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    Support for house addition

    The answer depends on what species of wood you are using and the grade. Where I live, we use southern yellow pine and if you consult the Southern Pine Council webpage(www.southernpine.com), assuming a floor live load of 30 psf, 10 psf dead load and using a No. 3 grade, and a spacing of 16in...
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    Cost Estimate Accuracy

    I work in the Federal Governemnt and we use RS Means extensively. Means breaks estimates down like this; Order of Magnitude Estimate +/- 20% Square Foot or Cubic Foot Estimate +/-15% System Estimate +/- 10% Unit price estimate +/5% I know there must be other conventions out...

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