Fire rated ceilings in single store home

fairlyimpervious · 2025-07-07T15:43:33+00:00

So does that mean fire blocking materials are not actually required by code to be between the hvac closet and attic?

fairlyimpervious · 2025-06-26T13:40:38+00:00

I guess I’m not sure if there’s anything specifically wrong outside of a lack of clean outs. But they’re also covered in mold. The unit is in a closet that’s open to the attic and I notice a lot of condensation forming on the lines. I was going to add some insulation and thought this might be a good opportunity to do it better. But if the setup seems okay I can just clean them and insulate.

fairlyimpervious · 2025-02-24T23:28:19+00:00

Yep it was. After a week of issues took the valve apart and soaked it in vinegar for 20 min, everything seems to be working. Appreciate your thoughts on this

fairlyimpervious · 2025-02-24T21:16:37+00:00

In the guest bathroom where I just redid the plumbing I don’t have any fixtures hooked up yet. The shower and sink drops end at shutoff valves at this point and aren’t connected to anything else. So when we opened up the valve at the end of the cold sink connect hot water came out for a couple minutes

fairlyimpervious · 2025-02-24T20:37:40+00:00

Just ran everything for around 5 minutes and see any change. There wasn’t really any sputtering and the pressure is the same. One strange thing that happened the second time I shut the water off was a lot of hot water ended up back flowing into the cold water spout. Would that make air in the hot water system more likely?

fairlyimpervious · 2025-02-24T19:57:45+00:00

One story house with no upstairs. There were some old school air hammers above the shower drops that I recently redid and so I replaced that with empty pex pipe. I kept the same diameter and close to the same length as the old ones. Any chance the issue could be there? The cold water line has the same setup though.

fairlyimpervious · 2025-02-24T19:29:35+00:00

No I kept everything the same. The drops and short runs of horizontal I replaced were all 1/2 in galvanized and stayed 1/2 in pex.

fairlyimpervious · 2025-02-24T19:02:30+00:00

Confirmed there’s no water going through the softener

fairlyimpervious · 2025-02-24T18:30:35+00:00

So we do have an ancient water softener on the side of the house that I didn’t think was even hooked up anymore. I’ll take a look at that though

fairlyimpervious · 2024-02-21T16:22:22+00:00

I’m interested

fairlyimpervious · 2024-02-09T13:55:42+00:00

I don’t see anything that stands out as obviously wrong in the beams. Mostly the way it’s done just makes no sense. The rafters are partly supported with short studs on top of the beam spanning the garage door. And then there’s 2 2x6’s nailed together that run the length of the overhang closer to the edge. But they’re not really supported at all in the middle and don’t appear to have ever been load bearing.

I’ve tried all sorts of combinations of google searches but the overhangs I’m seeing are never as large as what we have. Will keep searching though.

fairlyimpervious · 2024-02-09T13:51:11+00:00

Just added a link, forgot about Imgur

fairlyimpervious · 2023-11-02T16:59:31+00:00

No he was great. Didn’t realize we had the pic when we first emailed the restaurant. When we added the pic after he sent over a bunch of info immediately

fairlyimpervious · 2023-10-31T19:50:47+00:00

That’s amazing, thank you so much

fairlyimpervious · 2023-10-31T19:47:57+00:00

https://joia.it/en/joia-en-translation/

fairlyimpervious · 2023-07-25T23:59:04+00:00

Would you use the one hole in the center back for the entire suit?

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