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Chris Cudmore

12:29 AM

Beam up, kitchen wall down house still standing. Engineer passed me after a few minor instructions.

lsiunsuex

12:54 AM

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thats cute

oh yeah - finally done for the summer i think

fence got installed a few weeks ago - took them not even 1 day at almost $3300 - 80-90 feet total i think

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Tester101

11:18 AM

Oh no....

A: Can you terminate more than one common on the furnace C terminal?

The Common leg of the 24 volt power supply is where all the 24 volt circuits terminate to complete their circuit.

I think our old friend has returned.

A: How can I use a separate transformer to provide a C wire to my thermostat?

You will wire the cooling transformer to RC and the heat transformer to RH

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BMitch

1:03 PM

@Tester101 I was just coming here to say the same. I didn't do much modding on him last night (don't mod when it's past your bedtime and you're sleepy, bad things happen)

Tester101

Not really sure how to handle it. He's not breaking any rules, just posts a bunch of low quality answers.

BMitch

1:39 PM

@Tester101 That's what I was thinking last night, no one thing to single out. I'm tempted to go downvote all the low quality stuff for being low quality. Then let the SO algorithms do their thing. If he starts making multiple accounts to get around things, then I'll start suspending.

Niall C.

1:59 PM

I found a couple of plagiarized posts (exhibits A, B) as well as all the VLQ stuff

Chris Cudmore

2:18 PM

BMitch

2:59 PM

@ChrisCudmore Nice job with the beam above the joists, gives it a clean open look. How did you get it up in the attic, hole in the roof?

Chris Cudmore

Look at the first pic. You can see the attic access. Advantage of a backsplit.

We had to pop out a bedroom window, and feed them in from the back yard.

@BMitch And we got it all done, with studwall removed before my wife got home from work.

Some before pics can be found here:

Q: How can I safely remove and replace a wall?

The Wall: This is about 25' long, and it separates my kitchen from my living room/Dining room. Underneath it, we have a double 2x8 floor joist, which is supported midway on an 8 inch steel I-beam. (Joists are perpendicular to the beam) The wall itself is normal stud construction, with a d...