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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,865
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    billbillw wrote: »
    VR3 wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure the joist inserted into the beam (assuming they are secured somehow??) isn't going anywhere

    The floating girder/header on the other hand is... Concerning

    I'd be fine if the joists were strapped to the I-beams, but those could slip with settling, or in quake prone areas.

    If done properly, there will be blocking/noggins secured between each joist that locks everything in place (in the I-beams, and along the joists span).

    If you want to seen this being done, the YT channel "Escape to Rural France" has shown this on a pretty large scale as he rebuilt the floors in his chateau.

    https://www.youtube.com/@escapetoruralfrance

    I'm not saying the above picture makes me feel good, the work looks fairly sloppy and some very, very questionable framing choices. But in general, there is nothing wrong with notching joist directly into an I-beam, when done properly.
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  • treitz3
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    Tom
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  • Geoff4rfc
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    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Does the factory have public tours….asking for a friend

    and samples.......

    My ex was breast feeding at the end of my racing career and was producing way more than consumption and asked me what to do......I'm scratching my head, gee honey I don't know....wait, give it to me....she said why? I said, you'll see.

    I was at 195, I put on 5lbs of solid muscle from my workouts......yeah baby, serve it up
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  • HzTweaker
    HzTweaker Posts: 1,136
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    Tom

    Been there, done that! :#:D
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  • Geoff4rfc
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    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    TMI

    LOL, you don't know what you're missing :D
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  • treitz3
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    Milk it for all it's worth somehow takes on a whole new meaning...

    Tom
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  • motorstereo
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    And there you have it. In my case I've been around muscle guys enough to know that some would sell their very own soul or whatever else it takes for ill gotten gains.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,399
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    The caption was sewer backing up after high voltage underground mains updated... Mole (trenchless) method used.

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  • treitz3
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    Wow. That cat has been doing it wrong for some time!

    Tom
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  • maxward
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    And you can pay in installments.
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  • skipshot12
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    SCompRacer wrote: »
    The caption was sewer backing up after high voltage underground mains updated... Mole (trenchless) method used.

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    Directional boring does this all the time.
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  • SCompRacer
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    This is our 1 year anniversary for the sewer backup at the house. Cast iron sewer pipe broken at foundation wall. House was built in 1999. Based on condition of break and the fact tree roots from 15 foot away were growing into break, it could have happened when they were backfilling against foundation with a cat. Over time the pipe settled two - three inches and paper collected at break.

    An outside cleanout was added.

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  • treitz3
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    Unfortunately, I can almost smell that post. I hope you got that dirt up and away from the vinyl siding. You want at minimum a 4" clearance down. FWIW.

    Tom
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  • SCompRacer
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    edited August 2025
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    That was initial fill, mostly clay. I accelerated the settling by drilling a dozen or more 3" auger holes three feet down and saturating the area with water. That took over a week to dry out. It was like quicksand at first. Once it was solid to walk on, we leveled the fill and scraped the topsoil back then replaced the removed plants. Once we had the appropriate ground level, the guy returned to trim the pipe and glue the cleanout on.

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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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  • Viking64
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    You can never have enough spare bolts.
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