- Sill plate Modification/codes
- Is this elevated playhouse design safe?
- truss bracing
- Installing additional attic access in garage
- Permit required?
- Ceiling joist span question
- Foundation Repairs
- Support for ridge beam in addition
- Garage / Attic code?
- Open space structural support
- regret doing work without permit--also
- Permit for a gas fireplace?
- Maximum load on floor
- Design Build Contracts - Good Or Bad?
- Concrete block vs Wood?
- minimum spacing for bath & laundry rooms
- Bearing Walls & Moving an interior door?
- How To? Floor Plans/Cross Sections
- basement stairs
- Regret working with no permits - now what?
- Converting addition to master bedroom + second bathroom
- Utility Chase
- Railing System
- code on studs and wires
- Any SoftPlan Lite users?
- truss size
- Are you able to get the local inspect out to review the home?
- need a bedroom
- What exactly constitutes a bouncy floor?
- State Building Codes
- Basement structure support
- Doing work in Florida.
- sistering a basement W beam
- Will I need a permit
- Polyseal around interior wall framing?
- water-line level to level a house
- home remodel
- Dishwasher over Circuit Panel
- Permit generally required to have a bathroom fan installed?
- adding on
- Potential subfloor problem
- support ceiling joists from above?
- Installing Jack in basement?
- Old cement as fill for new concrete basement floor?
- bath exhaust fan
- Help Determining Load Levels
- up to code
- house falling down
- Help with Design
- balloon frame ledger-to-joist connection: How strong?
- Make My Ceiling A Cathedral
- Do I need a permit for my Basement renos ?
- what size "room" for single toilet?
- Help regarding using an unlicensed contractor in Washington DC.
- stairs
- I beam support question
- Two questions about basement walls and floors
- Structure/design question - CMU two story
- leveling floor / replacing floor joists
- 4x4 header OK for load bearing wall? Help!!
- removing 2 studs?
- Question about square footage of homes
- Fire stops?
- Meeting code requirements.
- Mounting grab bars.
- Hoop Dreams
- Calculate UDL - Knocking through a load bearing wall
- Patio post snapped
- Question on raising a sloping main beam
- Steel Beam Design Loads for a Sagging Floor
- How to vault a flat ceiling on a gable roof ranch house?
- floor sags
- Building Kneewall
- Building Codes When Floor Joist Is Damanged :wall:
- Stud wall and codes
- "Texas Basement" help needed
- Wall Shoring
- Securing 2x4 Basement Walls
- Column Spacing
- Stairway Handrail
- 2nd floor project
- lowering cellar floor
- Pre-manufactured home
- How to tell a load bearing wall
- Broken rafters
- Opening a load bearing wall
- To remodel or not?
- Stairway Handrail required?
- How do I jack up my floor?
- Cost of Garage w/ Shop/Storage Area Above
- Need help with determining an entrance width
- Budgeting for an Addition
- No Ads Or Advertisements Allowed
- wall under the main beam
- Sistering Floor Joists
- Raiseing a Ceiling
- Floor joists
- Plywood, how thick do i need?
- Draftsperson vs. designer
- Do 9X9 tiles on kitchen floor have asbestos in them?
- Extreme DIY
- Is there a special code for this project
- Need info on beam span.
- Question on Pole Building
- Options for removing I Beam posts
- Ridge Pole support Beams
- 35'X25 garage. How to Span cheaply/easily?
- hip roof and load bearing wall
- Where to start?
- Jacking floor beams
- Exit Doors in Basement
- center island plumbing vent - remodel
- Raising garage ceiling joists?
- Possible to remove exposed ceiling joists?
- Sag in second floor ceiling...should I worry?
- Roof rafter span
- Removing a wall questions
- Calculation HAP (Heel cut)
- back steps- stair rail height questions
- need a design for an outdoor kitchen? please!!
- Floor joist in our way - how can we work around it?
- Steel Beam sizing
- Stud Wall Construction
- attaching overhang (roof) to side of pole building
- Proper I-beam size for floor joist support
- Putting a 2 story house on old foundation
- Notches in Joists
- Design software??
- Designing a room
- Can I convert existing space?
- room sizes
- First home improvment project
- Code on building room on existing deck.
- Structural capacity of 2x8 floor joists
- Closet Wall Supports Two Rafters - Help
- How to suspend ceiling joist from rafters above
- Is the beam span too great?
- Followup on floor support question
- Laundry Chute Installation
- Basement joist support
- jacking posts
- Replacing Decayed Framing
- 1910 house leveling job
- What I learned from a structural engineer.
- moveable wall?
- Cutting Main Support beam?
- Install attic ladder in garage?
- support over the garage door
- Engineer Plans for Capital building
- Small Ranch Renovations
- How to start home remodel project
- Help me design my home!!
- bedrooms in basements?
- Reinforcing sagging rafters.
- Vaulting a small bath ceiling
- footing problem for pole barn under construction
- Construction contracts
- What is an acceptable span for an 8" steel I-Beam?
- lvl bean size
- Sheetrock around fireplace
- Compressor Placement Code??
- removing a jack post
- Moving the laundry room
- Removing non load bearing wall
- Joist stiffening (Notches)
- Success!
- Code requirements for gas line?
- Staircase building
- enclosing screened porch on deck
- Support Needed for Attic Storage
- Support for load bearing beam
- Increasing span in ceiling
- How to vault a ceiling (or "it landed on my head")
- Sonor Tubes
- Attic access to house from garage
- glulam beam to support masonry wall
- Fire code for garage
- adjusting a single stud spacing in load bearing wall
- Covered Patio Project - ANY help appreciated!
- How architects and designers bill for their services
- how to determine load bearing wall
- Architectural Software
- Help in designing 16'X60' mezzine
- SWEAT EQUITY - What does it mean?
- Fireplace clearances
- replacing pocket doors with archways
- Architectural Resources
- Plate joint question
- garage fire wall
- Steel I bean vs GLB
- Avoid Paying Twice - Lien Rights
- Putting headers into balloon frame
- 2x10 floor joist load bearing capacity
- Rescinding a building inspection approval?
- Scared our builders don't know what they're doing!!!
- 1-hour fire rated folding stairs anyone?
- To code? or not to code?
- Historic buildings and the code
- house in one town driveway another
- Walling in a Chimney
- How Much Will It Cost?
- New Garage- Distance from House?
- Pier under center of house sinking?!
- Fence On The Line
- Floor Structure
- Insured & bonded he's not...
- General basement codes
- center beam jacking
- new home inspection
- new window placement
- Help with Flooring Suggestions
- gutters
- Closet Conversion
- I beam required free span 18'
- blueprint
- Flooring joist and codes
- floor system
- minimum clearance
- fire wall
- Hot Tub
- Adding a Second Story
- LVL...LVL..WhoThHellIsLVL?
- Moderators & Co-Moderators Wanted. Positions For Professionals Available
- add a floor