Step 8: Hoist Drywall to Joist That way you can hoist the drywall over your head, rest it on the 2×4 and secure the drywall to the joists. Step 9: Secure Drywall to Joists You can snap a chalk-line across the drywall to give yourself a reference for where to drill the screws. Re...
Room 300, Minneapolis MN. As a first-timer this can be intimidating, but even though this bureaucratic organ qualifies as part of "The Machine" the people there are there to help you out. If you read and understand the
Next you’ll want to install a piece of metal drip cap flashing above the ledger board. When you install the floor joists you’ll need to make some small cuts in the flashing to allow the top of the joist to line up with the top of the ledger board. Make sure the house wrap is ...
The 12-inch-thick forms, capped by a 4-inch-thick slab, create a somewhat deeper floor system than a typical precast slab or a concrete-on-steel deck. But it's no thicker than many I-joist floor systems, so, as long as any headroom issues and height restrictions are taken into consid...
Posts can also be located inside the rim joist, of course. When laying the posts out, I try to limit the span between them to no more than 6 feet, with no more than 3 feet between intermediate pickets. I also like to locate posts where there are joints between two deck boards, to ...