Board and Batten Siding Calculator
From the road, board and batten siding appear straightforward: just vertical stripes of wood (or fiber cement) with thin banding between them. For a hundred … Read more
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Load Chart
There are times in life where we get anxious because we want to do something. We stand up on our new roof or in the … Read more
Glulam Span Chart
Here’s the scene: You are standing in an otherwise-empty space, facing a beam to support across a gap of, say, thirty feet. There is no … Read more
Metal Roofing Calculator Estimate | Panels & Trim
Most homeowners approach a metal roof project with the same nervous energy they bring to changing tires, except stakes are higher and materials cost more. … Read more
11 7/8 Lvl Span Chart
In your basement, there’s a blank wall staring back at you. Then there’s that hole you framed to support a staircase… Which might brings down … Read more
Truss Calculator Force | Member Loads & Reactions
To most homeowners, a roof truss look like just a simple triangle held together by metal plates. What they don’t see is how physics keep … Read more
2×4 Span Chart
A two-by-four is not what you thought. Walking through doors of your lumber yard, you imagine yourself holding a piece of wood two inches thick … Read more
Mono Truss Calculator
If you’ve ever owned a shed, the story begins with an imagined roof line, but by the time lumber shows up, it’s clear the actual … Read more
Drywall Weight Calculator | Sheet Load Planner
Gypsum board looks like stiff cardboard… It’s actually dense mineral wool sandwiched in paper, but it’s much heavier then you expect once you’re three sheets … Read more
Ridge Beam Size Chart
Before beginning to frame, decide what you will do; will there be a ridge board, or a ridge beam? A ridge board is simply a … Read more
Aluminium Plate Weight Calculator | Alloy Plate Mass
When you’re a machinist standing in front of a rack of stock looking at a slab of metal that will take both hands to pick … Read more
Post And Beam Span Chart
The dream begins with a sketch of the ideal deck. What will it look like? How about the view? The evening breeze? Then you open … Read more
Concrete and Rebar Calculator | Yards, Bars & Chairs
Concreting is commonly thought of as pouring wet sand into place and letting it set. This perspective fail to account for structural needs of the … Read more
Engineered Beam Span Chart
At some point during a remodel, you arrive at the math. It’s when you’re standing on an area that used to have a wall there. … Read more