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  1. DoubleStud

    Cover your pergola

    I started getting these targeted ads from this company on instagram and facebook. I don't know, it bothers me a lot. So they sell these transparent sheets and they persuade you to put them on top of your pergola. Pergolas in my area do not need an engineer. But as soon as you add roofing...
  2. DoubleStud

    Sidewalk Shed Design

    I think sidewalk shed is a temporary roof added above sidewalk to protect pedestrians from construction. For 40K, for sure steel columns.
  3. DoubleStud

    One Drive - Am I the Last Person Using Dropbox for Business

    I am 1 man company. I just use google. I get 1 custom domain email, simple website, google drive. I put all of my project files in the google drive. It is saving them on my local drive but automatically sync to google drive. I can make any file or folder shareable to anyone if I choose to...
  4. DoubleStud

    Hump in Floor - New Construction

    Did they build a framed wall below the beam to the slab on grade? Maybe the soil is expansive? Not sure what level the beam is.
  5. DoubleStud

    Exterior stone veneer & Rigid insulation

    why do you need to tie back the cmu? Wouldnt the pressure of the backfill will keep them against the 2" insulation? Also from reading the spec on the zip R, I will need 1" air gap also. I think I will specify 6" CMU.
  6. DoubleStud

    Exterior stone veneer & Rigid insulation

    Just dry stack the CMU and backfill?
  7. DoubleStud

    Exterior stone veneer & Rigid insulation

    The zip R system and the rigid foam makes the stone veneer too far away from face of the concrete. Probably a bad idea to use steel angle
  8. DoubleStud

    Exterior stone veneer & Rigid insulation

    That is correct. All the way to the footing is what I am thinking.
  9. DoubleStud

    Fasteners for wood lath and plaster ceiling

    This happens all of the time. Tell them to just rip the lath and plaster and replace with drywall. No point of trying to fix it with the old method unless it is just a small area.
  10. DoubleStud

    Exterior stone veneer & Rigid insulation

    I am working with an architect where he wants to put 2" rigid insulation on the exterior face of the concrete basement wall. Then above that, we will have stick framed wall with ZIP-R system (1" insulation). So the face of the plywood Zip-R system will stick out 1.5" from the face of the...
  11. DoubleStud

    Toe nailing rafters

    Can you point me where that is? If NDS has values for toe nailing, I don't see how that is not allowed?
  12. DoubleStud

    Toe nailing rafters

    Yes I was thinking like that too.. but the rafters are only 5 ft long, that's why I am second guessing myself.
  13. DoubleStud

    Toe nailing rafters

    So you also dislike toe nailing?
  14. DoubleStud

    Toe nailing rafters

    For the detail I am doing, the wood on top of the steel will not be a nailer. I only nail the plywood to the 2x8 rafters. So if I use hangers, it will be face mount hangers. The roof is 6:12 slope. If we do the notch you were suggesting, they have to notch both top and bottom. They have...
  15. DoubleStud

    Toe nailing rafters

    Hmm.. good idea XR250! May have to do that.
  16. DoubleStud

    Toe nailing rafters

    I have a project where I have those crazy slim overhang roof. It cantilevers 8.5 ft with 75 psf snow load. I end up using W8 steel beam spaced at 5 ft on center (3.5 ft projected with the slope). Then I have 2x8 spaced at 24" o.c. that connect from steel bm to steel bm. I am considering...
  17. DoubleStud

    How to fix this?

    just throwing out ideas. If you use HU210 and redo the connection, you can weld the part touching the steel (bottom and top flange). Perhaps add plywood spacer to make the hanger more flat. HU210 also projects farther so the joists will sit more on the hanger.
  18. DoubleStud

    How to fix this?

    Is this a remodel job where you are removing wall and install steel beam flush?
  19. DoubleStud

    Wood Header/Beam out of plane (F2) connection

    Sometimes I specify concealed face mount hanger to the king stud and not use jack stud. There is no published value for load going that direction though but it would be a lot stronger than end nailing to the grain. I feel like the capacity shouldn't be that far off from the vertical load capacity?

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