The Rubin telescope, sitting at the top of the Cerro Pachon mountains in Chile, captured galaxies 55 million lightyears away.

Floor Joist. Floor joists are the framing members that support the floor and walls above them. They run horizontally and are ...

The average foundation wall is usually only 8 inches thick (wide). When you calculate the total weight of a completed house plus everything in it, you’d be stunned by the total tonnage.

Standard wall framing for ages has been a box enclosing vertical 2-by-4 studs. Until to the 1950s, they measured up to their name. Since then, studs have gradually been whittled down and now are a … ...

The foundation wall separates the above-grade living space from the footing by incorporating below-grade living space. Thus, retaining the exterior soil condition in an unbalanced state is its ...

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Q:I am redoing my garage for living space, and I wonder what I can do about the foundation of concrete that is about 3 feet high, with the frame wall sitting on top. This wall is about 10 inches ...

Once the block walls are prepped, the framing can begin. I’d use a pressure-treated floor plate and build 2-by-4 walls similar in construction to regular interior partition walls.