Recent content by Caghca2010

I don't mean to question you, just want to be absolutely sure. I thought I read somewhere that the ledgers are perpendicular, and that walls that are parallel are only nailed directly to the stud. Kind of like this picture I am in no rush doing this and will only do it when I am confident...

Oh yeah, whoever built this add on did it all wrong. Its simply nailed into the old siding, nothing behind that siding that the joist are nailed into. I mean there are studs, but nothing else and the joists only make contact with the siding.

Wouldn't I need to provide support to these studs by bracing a 2x to the studs since they go all the way up two stories, and when I cut them will pretty much be dangling there? The joists runs parallel to this wall, and are only simply nailed to the studs. Called whaler support, as described in...

Ok, so here are some more pictures. That new looking wood, that I have black marking through, is not part of the frame, that is support I made to fix some ceiling joists. Also, the breakfast nook add on is just nailed into the old siding of the house. That isn't right either is it?

I can get more pictures in just a moment, that window is inside the addition. Just a one story, platform framed appx 7'x8' 'breakfast nook'. Attaching a pic of the door way to the breakfast nook. That door way is what used to be the exterior wall running parallel with the joist. Which is what...

I am wanting to open up a wall on a balloon framed 2 story home. The opening is the houses original exterior wall, before an addition. The wall runs parallel with the joists. My problem is, there is a perpendicular wall that would shorten the whaler support. My question is, could I use the upper...