Recent content by Dlarrivee

James, you're really onto something. Why don't they put labels on absolutely everything. And then warnings on them to. This is a FORK. Caution: Fork is sharp at one end This is Fork's handle.

You're bringing up point loads when we were looking at a load bearing wall. A point load would be a post supporting a beam, not an entire wall with studs every 16". John, you know your stuff when it comes to showers, but you're off by a lot when it comes to framing advice.

What is a trim screw John? I'm glad you admit that you don't know, because it is blatantly obvious that you'd be in over your head on even a small framing job. I'm curious as to your explanation on a load bearing wall being a "point" load... first time I've heard that one.

You're really confusing a lot of terms here John. There is no such thing as a ceiling "stud", you're talking either a joist or a rafter tie here. If the house is built with trusses for the roof, the bottom chord of the truss is what makes up the ceiling, and unless the house is MASSIVE the...

Sorry that you don't want to do any more work (I know you already did some work on the joists). Is that seriously a splice on the right hand joist about 4' from the foundation wall? Your best bet is a doubled up 2x(8,10,12) whatever you have there, and some joist hangers. You use joist...

Don't mind HJ his knowledge in this department is 60 years out dated.

I consider this whole thing spam just based on the stupid choice of user name.

I have no idea what it is, but you will always be amazed at the crap sitting inside some piping. Continuous waste under kitchen sinks are always fun too.

I can see why you'd rather not, but you're going to need to move the double wye downstream, so the vents can rise vertically inside that stud wall there. I know it means breaking more concrete, and distrupting your laundry room area, but it's the proper way. You just CANNOT have horizontal...

Don't use DELTA FL and XPS together. Frame after you finish the floor, it will be much better that way. You will need to tapcon the ply, it wont stay there floating perfectly without.

Access from below the concrete slab Jim? If you cannot find a plumber with some very specific tools you're going to be renting a jack hammer and taking up that floor.

I wasn't aware we were arctic here...

My mistake I thought barn meant house in Texas.

Don't they call that a trap around here?

You're on the early part of a house build and crying about $50 for a proper water line? Ditch the PVC crap.