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Hi All, Wanted to share my build and a bit of an introduction. I'm a long time lurker on the forum but have not posted much. I'm an engineer by trade turned entrepreneur. I resigned from my day job to do design work and machine work from home. I outgrew my 3 car garage so we bought 4 acres in a...

When searching building and garage questions on the web I have got a lot of returns from this forum. I joined a while back but have not posted much. I now have a building project going on and thought I would become more active here. Started a build thread too btw. I'm located outside of...

Moderator Please delete this thread. It was probably better suited in another sub forum so I'm posting it there instead.

Hi all, I'm underway getting my new workshop/guest house up (34x54x16 versatube). The last 14' will be a guest house and the rest will be a home machine shop. My building kit came with the foam closure strips to use at the eaves and the ridge but not at the bottom. I have a mono pour slab...

Title says it all, IRC and many other places have charts for common dimensional lumber used for rafters and floor joists. I am looking for the same type of tables but for axial loading i.e. being used as a post or column. I have found various calculators and charts online but nothing the I feel...