the bottom plate on your framing is in contact with concrete and thus must be treated to prevent rot. Also, when sheathing your roof, you need to use H-clips between the trusses on the horizontal seams.
The pages of a house plan, known as a "drawing set," tell a contractor everything he or she needs to know to properly stick your dream home on top of a bare piece of land. Not only do these plans define a home's footprint and how it will eventually look to the naked eye, but...
For fatty and greasy foods, usually, the remains will stick to the walls of the tub and will be difficult to clean if they have been attached for a long time. Cleaning the Dishwasher Drain After the walls of the sink are clean, you must also pay attention to the drains. The remains ...
Modular homes, however, do not suffer as much from this lower-quality stigma, so financing for them is more similar to that for stick-built houses. Can I Build My Own Prefab House? The short answer: probably not. Unless you have a background in construction and own an 80-foot crane, ...
Snow can build up above skylights and ice can build up below them as snow melt from the glass area refreezes. As extra protection against leaks in areas subject to heavy snow and ice damming, some contractors run a wide band of the peel-and-stick membrane around the sides and top of ...
Joel Schwieters saw the need for finish carpenters to do millwork, cabinetry and, separately, the finishing of both products. Taking an unusual turn, John Schwieters set up a separate operation called J L Schwieters Manufacturing and began building two products that often give stick builders the...
Oh, another advantage of I-beams and steel joists is that they’re available instantly! Floor trusses have to be built to your exact specifications and it usually takes a few weeks (I’ve been told 2-3 weeks). So keep that in mind!
Due to fire concerns, large buildings made out of wood have been rare since the late 19th century, but research into mass timber’s performance shows that it doesn’t behave like stick-frame structuresduring a blaze. CLT can maintain fire resistance beyond three hours, with temperatures up to...
You only need to smooth out areas that have bumps so big that the foam board won’t make good contact to stick. Reply MIchael says: January 3, 2010 at 4:30 pm Todd, thank you! So, to recap, 1.5 inch polystyrene over the poured foundation walls including the “cap” at the top of...
The same principal is used for the walls, build the new wall structure (2x4's and 3/4 thick plywood or 3/4 thick drywall) and support it on some kind of shock absorbing material. Don't fasten the new wall structure directly to the old, again use shock absorbing material between and ...