Mike, I don't know of any publication, but your post prompted me to go outside and look at the trim on my 84 year old house.

As best I can tell, the crown on the rake is the same as the eave. ...

Good grief Charlie Brown. If you guys would just read my post more carefully, you would see that I covered all of that stuff you are rambling on about.

I very distinctly and succinctly stated, and...

The subject was about POST, not beams. It's possible that a laminated post could be stronger than a solid post. True, there may be other considerations to take into account.

Like appearance,...

RedOak. I'm not sure if I understand exactly what you are doing.

I don't know what kind of loading you are dealing with, but in most residential construction, beams are sized based on maximum...

Wow Allen, that is one heck of a wall detail. Is this what you use as a privacy fence or a sea/barrier wall?

I have not done a 12 sided, but did a couple of 6 sided buildings.
I used a steel angle tension band around the perimeter to counter the horizontal thrust of the roof. Also used prefabricated...

Thanks Calvert. That looks like it. I've been around this business longer than I care to think. It seems so simple and straight forward. I don't understand why I have not seen or heard of it before....

A new house(dozed existing house)being built down the street. Two FP's. One inside, one outside. Could only examine outside FP. Had never seen this type const. before. Dimensions are +/-. Materials...

It has been a while since I have done a screened in porch, but I found it easy to do. After I framed in architectural look I wanted, I just had a window screen company make the various screens to...

Thanks. I was thinking too conventionally, which I am. :)

Every time I log in I check the "remember me box", but it never does. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, BS

Excuse my ignorance, which is extensive, please explain.

How can a photo, of say a 24"x36" sheet, when reduced to the size of the typical monitor and then reduced to the size of what most office...

Mike, as has been suggested, go to where you can get some eyeball to eyeball professional advise. No one here can give you a specific, guaranteed, best answer to your question. It could be as...

From the picture, the yard / house could use some TLC landscaping help. Let the rock rivulet / streamlet run along and hide the unsightly concrete curb. (At least the picture looks like it is...

Build a landscape feature like a rock flume / rocky stream out away from the building, winding it's way down to the drainage ditch. When it rains you can enjoy the view of the water cascading down....

Wow. That's a mess. Why don't you just pour a low concrete curb on the property line so that the water stays on the neighbors side. Then you could fill in the low area.

Then you could get the job...

Maybe I am missing something, but I don't understand why you can't solve the problem by correcting the grading (filling in the low area) so that the neighbors surface water stays on neighbors...

As you know, TYVEK is not a vapor barrier. Need a vapor barrier, right?
I've never used them, but have often wondered about these relatively cheap reinforced plastic tarps. I know they were not...

dgbld. The thing that is so strange is that normally the floor system sets on the grade beam and the wall framing sets on the floor system. Not as I previously described. I just had never seen that...

A 2 story house next door to my house is undergoing a major remodel/addition. It has a vented crawl space type foundation. (pier & beam) The exterior walls on the existing is solid masonry.

The...

I agree that it was a lot of exercise and often frustrating, but that was way it was done on a project I did north of San Antonio and South of Bernie East of I10 back in the 80's.

Been there and done that. One thing that you left out was how you drive 2x4 stakes in that lime stone. They have a steel rod about 18" long and about an 1-1/2" dia. tapered down to about 3/4" then...

Like HappyHome said.
Build a wood frame wall over the face of your 6' conc. wall deep enough to cover the panels. Frame for a door that allow for access to all of the panels. (min. 30" clear width)...

Lettusbee67. I got the message. Will put it in the mail today. Good luck. BS

Thanks folks. Mission accomplished. Someday maybe I will learn how to do this. Thanks again.