Welding Chart
Expecting it’s going to be easy as pie, you walk into shop armed with steel and a torch. At first, it isn’t. There’s a smell … Read more
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Welding Chart
Expecting it’s going to be easy as pie, you walk into shop armed with steel and a torch. At first, it isn’t. There’s a smell … Read more
Shingle Calculator Hip Roof | Bundles & Caps
A hip roof has clean lines where slopes intersects on all four corners, which makes this style look nice from the road. But it takes … Read more
Grout Coverage Chart
How many bags do I need? You know that feeling: you’re in the middle of the store aisle with a bag of grout in your … Read more
Deck Footing Sizing Chart
Homeowners also think that wood can support both furnitures and parties. The reality is your deck is as solid as dirt beneath it. If footing … Read more
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
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