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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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?