Questions tagged [framing]
For questions generally relating to the internal structural members of a home or other structure that form walls, ceilings and roofs, including studs, plates, headers, beams, and joists.
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How to frame a wall that makes a corner with a knee wall in front of an exterior wall?
This is an average 1960s house outside of Minneapolis. We're remodeling the basement. The basement is partially below grade so the bottom 40" of the wall is cinderblock and the top part is wood ...
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I'm wanting a blueprint image for a 10 ft wide by 22 ft long freestanding wooden deck with 40 inch high handrail [closed]
Post spacing
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Number of post needed
Deck boards
Joist boards
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Is this an acceptable way to block between overlapping floor joists under a bearing wall?
We're remodeling a 1960s split level just outside Minneapolis. The upper level is supported by a steel 2x8 Ibeam that runs the length of the house and is supported by two steel posts. The 2x10 floor ...
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Light gauge steel framing, exterior corner stud layout
Finishing a basement with light gauge (20ga eq) metal framing, all non-load bearing walls just to hold electrical and drywall. I know it is important to tie drywall/framing together in corners to ...
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How to fish ethernet through ~1 ft run, instead of stapled coax?
I thought this was going to be an easy fish.. seamlessly attach the ethernet to the coax by lopping off the terminations and taping them together head-to-head with some masking tape. However, it ...
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How to frame a partition wall directly underneath a steel I-beam? [duplicate]
We're remodeling a 1960s house in suburban Minneapolis. It's two levels, with the joists between the floors resting on top of a 2x4 on top of a 4x8 I-beam. We want to frame a wood stud wall under the ...
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How should I secure a short stud wall in front of the bottom 40" of my block basement wall?
This is a 1960s 2-level single-family house in a Minneapolis suburb. It's all wood studs, except the basement is partially below grade so the bottom 40" of the wall is cinderblock, which juts 3&...
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Would this be an appropriate soffit mounting and top plate partition attachment?
Would the layout below in the first image be appropriate, i.e. pass an inspection, for a soffit around these pipes? Then, would attaching a top plate for a non load bearing wall to the bottom of the ...
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Avoiding existing electrical when mounting top plate
I was planning to frame a small wall in this unfinished area of my basement to mount a server rack. It's an old house so it has had its fair share of interesting work done by previous owners over the ...
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How to deal with this copper pipe protruding into alcove shower space [closed]
I have ripped out the acrylic alcove shower that came with my fixer-upper in preparation for replacing it with a tiled one. The alcove is very small (~36x36).
I have discovered that the builders ...
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Can a gabled pergola be supported by cantilevered posts? [closed]
I’m considering building an outdoor kitchen on our pool deck. The space is roughly 14’ wide by 8’ deep. The first thing I want to accomplish is getting the space covered.
I like the look of a gable ...
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How can I remove a wall that supports a low-slope roof truss without adding a transverse beam? [closed]
I'm planning a remodel that will remove a section of interior wall (at location 'C' in diagram below), which is currently supporting a ceiling joist and rafter. I want to avoid installing a beam at ...
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How do I add more support to this vertical main drain pipe?
The perforated brace support you see there is loose and ineffective. It is nailed on both sides to a joist that sits under that bottom wall plate. The pipe seems to rest on the piece of wood that is ...
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Is this a safe and proper way of adding attic decking?
I am looking to add some decking to this area to do some attic storage for things like Christmas decorations. What would be the proper way to accomplish this and is this area supported enough to ...
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How to do you add blockings between joists when these are not plumb and parallel and the space between them is highly irregular?
Trying to add blockings between joists to stiffen the floor for large tiles but this is harder than I thought. Old house, the joist boards are not parallel, they are plumb and the resulting spaces are ...
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