Category: Framing
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How To Repair Someones Failed Attempt At A Garage Door Install
Ok, so this is a pretty bad project but a guy was asking what he could do to seal a garage floor that was extending past the opening of the garage door. At first glance I thought ok someone decided that they wanted to install a wood floor in their garage and maybe it is…
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Performance Considerations of OSB Vs Plywood in Residential Roof Construction
When building or buying a home you want to make sure that you understand the materials used in its construction, the construction methods used for those materials and how this relates to the quality of the resulting project and your overall safety. For this reason there has been a number of research labs that have…
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How To – Joist Beam Dimension Chart for Deck Building
The following chart provides the distances and sizes of lumber necessary to build the beams that support your deck. The size on the left column describes the size of the beam necessary. For instance the left column may say 2-2×10″ which means you need to use Two – 2 inch x 10 inch boards that…
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How To – The use of glue laminated beams in residential construction
To reduce the cost and size of beams required in residential construction glue laminated products have been designed to reduce conventional framing. Glue laminated beams may be used in variety of locations including but not limited to rim joists, stairway and window and door headers. They can be used alone or they can be used…
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How To – Plywood siding residential construction
Although normally signing is applied over exterior she then which has been protected by a vapor barrier some contractors to make use of single wall systems. In a single wall system the exterior sheathing is the finished product. Where normally the vapor barrier would be applied over the exterior sheathing the plywood siding is applied…