Dumb stuff I want.

[Orangeslice13]

Dumb stuff I’m getting!

Yes, on the coldest two nights forecast so far (25° tonight, 24° tomorrow night), we cut a bigass hole in our wall and installed French doors to the deck*:
*the world’s biggest cat door

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Is the left side Header sitting on a 1X?
@marcusluvsvols

 

[Orangeslice13]

Wait, are both sides sitting on a 1x?

 

[Orangeslice13]

And who’s drinking the voodoo ?

 

[VolNExile]

Pro tip: the holes for the door lever and deadbolt were covered with Mason jar lids (the flat part, not the bands) before taping with “blue insulation.” You’re welcome.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Pro tip: the holes for the door lever and deadbolt were covered with Mason jar lids (the flat part, not the bands) before taping with “blue insulation.” You’re welcome. View attachment 413997

Hold on, I’m not sure we’re good on Struture yet.

 

[VolNExile]

Is the left side Header sitting on a 1X?
@marcusluvsvols

Wait, are both sides sitting on a 1x?

Ruh-roh…

I don’t know the details. We had to remove two original windows, which were higher up, so maybe that’s the real header you see up above?

 

[VolNExile]

And who’s drinking the voodoo ?

Hubs

This room has many purposes, one of which is kitchen overflow

 

[Souce]

Oh lawd...Exie gon have to mop her whole house now!

 

[Orangeslice13]

Ruh-roh…

I don’t know the details. We had to remove two original windows, which were higher up, so maybe that’s the real header you see up above?

I’m good with the header. Just unsure what it’s sitting on. Should at least be a 2x4.

 

[VolNExile]

I’m good with the header. Just unsure what it’s sitting on. Should at least be a 2x4.

Hmm.

 

[Tin Man]

Hmm.

I foresee a conversation with the contractor.

 

[VolNExile]

I’m good with the header. Just unsure what it’s sitting on. Should at least be a 2x4.

For "sitting on", do you mean the 1-by's on the sides?

 

[vol445]

I’ll be sure to let the carpenters know.

Make them airseal the doors

 

[PB&J]

Is that 8th whatever still around?

As far as I know. I got banned in 19.

 

[vol445]

Surely it’s a 2x4 no one would put that on a 1

 

[VolNExile]

Make them airseal the doors

Well, yeah. We're a long way from that.

--edit to add: you don't feel that the blue painters tape on the outside seals the gaps adequately?

 

[VolNExile]

I’m good with the header. Just unsure what it’s sitting on. Should at least be a 2x4.

I'm looking at it from an angle on the inside, and also from the outside, where things are more exposed. It looks to my uneducated eye that the real header (which was over the windows) does sit on something pretty massive. The windows (together) were wider than the door. I think we're looking at a filler more than anything, with the original header carrying the load over original framing. *waves hands in air* I will ask in the morning. Thanks for bringing it up.

 

[Weezer]

Mustn’t be a thing anymore.

It's not. It's been dead for awhile now. No one wanted to pay rent.

 

[Orangeslice13]

For "sitting on", do you mean the 1-by's on the sides?

Yes.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Surely it’s a 2x4 no one would put that on a 1

Unless there was a space issue.

 

[Weezer]

I heard it wasn't but didn't know for sure.

Go figure. A bunch of guys that were banned from here for whatever reason mixed with some other guys that left on their own because of the rules, all get together on a site that pretty much has no rules.

What could go wrong? Lol.

Several of us posted in both places. Me, Slice, 95, Ron.... Then you had others like Possum, Pooch, Tex, 3*, Cat Guy, Sparty, FD...

Smitty and 27 posted there as well, but I don't think either was banned from here. And Whisker/Whiskey. And Coastypop.

I'm probably forgetting some people.

 

[Orangeslice13]

I'm looking at it from an angle on the inside, and also from the outside, where things are more exposed. It looks to my uneducated eye that the real header (which was over the windows) does sit on something pretty massive. The windows (together) were wider than the door. I think we're looking at a filler more than anything, with the original header carrying the load over original framing. *waves hands in air* I will ask in the morning. Thanks for bringing it up.

You’re one of my best imaginary friends. I gotta watch out for ya.
If that’s the case then we’re all good. If the windows were wider and then they just filled space with the 1xs then I’m happy with the structure of the original header.

 

[VolNExile]

You’re one of my best imaginary friends. I gotta watch out for ya.
If that’s the case then we’re all good. If the windows were wider and then they just filled space with the 1xs then I’m happy with the structure of the original header.

Well, that's my hope. He pulled off the siding from the outside and did a lot of the preliminary inspecting and measuring and prep back in September with the specs for the ordered door, back when he built the deck. He covered up the space below the (still-in-place) windows with plywood while we waited on Exie's French Door's Excellent Adventure to finally end (still confused about what it was doing in South Carolina.) Knowing his other work, I'd be awfully surprised (and disappointed) if he half-assed this one, but he's pretty used to my questions by now. lol

 

[Orangeslice13]

Well, that's my hope. He pulled off the siding from the outside and did a lot of the preliminary inspecting and measuring and prep back in September with the specs for the ordered door, back when he built the deck. He covered up the space below the (still-in-place) windows with plywood while we waited on Exie's French Door's Excellent Adventure to finally end (still confused about what it was doing in South Carolina.) Knowing his other work, I'd be awfully surprised (and disappointed) if he half-assed this one, but he's pretty used to my questions by now. lol

Blame it on a contractor buddy who saw one picture and had questions.
Lol

 

[Tin Man]

Wait, @Orangeslice13 & @VolNExile have met IRL, yes? No? Please, clarify.