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It appears that I am not missing something here, my idea that a truss is very strong if it is only a few times longer than its depth is sound. The only drawback seems to be that doing something...
In the book "understanding wood" by a UMASS professor (I forget his name) he comments on houses where the chimney has been used as a point to connect some of the upper framing or roofing. he calculates how just the shrinkage in width (across the grain) of sills and horizontal pieces causes...
I am considering a home expansion and would like a large open area on the 1st floor (actually 2nd floor over an extension of garage due to grade). Say 24' x 24'to32'.
Considering modular construction, dropping in rooms by crane to form the upstairs with bedrooms, it seems to me such a module...
