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Ha! Because "special" might suggest being on the spectrum in some fashion (I may well be). This may be before your time but I once got...

This is amazing.

If we're going to do the punitive thing, it would be nice if we could just be more honest about it and accept bribes. Dear Mr...

Have a plan in place, even if just in your back pocket, for what you're going to do if you discover voids in the wall when you remove...

I'm a little tight on time this morning but I'll give you a quick run down on what I know and try to return later: 1) Get rid of those...

Kot?? Damn it. It is supposed to be as shown below. My quick and dirty, lame attempt at a phone readable avatar the day that the...

This is the story that you want to tell.

The most common one that I know of is so close to OP's case as to, probably, be uninteresting. Light frame unit/corridor setups. Here...

The concept can work but it will be crucially important that you detail your rebar to drag that concentrated load up to the top of the...

Right? In retrospect, this could have been a great solution to your problem: 1) Remove the original hangers. 2) Cut access holes into...

So you view this as pattern behavior and most definitely not an honest mistake? That matters. It seems to me that all of this is a...

It would be useful to see what this looks like on plan. Where track runs perpendicular to joists, usually you are hung so close to the...

I don't think that my perspective is off. You sound jaded and vindictive. You bet we would have made different choices. At the places...

As a basis for comparison, last week I was working with Mitek on some joist hanger uplift values per the detail below. With two of...

I do not know that. I find that most of my contractor friends are good people trying to do good work and that a little understanding...