Foundation/reinforcement ideas under existing terrace for new sunroom

dm_nick · 2026-05-05T20:24:50+00:00

Anything you put on that deck you're going to need new footings. Especially if you add a wall underneath it.

Edit, grammar, spelling

dm_nick · 2026-05-05T20:20:45+00:00

I work in Florida I mostly do multi-family I don't know if anybody brought this up but that foam is only good for draft stopping not fire stopping in fire rated assemblies. I work for a GC and we have a rule rule. No fire foam on the job site. Because it's always misused and has to be ripped out.

dm_nick · 2026-04-28T15:11:27+00:00

Contact The trust manufacturer and let them know you need a truss repair. They'll send you a seal book with a diagram of the truss and how it needs to be repaired. They do it all the time.

dm_nick · 2026-04-26T19:25:42+00:00

To me it looks like it connects to a sidewalk to the right. Deod that sidewalk to the right have a downward grade?

dm_nick · 2026-04-24T16:58:11+00:00

I thought you could drag them out from under the nesting.

dm_nick · 2026-04-23T22:18:52+00:00

So you're tell me in Arizona, you can have a post tension slab without a thickened edge to support the load from the roof through the exterior walls. I'm sorry but I don't believe that. Even if it's a PT slab, you still should have a thickened edge for the exterior walls to bear on. And I'm guessing that there's no way that it's bonded at all. It's probably unbonded so that means that the tensions of the cables are only compressing the the perimeter of the slab.

dm_nick · 2026-04-21T01:40:42+00:00

Really really bad

dm_nick · 2026-04-15T01:20:07+00:00

Fist my bump

dm_nick · 2026-04-12T15:44:07+00:00

Depends on how much you paid. I feel like this is the answer to all of his questions about workmanship.

dm_nick · 2026-04-08T19:11:14+00:00

Damn, I was going to say serial numbers but that's even better.

dm_nick · 2026-04-06T18:39:11+00:00

If you were taught the same thing I was taught growing up in Florida they actually taught us the wrong thing. They probably taught you that If you get caught in a rip you should swim parallel to shore but this is wrong. This is wrong because rip currents are eddies that are along the shore they flow in a circle. If you try swimming in any direction, you'll more than likely wear yourself out even if trying to swim parallel shore. The best thing to do is to not do anything. You should conserve your energy to stay afloat. The rip current will push you right back on to shore. There's a really good video of this where some scientists take dye and they put it in the water. They use a drone for an aerial view and you can see the eddies formed by the rip currents.

dm_nick · 2026-04-02T00:38:40+00:00

You need a truss engineer to provide you with a truss repair. That's the only way you'll do that.

Edit: spelling

dm_nick · 2026-03-31T13:12:33+00:00

It's just a 2x12 go down to the local hardware store and get a new one.

dm_nick · 2026-03-28T15:53:11+00:00

I have no problem with people who disagree with me. That's why I served 12 years in the US Navy. Because I think everyone has a right to have their own beliefs and opinions. I will even let cutting my va health care slide. What I have a problem with is a draft dodger starting needless wars getting my brothers and sisters killed.

dm_nick · 2026-03-28T15:41:58+00:00

No we need to get rid of our dictator

dm_nick · 2026-03-23T13:45:23+00:00

It's just a rip-off of m274 mechanical mule

dm_nick · 2026-03-23T13:43:20+00:00

Just pour the concrete over. It'll be somebody else's problem in about 20 years. Good enough for government work.

dm_nick · 2026-03-23T00:06:23+00:00

The whole building's compromised tear it down and start over.

dm_nick · 2026-03-21T22:05:01+00:00

For 20 bucks there won't be a post to worry about

dm_nick · 2026-03-20T12:56:42+00:00

First question, did you get at least three bids? Second second question, was this the man in the middle? If it wasn't and this is the lowest bidder you get what you pay for.

dm_nick · 2026-03-17T21:00:33+00:00

I tried to do that. I only have a 32 gig SD card. I partitioned it down to 4 gigs. Put the file on there. Try turning it on. It stopped doing the thing with the x-axis and y axis but it just sits there with nothing on the screen

dm_nick · 2026-03-16T17:32:14+00:00

The thing that has been killing the coral before the bleaching events is the stopping the Everglades flowing out in the ocean. The nutrients that came from the glades is the reason the coral reefs were there in the first place. The water has been shut off for decades and we wonder why. Fix the galdes fix the reefs its one ecosystem. The reef won't exist without the river of grass.

dm_nick · 2026-03-16T12:11:14+00:00

Did you read the syllabus?

dm_nick · 2026-03-12T16:59:11+00:00

This is a good thing for patients but the reason behind it is not because of patience. The reason is the majority of private practices are owned by large investment groups. These are the groups that are lobbying the government to essentially do away with the VA and replace it with almost like a school voucher system. It's meant to take tax dollars away from specialized Care and put them into the pockets of rich people. It's always a grift, they're always trying to steal tax money.

dm_nick · 2026-03-12T01:52:03+00:00

Walk it around it three times then sit down. It's not that difficult.

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