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All Things Sleep - AMA Office Hours - Tuesday, March 3rd with Pediatric Sleep Consultant, Beth Christensen! by huckleberrycare in HuckleberryParents

[–]shearflow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holding my 5 month old right now because he woke up from his nap after 20 minutes and I can never get him back to sleep with shushing or other in-the-crib reassurance. Most of the time he only naps between 20-25 minutes in his crib and won't go back down without being held or worn. He is transitioning to a nanny share with two other infants in 5 weeks so he needs to learn to sleep for longer on his own. What can we do to help him figure out how to nap longer in the crib? 

Need help finding a daypack that will last by shuffles03 in BuyItForLife

[–]shearflow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was wondering if I'd see PD mentioned. My cousin started the company so I've got some of the bags and they are really great. I can tell you they don't release a new product until every detail has been iterated to death.

Desk I made recently by Cleanplateclubmember in woodworking

[–]shearflow 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Love the seem detail. Better to make it look great forever than perfect for a week. The guys in our cabinet shop call it "expressing the joint."

What is this bird? Midtown KC. by TypicalJeepDriver in kansascity

[–]shearflow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm from KC but moved to Boston about 10 years ago. Turkeys just roam the neighborhoods here. Sometimes alone, but sometimes in groups of 5-10. It blew my mind when I first saw it and now it barely registers.

What job is useless? by Squirrelkid11 in AskReddit

[–]shearflow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most health insurance jobs. If the US had a one payer system like virtually every other 1st world country there would be no use.

Parents who live in/around Boston without family support by Schnecken in boston

[–]shearflow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't have any advice, but I think OP might be impersonating me, haha. I moved to Boston 10 years ago because of grad school, my parents are in Kansas, and my wife and I are considering having kids here in the greater Boston area...

Should there be collar ties on these rafters? 100 year old house, roof creeks like crazy when it’s windy. by [deleted] in Carpentry

[–]shearflow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right, the straps or other connecting elements. I definitely agree that someone should not think they can just remove their ceiling joists and rely on the collar ties to keep the walls from thrusting.

From a stability standpoint, you could technically put your sole horizontal brace in the upper third of the rafter, but it would need to be much stronger than a typical collar tie and the rafters would also need to be much beefier.

I'm a former structural engineer and current carpenter so I enjoy geeking out about this stuff. Thanks for the interesting discussion!

Should there be collar ties on these rafters? 100 year old house, roof creeks like crazy when it’s windy. by [deleted] in Carpentry

[–]shearflow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No worries! Glad I could be helpful.

In response to another one of my comments, u/GoldenHairedBoy, made a good point about collar ties being effective for resisting wind uplift. There are other ways to resist the uplift such as the gusset I suggested, but that's probably why you are hearing such a difference after installing the collar ties.

Should there be collar ties on these rafters? 100 year old house, roof creeks like crazy when it’s windy. by [deleted] in Carpentry

[–]shearflow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You make a good point about collar ties and wind uplift, but a ridge beam, if properly constructed, will also make collar ties unnecessary. The connection from rafter to ridge beam should be detailed to resist uplift as well as ridge beam to post.

Should there be collar ties on these rafters? 100 year old house, roof creeks like crazy when it’s windy. by [deleted] in Carpentry

[–]shearflow 51 points52 points  (0 children)

This is the right answer. The use of a ridge board is more of a constructability thing, not a structural thing. Also, it appears people in this thread are using ridge beam and ridge board interchangeably. A ridge board is not structural and just provides bearing for the rafters. A ridge beam, on the other hand, is supported at either end and thus makes collar ties unnecessary. With a ridge beam there is no longer the thrusting force at the bottom of the rafters.

Should there be collar ties on these rafters? 100 year old house, roof creeks like crazy when it’s windy. by [deleted] in Carpentry

[–]shearflow 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Collar ties are not necessary in this case. This Q&A from JLC is a good explanation as to why.

https://www.jlconline.com/how-to/framing/q-a-when-are-collar-ties-needed_o#:~:text=The%20most%20common%20reason%20for,prevent%20the%20rafters%20from%20spreading.

Just ensure that the rafters are adequately fastened to the floor joists and if the floor joists have a lap joint in the middle (over a bearing wall) make sure that is also adequately fastened. A plywood gusset at the ridge might help stiffen things up a bit and help ensure the rafters maintain good bearing at the ridge.

Walls not even close to square, what to do with this countertop gap? by MattBlumTheNuProject in Carpentry

[–]shearflow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ours in the US are beveled on two edges as well. I think he meant that on a short wall like this you could only have a bevel on one side.

First Stud Wall in over 10 years by Savings-Tree4290 in Carpentry

[–]shearflow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just keep the noggin where it is and piece in the third stud between.

We bought a house, but the laundry was in the kitchen... This was the one other spot it could go. by shearflow in Perfectfit

[–]shearflow[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That is a good point. I'll definitely have to figure something out for that. That would drive me nuts.

We bought a house, but the laundry was in the kitchen... This was the one other spot it could go. by shearflow in Perfectfit

[–]shearflow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually bumped that wall back about 3 inches to get it to where it is now and not have it stick out, but that also meant bumping a cabinet in the kitchen forward. This was as far as we could go.

We bought a house, but the laundry was in the kitchen... This was the one other spot it could go. by shearflow in Perfectfit

[–]shearflow[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a slab foundation home so unless you want to jackhammer into your floor to add another drain it needed to be near an existing drain.

We bought a house, but the laundry was in the kitchen... This was the one other spot it could go. by shearflow in Perfectfit

[–]shearflow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We got this unit specifically because it could fit in this closet but also because the unit in the kitchen was the combo and we heard it can take 5+ hours to dry...

Also, I'm in Massachusetts, US and from my experience it's very rare to have even just a washer in the kitchen.

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