Doug_N
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The answer, as indicated from Chris is yes. Before that can be done, you need to consult with someone qualified in your area to visit the building, look at the current construction, and assess what it might take, and if it would be practical. No question about if it can technically be done, but will it be worth it? Maybe is the only answer that anyone could offer from the photos. I don't agree with asking a local contractor. Ask a qualified designer, architect or structural engineer. -
Hi @Doug_N - you seem very knowledgeable, I'm in Aurora, ON.
I want to install a door from the interior landing to the garage, contractor cut out the drywall, but the door is about 18 inches higher then the current landing. I've attached a picture. I want the contractor to cut the foundation down to 1 inch at the door frame to reduce the amount of step down into the house. I don't like this at all, neither cutting the foundation or the big step into the house, to the landing. Do I just bail out and re-drywall, or go ahead and do this. If I bail out on it, it's $7 thousand out lost. Your thoughts and thanks in advance, Chris.
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I did see the picture. Is the garage floor at the level of the existing cut? Cutting the foundation wall down to about 5" of the landing level would make the step down within code (code allows 7.5" but that is a lot right out of the door.
If the garage floor is at the same level as the existing cut, then there will have to be a cut in the floor of the garage to construct steps up. There is no possibility of steps up from the landing. You may have to consult with the building inspector to make sure that you have come up with a code compliant solution (assuming that this is a permitted job, and it should be). Are you both the designer and the GC for this work?
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My thanks Derek for your help and advice,
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Am I free to give a copy of the CA viewer to my clients?
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Looks good to me, what is the problem?
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Bingo, DB you are the man!!
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I have rope lights under the kitchen cabinets, and this light bloom above the cabinets is a problem. (X-17) After making all kinds of adjustments that seem to correct the problem, the next time I open the view, the bloom is back. Here is a link to the file, the file was too large to upload. Addition.plan
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Neil, We were wrong!! You are 14 hours ahead!!! That makes 10 EST Midnight in Queensland. You were patiently waiting for me to send a zoom, and nothing. Those Canadians are not to be trusted you must have thought. Sorry, I should have checked with Dr,.Google. We can try again tomorrow, I will be on at 8am which should be 10 pm your time. My bad.
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That may have been a follow-up sequel to Faulty Towers
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Hi Niel, Thanks for the latest version. I was afraid it may have grown to the size that you couldn't upload anymore. So are we on for Tuesday at 10 EST?
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Neil Please send me an email (in my signature) so that I can send the zoom link. Also your most recent plan. A link to OneDrive or Dropbox is fine. Doug
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dimension not showing for dimension which needs leader line
Doug_N replied to SHCanada2's topic in General Q & A
Try pulling the dimension set outside of the others, Maybe none of them have dimension extensions. I see the actual dimension has been moved. I suspect that dimension set does not have the same default set as others. -
So the question is what time should we Zoom to see if I can help? How about 10am EST? That would be 10pm your time, right?
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I have a paid account so no problems there. What is our time difference? I am EST.
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Sorry Neil, I did the roof extension because of an assumption that I made from this view of the house posted earlier on. Maybe we can do a zoom meeting and I can see what you are doing and help you a bit, perhaps early next week? I opened the model that you posted in the last post, and all the roofs were joined. I also had no problem with floating roof dormers, once I set the wall height of the dormer in the dormer DBX to ensure no interference with the ridges. The wall poke up through the roof on the side of the first floor because in the wall DBX under structural, the default wall height is turned off. Turn that on, and the wall no longer pokes through the roof. Oh, and the missing trim, is because in the default preferences for roof, you have the sub facia and the facia boards turned off.
