Shop building questions

ljhhontx · Post by **ljhhontx** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:13 pm

Amarillo is high plains cold like Colorado, WDN is Southern humid, too humid to get too cold:)

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:46 pm

What is WDN?

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:36 am

heathicus wrote:What is WDN?

WhoDat Nation?

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:55 am

I knew I'd feel dumb when I got the answer...

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:49 am

heathicus wrote:I knew I'd feel dumb when I got the answer...

Sorry, it should have been W N!;) WhoDat is one 'word'. Why is the 'D' capitalized?:rolleyes:

Remind me to tell you the who dat joke.

bffulgham · Post by **bffulgham** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:48 pm

ljhhontx wrote:Amarillo is high plains cold like Colorado, WDN is Southern humid, too humid to get too cold:)

Not quite like CO;) ......AMA gets cold, but doesn't stay that way. CO gets cold, and stays that way. The snow we got Christmas day is gone except in the shaded areas.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:00 pm

[quote="bffulgham"]Not quite like CO]
One of the coldest days I ever experienced was in Austin. Ice storm arrived the day after I did. Low sixties upon my arrival, low twenties after the storm left. Interstate traffic was interesting. Closer to typical temp the following day.

Similar thing happened in Atlanta one visit to the Peach Bowl. Mid fifties the night we arrived, twenties and ice where puddles were the next morning. Ever try to buy a toboggan hat in Atlanta?

So Heath you are surrounded by funky weather sites. Be prepared! Needless to say I was not in either Atlanta nor Austin(Hey they are 'down South').

Crazy Austin! They had a railroad crossing on the interstate! Ya know like bells and flashing lights and trains blocking the road.

:D

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:49 pm

JPG40504 wrote:Only 9" / 12' pitch?

Okay I'll bite how did you determine it was 9"/12' pitch from the picture?

You guys always see about 300 percent more in a picture than I do. I'm trying to figure out why because most people say I'm very observant.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:26 pm

Ed in Tampa wrote:Okay I'll bite how did you determine it was 9"/12' pitch from the picture?

You guys always see about 300 percent more in a picture than I do. I'm trying to figure out why because most people say I'm very observant.

Previously known 'fact: The building is 12' wide.

Scaling off the pix, the left end of the 'rafter' is x distance above the horizontal brace(?). The right end is x + rise above a similar horizontal brace.

Now comparing (x + rise) to the 12' width, it appears that is a under 4' (less than the 4' floor sheeting).

The rise is slightly less than 1/3 of that.

So APPROXIMATELY 9" was my conclusion(+- 2 inches maybe). Point was not very much! I had to look twice to see the slant.

P.S. Details Ed, Details!:D

swampgator · Post by **swampgator** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:58 pm

This is an intensely interesting thread. But, I have a couple of questions that I don't know the answer to.
First, are you where hurricane straps needed?
Second, back in the old days, they used to put a sheet of metal between the foundation and the sill/floor joists. I don't know if it was rodent control or insect control.