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   rez | Jul 05, 2008 10:35pm | #1

   Greetings addon,

   This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again which will increase it's viewing.

   Perhaps it will catch someone's attention that can help you with advice.

   Cheers

    

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   dieselpig | Jul 06, 2008 04:45am | #3

   He's got a couple of these threads kicking around.... don't think he can find his way back to them to check the responses though....

   http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-breaktime&msg=106590.1View Image

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   rez | Jul 06, 2008 04:52am | #4

   Hard to work follow someone with multiple posts.

   Forum got too big to know what's going on. 

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   Jim_Allen | Jul 06, 2008 05:06am | #5

   I saw that. I was going to give him the lesson but then I remembered...I don't care! Bob's next test date: 12/10/07

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   dieselpig | Jul 06, 2008 05:11am | #6

   LOL.....View Image

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   addon | Jul 06, 2008 07:38pm | #8

   How do you know it's a "him"?

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   segundo | Jul 06, 2008 08:02pm | #9

   when i lift him up and turn him upside down and spread his legs and look then i know.

   of course watching him hike his leg is a clue, but not knowledge. sometimes the young ones will squat.

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   segundo | Jul 06, 2008 08:04pm | #10

   you were talking about puppies right?

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   Jim_Allen | Jul 06, 2008 10:19pm | #11

   I checked his DNA. Bob's next test date: 12/10/07

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   segundo | Jul 06, 2008 03:43am | #2

   i wouldn't have a problem with steel interior partitions/walls mixed with a wood exterior, but would shy away from having some exterior wood framing and some (on the addition) exterior metal framing.

   no set reason i can put my finger on, there may be issues i am not aware of, there may be condensation/dew point difference issues, can't tell for sure. or other things?

   common sense says to dance with who brung ya.

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   ruffmike | Jul 06, 2008 05:28am | #7

    I was interested in doing my stuctural framing out of steel when I lifted my old house and built a story underneath 5 years ago.

    It was hard to find a structural engineer willing to do the work involved with a hybrid structure, so I opted to go with wood.

    Since then I have worked on a few commercial residential projects that really have mixed the whole steel/ wood/ reinforced concrete methods in a single building. So maybe engineers and owners are more open to ideas, most likely it has to do with money more than anything else.

    In my house I used steel for most nonbearing partitions and soffits/ ceilings. Inspectors had no problem with it.

    I am a steel frame carpenter by trade, but enjoyed the chance to use wood on my remodel.

    Edit; if you do a profile and pick your pref's you should be able to arrange it so you can find your threads and responses easily

                               Mike

       Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.

   
   

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   Edited 7/5/2008 10:31 pm by ruffmike