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Rob, Any chance of doing a rough calc of ceiling area/300, which can be reduced if most is in upper third of height? I agree that it looks small, but I don't think these two will just whistle at each other. Enough heat builds up, they will both be forced into chimney duty.
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Sorry the OP is confusing I guess. What you see is how many fell away and were mudded back by a sloppy practioner.
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I've seen this a lot around here on fifty year old ranches. Yes those outside bricks are laid edge up and perpendicular to the house. This is hardiness zone 7, where winter's low temps are sometimes in teens, rarely in single digits, so yes, some freezing going on. These steps, then, are kind of like brick parapets with no caps, holding water every time it rains.
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...I thought just about all of our rain these days is acidic.
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...forty years ago?
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Attached picture shows set of seven risers, recently reassembled (not the neatest job in the world), to replace brick riser units that fell away from both edges of this masonry monolith because joints failed. Could this result from acid rain? Click to Enlarge 58.15 KB
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...this wasn't a trick question. I do see slight rotation of the top away from the beam, but I think there are lots of toenails in those joists that lock down the top edge. Beam was thrown in, I think, maybe as afterthought, to support a partition between a utility room and a living one, during framing.
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...maybe just evidence that code minimums are way overdone. This is original, far as I can tell. Doubt it would stand under an earthquake effect tho.
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Codes want 3 inches bearing for wood on masonry. This has been like this for about 40 yrs. Wonder why it has not rolled any? Click to Enlarge 36.97 KB
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...your birdmouth cuts should be level and plumb cuts, not the ones you have sketched...
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No. The word rust, when used in a discussion about corrosion, is reserved to describe the formation of iron oxide. exactly...it "oxidizes", just like iron, just like us. Burn, baby...
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...new construction? I have not seen brick w/lick'n'stick b4. As this is a tech forum I will stay mum on aesthetics. Answer to question is no.
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...wonder if op is an owner occupant or a flipper, who won't be around for consequences after unloading the mess.
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...change the batteries each time you change the smoke alarm ones...
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..."crenelated scuppers"...
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...grammar police remind us that "unique" means "one-of-a-kind", ergo has no qualifiers, no mores or lesses. Re the valley, it is so subtle. The roofer had to be very intuitive in his shingle direction. Don't suppose it might leak above that camelback in the middle.
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...your point?...
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Jim, the hills are fairly short and close together here, so roadways, often state highways, can come pretty close to dwellings, so the stop and grab operators can work quickly. So those chairs look like roadside inmates shackled together on some porches. Tell me you made that up.
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...around here metal thieves haul those units away for salvage. A local metalworks shop offers steel "cages" to protect them. I guess bolting down might deter a thief, just as porch rockers are often tethered to cables fastened to the house.
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Stone fireplace in 1720 farmhouse
Jim Baird replied to mjr6550's topic in Inspecting/Appreciating Old Homes
If my eyes aren't deceiving me, the upper beam is spalled at a critical point. Marc Its a timber lintel. It just uneven and the plaster was filled in around the edges. Not talking about the lintel. Click to Enlarge 31.19 KB Marc Corbelzilla. -
Stone fireplace in 1720 farmhouse
Jim Baird replied to mjr6550's topic in Inspecting/Appreciating Old Homes
...More than once I have seen modern faux fireplace work that creates such a looming sensation of massive masonry overhead that I want to cringe in the behemoth's presence. -
4 X 4' s as combo beam-floor joist system?
Jim Baird replied to JPLomeo's topic in Foundation Systems Forum
Did you notice any stamps on the plywood decking? There looks to be some deficiency in the allowable spans for that decking. The word "flimsy" comes to mind. -
"...castles made of sand slips into da sea, eventually..." Jimi Hendrix
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You go, Bill. Hope somebody can keep it up, but it looks like an abode of nothing short of royalty.
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No. Must have been a bad run from the factory...bet the installer got it at steep discount. What I do see all the time is continuous metal soffit vents in plywood soffits that are painted shut.