purposes since there are 10' interior ceilings and plans only call for a 7' tall door......he is suggesting to put the laminated beam (5 1/4x18") up high and frame below to allow for a door change to 8' high before install or at some point in the future......I...

Quick framing question......what is the difference in placement of headers when framing??? Take a garage door header....laminated beam.....in situations where it is a 9x7 door or even a double door at 16 or 18x7, with a 9 or 10 foot tall interior ceiling, I've seen the headers placed with the...

And day three progress in a balmy 57 degrees

Framers are amazing at their craft......here is todays progress alone.....

That hole is a footing/pier for a support column at the stairway. It is isolated from the slab with standard expansion joint fiber. At this point though, due to a truss design change, I dont think we will need any post at all so I may just patch it in as there is no other use for it I can think of.

Here are some photos of yesterday Vs today. Its going to make very interesting when the demo and framing is set to begin!!!!!

The existing roof is being removed and we are reversing the direction of the roof. Here is a sketch showing the current garage on the left side and the new on the right.

That's a 75'+ Antenna tower that holds an old broadcast TV antenna on top, and I added a Cell Phone Booster Antenna at 60' up as we are in a fairly remote riverfront location where Cell coverage was very very bad prior to adding it. The TV antenna on top now really just gives the Bald Eagles a...

So we got lucky with the weather last week and were able to pour the 6" slab of 4500# mix without accelerator Thursday morning at 7:30am. This was over 6 mil vapor barrier, wire mesh, and 5-6" of crushed and compacted gravel. Temps went into the 50's during the days and mid to low 30's at...

Here is a picture of the finished slab yesterday .....4 days of 50's days and mid 30's nights since pour.......

Not sure why.....just never seen them before and wonder about tripping and pulling dollies/jacks across them.......like the idea of leak proofing though

Anybody know the current code for nailing 5/8 T1-11 as sheathing/siding in one? OK to put house wrap underneath it against the studs first? Other advice? It's a two story garage build.... Thanks.

If it rains there will be lots of water coming off the one side of the existing garage roof for sure. I purposely put the garage end of the tarp high and did leave two "angled" sections for the water to run off the tarp. RISK....it rains too hard and the water hitting the tarp actually tears...

Oh yes.....and I am not using the torpedo heater! 🙄

You guys are amazing and have such detailed knowledge its awesome how you are willing to share with us newbies who want to trust our contractors but need to verify. So here is the update: 1. We poured the slab yesterday morning 7:30am 2. Temp was about 39 and was over 40 before the pour ended...

Thanks. At what point do they go on? And is it OK to leave them on for a few days when nobody is there?

My urgent question is getting buries in another post so I am calling it out here..... We are pouring iur 6" 4000#psi slab tomorrow in the 24x32 garage addition. Its on top of 4-6" compacted gravel and we are using 6mil vapor barrier and wire mesh. QUESTION: the daytime temps will be from...

Good things come to those who wait.......temps back to low 40's today and going up to near 60 over a full week. Lowest evenings around 33 also. Light rain for Saturday afternoon too. So we prepped for the slab today and are pouring tomorrow. Still thinking of using insulated blankets but not...

Sorry for another question on this.....but how much does the addition of NCA cost to the ready mix truck and when is it added? The plant where our ready mix comes in from is about one hour from the job site. I'm definitely planning on using it but I just want some knowledge about the added...