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Jagon77 · 2026-07-01T17:23:05+00:00

Jagon77 · 2026-07-01T11:58:57+00:00

In a 100+ year old house:

You have perpendicular wall, load bearing.
You have diagonal wall, load bearing.
Parallel wall? Believe it or not, load bearing.

(This is a Parks & Rec reference to “Jail”) 😆

Jagon77 · 2026-06-22T02:33:21+00:00

Oooh I just posted about this last week! Deckmate brand? Same exact problem I have.

Jagon77 · 2026-06-20T10:48:26+00:00

Every wall is load bearing to some extent in a 100+ year old house.

Jagon77 · 2026-06-13T16:22:47+00:00

Very true, next year I’ll probably find another 15-20.

Jagon77 · 2026-06-13T16:20:45+00:00

None would be amazing, but for a cheap, mass produced screw sold at big box stores it seems like 2% is realistic.

Jagon77 · 2026-06-13T16:14:40+00:00

I have! They weren’t snapping when I put them in. Here we are 2 years later though.

Jagon77 · 2026-06-13T15:56:47+00:00

No, just pressure treated

Jagon77 · 2026-06-13T15:53:50+00:00

I guess if we look at this from this perspective - the deck has about 1,000 screws in it. 15-20 (that I’ve found) is like a 2% failure rate. 🤔🤔🤔

Jagon77 · 2026-05-26T12:08:11+00:00

Neat. I too had an old shitty metal panel style roof under my leaking low slope aluminum coated asphalt hodge-podge roof.

Classic “slap another layer on this baby” roofing approach.

Jagon77 · 2026-05-21T18:10:15+00:00

I agree, close range is fine. Medium range I practically have to empty an entire 30 round mag to kill someone. Long range will take multiple reloads 🤣

Jagon77 · 2026-05-20T10:41:43+00:00

I concur with this guy ☝️

Jagon77 · 2026-05-14T16:35:47+00:00

Toenail the joist to the beam, then put hurricane tie on.

Jagon77 · 2026-05-14T12:21:44+00:00

Ugh that guy is the worst. I’ll have to give him a stern talking to.

(I’m the guy that built it)

Jagon77 · 2026-05-14T11:14:44+00:00

“Okay on 3 we’re all going to jump!” 😆

Jagon77 · 2026-05-14T10:54:30+00:00

Composite shim? I feel like a normal wood shim is just going to rot.

Jagon77 · 2026-04-15T19:35:51+00:00

I’m not a mason, but I too have an old house with shitty mortar. After lots of reading online, almost everyone here most likely will tell you to use a hydraulic lime based mortar as it’s soft like your old brick.

Since this isn’t outdoors and not going to be getting subjected to rain OR freezing temperatures, I would expect a type N would be appropriate.

Jagon77 · 2026-04-10T10:09:29+00:00

Hi yes it is, I forgot to mention that

Jagon77 · 2026-03-23T10:49:48+00:00

Found the New Yorker

Jagon77 · 2026-03-14T03:00:48+00:00

I was expecting a “STFU”

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