This would bother me more. I am buying a new house, and I cannot see the drawings or specs!! Is the house still under construction? If so, how can he justify keeping them hid. Does the city have a set? I would insist on having my own set of drawings and specs. Even if I had to pay for them...
Were the other installations required by the contract or drawings? If not, it would bother me more just because I would feel like I got a lesser service, UNLESS I beat him down on price but the others did not.
As pointed out by EngDM, the VB does change the coefficient of friction but does not make it zero. Also, the surface of the base is not glass smooth. Subgrade drag is real, just try to pull a small piece of concrete across level ground that it was cast on.
One thing I preach about to...
Since the sill is PT-I see no argument and not much need for worry. Similar to other comments, I have seen thousands without any damage and have never seen one with a sill sealer installed that I recall.
Being a fact and actually occurring are 2 different things. Water can travel through...
What circumstances on your project would have told the builder to install the strip? I do not think the building code requires it unless you are going for some high-end energy rating. I can understand your contract or drawings requiring it and if there is a code that the builder was to adhere...
I am not familiar with the notation of "10M", what does that mean? Is it metric sizes?
I have designed many PEMB foundations but have never had to cut out an existing one that was relying on the hairpins for thrust. The only one I ever had to cut out had the thrust completely controlled by...
Are you saying the tip-to-tip distance of the hairpin is equal to the bay spacing?
PEMB DL&LL thrust magnitudes are mostly governed by clear span of frames (shorter the better), frame height (taller the better, yes taller), Roof Snow versus Roof Live (less is better) and bay spacing (less is...
From what I read, the 14.42 represents 14,420 lbs of axial force the stud can take while being subjected to the 50 psf lateral load. In other words, it is the vertical weight the stud could support, not a deflection.
The bottom says since there is no superscript note (1-4) the deflection meets...
I agree with doubling up.
I also noticed the "T" posts look like they only have a block to nail to in the middle, none at the top and bottom. When did they start doing that?
There is no excuse for the one in the 4th picture. It should have been culled for sure.
If it was in the contract, pay me some money or I am swapping it for something I want of similar value. And it is not the amount that would have been paid if had been installed, it is something greater since they cannot correct it in without tearing down something. If the code does not require...
Many projects may have a 1-year warranty, but the failure happened during an extended period of no rain. Probably 3-4 years after the service was provided.
I have never used it and the only times I have seen the base of wall rotted as shown in the sales stuff on sill sealers was masonite siding with a gap between the backside of the siding and the wall that sets on a concrete slab. It looked like to me the water came up between the siding and wood...
What would matter to me is what they envision a businessman to be since they used the term in conversation.
I have 2 habits when conversing with someone that have not educated me but have enlightened me. When someone renders an opinion on something, I ask why they think that. I like to...
The wall rod bracing is about 2 bays past the portal. The rods look loose in the picture. If they are, I would snug the roof and wall rods to minimize lateral movement before the rods tighten from the movement. If the wall panels are capable of diaphragm action, they are probably what are...
I have seen several where there was no CJ at the last common rafter of the ridge board because it was not part of the normal rafter spacing (24" or 16" oc). Always bothered me.
The hog troughs are fastened to every CJ and they cut down the unbraced length of the top of the joist and add some vertical load-sharing stiffness so when someone walks over the isolated CJs, they don't cause a ceiling crack. We did connect them to the exterior wall on a hip roof by framing...
