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Make label wider
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Truss company able to handle work for Florida
Chief16Designer replied to DianeP's topic in Industry & Design Resources
Hand cut may be an option -
Auto floating dormer on 2nd/attic, over 1st floor wall
Chief16Designer replied to dnh234589's topic in General Q & A
i can't open you r plan, a pdf may help, have you tried turning off walls attic layer or moving attic walls on the attic level, or build a new floor level to #1 also copy and paste roof opening for 3 rd dormer -
Auto floating dormer on 2nd/attic, over 1st floor wall
Chief16Designer replied to dnh234589's topic in General Q & A
Explode the 2 dormers copy and paste 3rd in the middle -
This will help to make your floors and ceilings the same ht
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Make sure baseline is the same hight
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Who bears responsibility for a code violation?
Chief16Designer replied to GeneDavis's topic in Building Codes and Compliance
He repaired a leak in the area when the house was approaching the end of its 2 year warranty. The leak is back. This makes the builder part responsible -
Who bears responsibility for a code violation?
Chief16Designer replied to GeneDavis's topic in Building Codes and Compliance
if its a leak the roofer it should not be a leak criket or no criket , on new construction is 10 years warranty -
need help how to this kind of stairs in chief
Chief16Designer replied to chebon's topic in General Q & A
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Framing tall wall with large openings. How do you do the steel?
Chief16Designer replied to GeneDavis's topic in General Q & A
This may be an option -
Framing tall wall with large openings. How do you do the steel?
Chief16Designer replied to GeneDavis's topic in General Q & A
As long as you have enough shear wall 6"or 8" wall will do it, for the picture you may need steel it has no shear wall I also had seen other engineers using 2 Hardy steel walls on top of each other 12' high steel on the bottom and 8'high steel on top -
Foundation level lights on first level subfloor
Chief16Designer replied to KT5280's topic in General Q & A
Do a plan check make sure you have closed rooms -
it might be an invisible wall delete it
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Approval number for 1-hour wall (7/8" stucco & 5/8" type x)
Chief16Designer replied to dshall's topic in General Q & A
2 layers of 5/8 drywall = 1 hr fire wall check on that most of the inspectors don't pay attention to the 1 or 2 layers 1 layers = 30 min -
What can cause walls not to grow up to roof planes?
Chief16Designer replied to rockyshepheard's topic in General Q & A
You could open the wall check ballon through celling above -
Check layers make sure you have a closed room post the plan
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Wall sides not connecting to the roof Help
Chief16Designer replied to LeRoyWells's topic in General Q & A
Under wall structure tab ballon through ceiling above it may fix it -
I use a 1" wide ramp
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different type of question for the forum
Chief16Designer replied to winterdd's topic in General Q & A
Some states you need a license as a designer. Consultant or drafter may give you more legal protection check on that -
Comm. Outlets... what're you guys showing these days?
Chief16Designer replied to DzinEye's topic in General Q & A
Fiber-Optics must have all 4 some people still using DSL it does not cost a lot more to ad phone wire and RG 6 probably under $200 but Cat 6 and Fiber- Optics must have my 2 cents