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I believe I have a load bearing wall that is supporting with some trusses on it (hip roof). I'm wondering if it's possible to drill a couple 1" holes in the top plate of one stud cavity for electrical and ethernet? I read on here about drilling horizontally through studs, things like 40% hole...

I have an attached garage, no living space above garage, and it's built with 24" OC trusses. It has double layer 5/8 sheetrock for the ceiling (I'm guessing because the 24" spacing). I can take a photo if that helps, but I'm guessing it can't support hardly any weight? My plan was to add...

I posted this earlier but it was deleted when some topics got erased. Anyway, I think I know the answer but I just wanted to confirm: Are there any restrictions on placing a new electrical outlet on the wall shared between an attached garage and the house? I started reading (IBC 711.3.2) that...

I currently have an air compressor, 230V, 12 amps, it looks like it says 2B for horsepower (it's hard to read), I'm guessing it's 2 HP? It's about 30 feet from the panel and I'm looking to add a quad tandem breaker as it's out of space. If NEC says I can size the breaker to 250% of the amps...

Hi all, I'm looking for some opinions and maybe some good ideas. I recently moved and have roughly a 20x20 space at the corner of a fence on the property line and the house. At our old place I had a 8x10 shed that was built by the previous owner. I'm thinking it was probably 10 ft tall, and...

I have a shed building next to my garage, it's on a concrete slab and has wood siding. It's on the edge of the property and has about a 1 ft. gap to the fence. In this gap the rats are entering in at the bottom of the siding, chewing through it and even some of the framing. I've tried using...