Hi all, The front of my house has a hip roof. The hip roof is attached to the ridge beam (which is supported by 4x4 posts at either end). I have a 6' attic space (1960s era house) above the second floor. I want to vault the 2nd floor living room ceiling to make the room look bigger. I...

New member, first post. I am remodeling a 1953 ranch home with a hip roof. I want to move a load bearing support pillar in the middle of my living room. There will be no other walls to reallocate the load. There are 2 ridge beams in the section that I am looking to redistribute the load...

I purchased a house in Feb '12. During the inspection, the inspector noticed a lot of mold on the roof deck. He suggested it was inadequate ventilation. We had the sellers bring in a mold remediation company and install soffit baffles. Upon reinspection the mold was gone and 7 soffit baffles had...

Reading this: (Please see image in the subsequent message) ... has me wondering if a continuous soffit vent should NOT be installed in a soffit that is only a few feet above another roof section, like this... The house is in climate zone 5A and faces east. The small roof section under the...

Hello helpful and knowledgeable DIY people! Please read on. We reeeally want to vault at least in our living room. We are also taking out a wall that is load bearing. We understand the need for a header where we take out the wall. The confusing parts for me come with our beams in the attic...

I'm a first time poster, so apologize in advance if I'm not following some unwritten conventions. Please be kind!:thumbup: I'm living in a dream world of adding a third story to our flat roof duplex/home. I want to live on the second and third floor and continue to rent out the main floor for...

I have a small in-law unit in back that currently has no ventilation. It's about 400 sq. ft., probably a detached garage conversion, and has a hip roof. So I have no soffits, no gables, and the ridge is about 2.5 feet long. We don't get any extreme winters but summer gets hot. What would be the...