Tag: diy
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Running Water Lines Through the Attic
Because of the size of the members in the framing wall, we needed to run the water line through the attic. The home owner wanted to run pex A, because it is more friendly than Pex B. Pex a doesn’t expand as much and the fittings are stronger and easier to install. He also wanted…
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Tying The Plumbing Together
Tying the plumbing stacks together to reduce penetrations through the roof is done so as to reduce the chances of a leak. You first must look up you local codes to see how many vent stacks your size of pipe is permitted to have. Then instead of running the plumbing through the studs you run…
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Roughing In the Venting Stacks and Drain Lines
After hanging the fascia, I install the ship-lap up to the row of blocks, but only half way through the block so that my plywood rest on them also. When this task is finished, I get off the roof to go run the rough plumbing. I drill the holes and worm the piping though…
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Installing Fascia and Flying the Overhangs
(Open Overhangs) The rafters are cut and in place or your trusses set. It is time to put in the blocking. Many times, I need to place double blocks on my rafters because I cut my tails down to 2 x 6 widths. I choose 2 x 6 because that is the width most often…
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Cheap Fixes are Costly
When I first came to southern California there was a thing called short nailing. It was a method used to under-nail a project. Straps would be cut and restarted on the other side of the wall to make it appear that they went through an area. These methods fooled inspectors but when the problems came…
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Cutting And Stacking a Roof
Once the walls have been plumbed and lined you can begin the cut and install the rafters of the roof framing. To begin this process, you need to know the width of the wall in the direction of the pitch. Divide this number by two and mark the spot on the two ends. Look through…
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Getting The Right Materials May Take Some Effort
After finishing the grout and polishing the grout on the newly tiled bathroom walls I like to grout the corners in. To do so I went to the local DIY centers. Yes, I went to both of them to look for grey grout for my corners. Not finding the gray kitchen and bath gray…
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Joisting The Unit
(Ceiling joist) Over the years I have witnessed many different styles to joist a unit. Though many of these methods will pass inspection they don’t contribute to the ease of dry-walling the ceiling. The first thing I do is spread out the lumber and then I add the blocking. When this lumber is spread, it…
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Having one of those Days
It appeared to be a normal day as I headed out the door, but that would soon change. Upon arriving at the project sight, I discovered that there were missing studs for the last half of the wall framing. I laid out my plates and counted the studs needed to finish that task and…
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Final Steps for Finishing Bathroom
Once the tile is cleaned of the excess grout it is time to put the final touches on the room to ensure a better fit. Once you have your fixture able to be adjusted firm against the till or wall. It is time to place the decorative rings. Most of these come in the kits…
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