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Wild West Construction LLC
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Serving Battlement Mesa, CO and surrounding areas

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In business since 2025

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Small jobs welcome

"Cary at Wild West Construction we thank you and your Crew so much for the wonderful amazing work you’ve done on our door repairs 🤩!! You’ve been soo amazing with all your help and caring of our door projects you’ve gone above and beyond and we are extremely grateful:)! As a single mom I’ve been so worried about an upcoming inspection, and the pricing for repairs as well. But now everything is great and my mind at ease! Thank you again so much Carey and Crew ! I am very happy and I will definitely call you again for any repairs that I might have in the future 😊 I would definitely recommend Wild West Construction to everyone!! They are AWESOME 👏🏼 🫶🏼!!"
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Luna Peak Construction, LLC
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Serving Battlement Mesa, CO and surrounding areas

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Super Service Award Winner

In business since 2019

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Small jobs welcome

"Mike was very communicative and did a great job installing decorative moldings. I highly recommend Mike and would use his services again."
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Carpentry questions, answered by experts

The primary parts of a house that need framing during construction are floors, exterior walls, interior walls, and the roof. The framing in these areas provides the skeleton for adding other materials over the top. With walls, for example, contractors can hang drywall over the interior walls and siding over the outside of the exterior walls. Proper framing ensures a sturdy house that is built to last.

Joists do distribute their load to beams, but they don’t sit on top of the beams. Instead, home builders nail or screw the joists directly to the beams such that the end of the joist butts up against the edge of the beam. Beams can sit on other beams for support, but you’ll never see a joist sitting on top of a beam or another joist.

Not all porch columns are load-bearing, though they can be. Some porch columns are simply decorative. There are ways to identify a load-bearing column, like looking for visible seams and a foundation. Also, check to see if the column directly enters the ground. In some porch installations, a contractor will excavate a hole to install a column into the earth along with a buried cement base for stability.

The easiest way to tell if a wall is load bearing is to check if it’s an exterior wall or if it runs perpendicular to the joists above and below it (or parallel to beams). Exterior walls are almost always load-bearing, and walls that run under beams or parallel to them are also usually load-bearing. There are exceptions to these rules, and walls that don’t fit into these categories can still be load-bearing. If you’re unsure, hire a structural engineer to look at your home to assess whether or not the wall is structural.

In framing, studs are placed at 16-inch intervals to coincide with the typical spacing of wall materials such as drywall or plywood. This spacing is called "on-center" and is necessary for maintaining structural stability and efficient use of materials. The 16-inch spacing also helps to distribute the weight evenly across the building's structure. For those looking to cut material costs and improve energy efficiency, 24-inch stud spacing can be employed through a method called "advanced framing". This requires careful planning and adherence to local building codes to ensure structural integrity.

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