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Yep. Those vertical supports are right in the way of being able to build a proper theater room in there. I might be able to squeeze one in, it would just be a bit narrow. Attic floor/1st floor ceiling is a mix of 2x10, 2x12 and LVL, so not worried about it supporting it. The agent I...

Might be a generalization -- when we were house shopping, we went in 18 different homes, all rafters. Every development I've driven through that is actively constructing -- all rafters. I know I need to go to some local places to get quotes for trusses and brick work, all my research has been...

69gp, if I understand you right, you're using 2x12 rafters that will end up being around 20' long (depending on your pitch) going up to what comes out to being a 7"x24" ridge beam that spans the 34'. The 2nd floor to serves as the lateral support for the walls, right?

The more I read, the more I might be answering my own questions. It's going to be tough to actually do this without joists, which will be tough/expensive to do for that span. I don't think collar ties alone will help keep the walls upright, right? I may have to **** it up and do the 12' wall...

I can probably get away with the fake/thin, not sure what the cost breakeven is? I'm guessing I could do thin brick placed into a grid, I don't even want to try normal brick on that big of a wall. Yes, the general requirements are to keep 'auxiliary buildings' in a closer match to the homes...

Hi everybody, after digging around for awhile, couldn't find a consistent answer, so hoping to get some advice from all the collected knowledge here. Wanting to build a shop, and though I don't have building codes, I do have some deed restrictions to follow. East of Dallas location-wise. They...

Another nurse here that worked full-time through school -- my undergrad was in Biology, followed by Nursing, and I worked full-time in an ER through all of it -- late shifts so I could be in the regular day classes. Nursing degrees are a bit tougher to work around when you have clinicals to...

I have 10' side walls, and I knew there was a fireblock about 2' off the floor down the whole wall. I used a 6" recessed light hole saw at the top of each section, and drilled a few 1" holes in some random areas. The machine specifically said it was not designed to fill wall cavities -- I'm...

Just did the attic and sidewalls of my garage with the Lowe's cellulose brand. Super easy to do with the above advice, I used a full-on respirator style mask and glad I did. I drilled holes at the top of the stud cavities and filled the walls as well. It made one heck of a mess. I ended up...

I'm working on an almost identical dp right now, the bug finally bit deep enough from reading this site. The collar was a bit tough to get off the chuck -- it is a c-clip in there. I was able to pry it apart wide enough with snap-ring pliers to get it, I won't tell you how many times it...

and full size just to test

just checking and the same picture again