I am an architect and have designed a 2 story house in Northern Pennsylvania. The roof is designed with roof trusses and the builder says that the climate is too cold to use roof trusses and the bottom chords will uplift so he wants to stick frame the roof. Only problem is there are no...
I have been searching through the BIA Technical Notes for a recommended detail for supporting brick veneer on the sides of a dormer...is there a preferred way? (see attached image)
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I'm an Architect and I am questioning putting 2" of rigid insulation in the middle of a basement wall.
Is this a good detail for insulating a basement wall?
It seems to me that in areas where there is lateral pressure on the wall due to expansive soils this would not be good because it would...