by admin | Apr 15, 2025 | All, Building, General Industry, Tidbits from the Top
Tidbits from the Top Truss Energy Heels You may have heard the term “energy heel”, but do you know what it means? The end of a truss, where it sits on the wall of a building, is commonly called a heel. The term “energy heel” refers to increasing the distance...
by admin | Jan 13, 2025 | All, Building, Planning/Codes, The "Economy Garages" Way, Tidbits from the Top
Tidbits from the Top Building SHells – House & Cabin Did you ever think that structural boxes can be used for houses and cabins, not just garages? Approximately five percent of the buildings we build are either a shell for a house or cabin. We call...
by admin | Nov 26, 2024 | All, Building, Materials, Tidbits from the Top
Tidbits from the Top Trusses vs. Rafters Rafter is a commonly misused term, similar to the way “Kleenex” is used for facial tissue or “Wirsbo” for crosslinked polyethylene tubing used for in-floor heat and other plumbing applications. A rafter describes a...
by admin | Oct 22, 2024 | All, Building, Tidbits from the Top
Tidbits from the Top Braced Walls “Braced wall” is a term used for describing a structural wall section needed to combat the environmental strains that wind has on a building. I’m sure if you looked at older garages in your area, you would see many small...
by admin | Oct 8, 2024 | All, Building, The "Economy Garages" Way, Tidbits from the Top
Tidbits from the Top Sequence of BUilding Everyone has heard “don’t put the cart before the horse”, right? In construction, there is an order of doing things that should be followed so recently completed projects are not destroyed. Planting grass, installing...
by admin | Aug 13, 2024 | All, Building, General Industry, Tidbits from the Top
Tidbits from the Top Venting – Garages Why would you install venting in a garage that the inside is not planned to be finished? If items containing gasoline, diesel fuel, propane, and other chemicals are stored in a building, it would be advantageous to...
