Ah, it was in the dog urine on juniper thread, I used the word for a female dog to describe a female dog, as you would, but the word for a female dog is miscronstrued as meaning a low kind of female human! Go figure!

The International Residential Code has required sprinklers in new homes since 2009, unless that requirement has been removed by your state or other code adoption authority. That said, if you are already required to install sprinklers in your new house, adding a few more sprinkler heads in the basement won't break your budget. ------------------- As for greater deflection and "bouncier" floors with dimensional lumber, I would dispute that allegation since closer spacing of joists or using denser dimensional floor joists lumber species has always easily eliminated that problem.... In fact, it has been I-joists, floor trusses, and other types of engineered joist that have garnered the most complaints about floors being bouncy since these products have been introduced than have solid lumber floor systems. That said, there are multiple ways to build floor systems that will carry the loads and not excessively deflect...multiple ways to 'meet code'...and multiple products and systems that can be employed for one to 'believe' they are getting the best end product... And in the grand scheme of things, 'believing' you have made the best decision(s) for your own personal build is all that matters! Be happy with your choice and enjoy your new home! ---------------------- PS: Fire protection of floors is NOT just an item promoted by firemen and other first responders. Nor is it a code requirement there just to protect them. On the contrary, fire protection of floors is a proven life safety concern for occupants who live in homes built using engineered wood products. Why? Because floor systems built of engineered wood products combust more quickly and collapse much more quickly in a fire than floors constructed using dimensional lumber. That affects the means of egress and escape for trapped occupants in the first minutes of a fire far more than it does firefighters once they arrive... Firefighters, who are trained NOT to enter the building if they arrive more than 15 minutes after the first call anyhow! ------------------- Statistically, most residential fires occur at night when occupants are asleep. Unprotected engineered floor systems can completely fail within 15 minutes of fire ignition. A sleeping occupant who may already have been delayed by becoming aware that an actual a fire is going on...and one who is awakened from sleep and already not thinking clearly...can make poor escape decisions in assessing the risk to their lives in a fire...and have very limited time to respond before unprotected floors collapse. That is the PRIME concern here...NOT firefighter safety. Because firefighters are not entering your house in a fire if they know the construction includes engineered joists anyhow...Because they know the risk is too great. So let's put to rest the 'myth' that fire protection of floors by building codes is there only to protect firemen. It isn't. It is there to protect the OCCUPANTS...who might otherwise DIE trying to escape...when unprotected engineered floor systems collapse before they even know what is happening.

For aligning text the best thing is to put your text in tables. If you are not familar with tables, but have basic knowledge of html then they are easy to learn. Here is a link that explains tables and gives you copy/paste codes to use. Ed's site was created for ebay users, but the codes can be used on any web page. Here is a link that might be useful: Tables 101

Using Android tablets with some browsers I am able to use the photo icon to have it open the directory on the device to find a stored picture to then upload and post. However that is not the case with all browsers. I use Boat Browser as my primary browser on my kitkat Android tablet and when I click on the photo icon absolutely nothing happens, it does not open any type of dialog box or directory it does nothing. So on that tablet my only option is to be forced to use a different browser like Chrome. In fact even the stock Android browser will not open the photo option for me. Kind of a pain to have to change browsers any time I wish to post a picture. The only way around that is saving pictures to my Houzz ideabooks from my pc or using an alternate browser on the tablet and use the houzz photo button to post them from there. I don't know why it works with some browsers and not all. Those of you on mac or ipad is there an alternate browser you could try using? There are lots and lots of them for Android in the play store.