Comments for Riggs Construction http://www.riggsconstruction.com/blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:07:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Basement Renovation Challenges - Headroom by Tom http://www.riggsconstruction.com/blog/basement-renovation-challenges-headroom-71/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Tom Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:15:43 +0000 http://www.riggsconstruction.com/blog/?p=71#comment-117 Kim, Without a closet above there is only thing that I know to do and it depends on which way the joists run. If your stairwell run with the joists, you would remove the short header that you are bumping in to, cut back the two or three joists that header is holding up about 11 1/4" and move that header back to the new cut off joists. Then you would turn a 2 x 12 flat and up against the existing subfloor; in between the long double joists that are holding up the short one. I would recommend some metal brackets screwed to the long double joists to hold up the flat 2 x 12. There are a few things that make it challenging. Don't forget to support the 2 or 3 joists with a temporary shoring wall before you remove the short header. Re-install new joists hangers on both the header and the joists. Cut all the nails, don't try and bend them over or back them out; that are sticking through the bottom of the subfloor sheathing. Before installing that flat 2 x 12 up against the existing subfloor, dry fit it to make sure it goes in then pull it back down and smear subfloor adhesive on the top side so that it will adhere to the sheathing. If the stairwell runs perpendicular to the joists you can apply the same basic technique but you will have to pour piers to support the existing bearing load points and possibly the new load points prior to cutting away the existing joists. This gets a bit more complicated and I would leave that to a professional. Kim,
Without a closet above there is only thing that I know to do and it depends on which way the joists run. If your stairwell run with the joists, you would remove the short header that you are bumping in to, cut back the two or three joists that header is holding up about 11 1/4″ and move that header back to the new cut off joists. Then you would turn a 2 x 12 flat and up against the existing subfloor; in between the long double joists that are holding up the short one. I would recommend some metal brackets screwed to the long double joists to hold up the flat 2 x 12.

There are a few things that make it challenging. Don’t forget to support the 2 or 3 joists with a temporary shoring wall before you remove the short header. Re-install new joists hangers on both the header and the joists. Cut all the nails, don’t try and bend them over or back them out; that are sticking through the bottom of the subfloor sheathing. Before installing that flat 2 x 12 up against the existing subfloor, dry fit it to make sure it goes in then pull it back down and smear subfloor adhesive on the top side so that it will adhere to the sheathing.

If the stairwell runs perpendicular to the joists you can apply the same basic technique but you will have to pour piers to support the existing bearing load points and possibly the new load points prior to cutting away the existing joists. This gets a bit more complicated and I would leave that to a professional.

]]> Comment on Basement Renovation Challenges - Headroom by kim ellis http://www.riggsconstruction.com/blog/basement-renovation-challenges-headroom-71/comment-page-1/#comment-104 kim ellis Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:18:47 +0000 http://www.riggsconstruction.com/blog/?p=71#comment-104 What happens if you don't have a closet overhead. What are some options? What happens if you don’t have a closet overhead. What are some options?

]]> Comment on Time Management by Debra Stokes http://www.riggsconstruction.com/blog/time-management-73/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Debra Stokes Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:24:58 +0000 http://www.riggsconstruction.com/blog/?p=73#comment-96 I gotta tell you, this resonates in my spirit more than anything has lately. My Dad was a skilled carpenter with a third grade education. Had I not been the only girl (I had three older brothers) and the baby at that, he would have taught me how to build houses. In spite of my gender and birth order, however, he did teach me so, so, much about time management and doing things right the first time. Those of us who had parents who passed along this knowledge should be forever grateful, because it isn't taught in any school these days. I gotta tell you, this resonates in my spirit more than anything has lately. My Dad was a skilled carpenter with a third grade education. Had I not been the only girl (I had three older brothers) and the baby at that, he would have taught me how to build houses. In spite of my gender and birth order, however, he did teach me so, so, much about time management and doing things right the first time. Those of us who had parents who passed along this knowledge should be forever grateful, because it isn’t taught in any school these days.

]]> Comment on Basement Renovation Challenges - Moisture by Evangeline Parker http://www.riggsconstruction.com/blog/basement-renovation-challenges-moisture-69/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Evangeline Parker Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:16:28 +0000 http://www.riggsconstruction.com/blog/?p=69#comment-80 Dude, GREAT blog. This whole site that you have set up is top-notch. Well done. I stumbled across it as I was looking for an article on home remodeling. I’m really looking forward to reading all of your archives. Dude, GREAT blog. This whole site that you have set up is top-notch. Well done. I stumbled across it as I was looking for an article on home remodeling.
I’m really looking forward to reading all of your archives.

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