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his camera angles. He could be a little less obvious....this isn't Spike TV.

I likes the camera angles..... Hooray for cleavage.:D

hockey sticks.

Aint that the truth. Hard to build a straight wall with curved wood. I think Centrals wood was sawed by Sher-wood :D


Reflection...LOL! I can tell a story that a cabby told me but I can't put it in print...might be held liable. :D

I can imagine. On one of the other sites i visit, theres been some discussion about his "overcompensation" .Remember "Right said Fred" ?
 
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Aint that the truth. Hard to build a straight wall with curved wood. I think Centrals wood was sawed by Sher-wood :D

Next time you are in my neck of the woods, stop in. I'll show you our 4 yr old home and how ScotianHomes managed to F it up.
 
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Next time you are in my neck of the woods, stop in. I'll show you our 4 yr old home and how ScotianHomes managed to F it up.

Sure thing. Im a bit suprised. I thought Scotian did good work? I guess not.
 
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just curious...several times in this thread and on a recent show on the DIY network I have heard the term "bulkhead" used...on the show I saw on the DIY network the individual was referring to a "soffit" or "chase" that was built to conceal ductwork...is that what is being referred to in this thread?

If so, IMO this is incorrect vernacular...chases or soffits are not bulkheads...please don't tell me this is another case of "regional"colloquial terms...

This could be an interesting debate. At lease in my experience, we refer to a box built around a duct or similar as a "bulkhead".

The underside of a rafter where it overhangs a wall is a Soffit.

And a "chase" is a passageway where a pipe or wire is fished through.

Could be a regional thing, but at least on several shows filmed in ontario, they use the same terms as we do locally
 
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Scoob's definitions are the same as mine. And since I'm from the Rock, "colloquial" doesn't come into play...or does it? I'm just glad someone spelled colloquial, I would have just said 'colorful'. :D
 
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Not trying to be argumentative...I just only last week heard the term "bulkhead" being used as something to conceal ductwork (on a DYI program) and I almost fired off a message to the network stating that the guy did not know what he was talking about because what he was calling a "bulkhead" was actually soffit...(by defination anyway)...hence my interest when in the same week I read the term in this thread...


...we refer to a box built around a duct or similar as a "bulkhead"....

I would like to hear the reasoning for this...I can find no reference to the term (bulkhead) searching definitions of the word that would match the usage described...

Using your favorite search engine try a query define : bulkhead

coming from a background as a shipwright/fabricator (I also have extensive experience in residential finish carpentry/millwork) I have always know them basically as "drops" but never a "bulkhead" what I know of as a bulkhead is exactly what is described by the search results in the query I mentioned above...

with all due respect...I also refer to them (drops) as "soffits" if you run the query define : soffit you will find several references (among the common exterior examples) to structures that are used between the top of kitchen (and other) cabinets and the ceiling...
...just curious...do those of you that refer to the structures built around duct work etc as "bulkheads"... also refer to structures above cabinets as bulkheads?

considering the fact that the structures built above cabinets is exactly the same as those that conceal duct work etc. (just no cabinet under them) I rest my case.. :D

BTW...one of the first jobs I ever had was installing bulkheads in sailing hulls for 'Morgan Yachts' which later (1974) became 'Endeavor Yacht'...
 
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Not trying to be argumentative...I just only last week heard the term "bulkhead" being used as something to conceal ductwork (on a DYI program) and I almost fired off a message to the network stating that the guy did not know what he was talking about because what he was calling a "bulkhead" was actually soffit...(by defination anyway)...hence my interest when in the same week I read the term in this thread...




I would like to hear the reasoning for this...I can find no reference to the term (bulkhead) searching definitions of the word that would match the usage described...

Using your favorite search engine try a query define : bulkhead

coming from a background as a shipwright/fabricator (I also have extensive experience in residential finish carpentry/millwork) I have always know them basically as "drops" but never a "bulkhead" what I know of as a bulkhead is exactly what is described by the search results in the query I mentioned above...

with all due respect...I also refer to them (drops) as "soffits" if you run the query define : soffit you will find several references (among the common exterior examples) to structures that are used between the top of kitchen (and other) cabinets and the ceiling...
...just curious...do those of you that refer to the structures built around duct work etc as "bulkheads"... also refer to structures above cabinets as bulkheads?

considering the fact that the structures built above cabinets is exactly the same as those that conceal duct work etc. (just no cabinet under them) I rest my case.. :D

BTW...one of the first jobs I ever had was installing bulkheads in sailing hulls for 'Morgan Yachts' which later (1974) became 'Endeavor Yacht'...

As a boatbuilder you have a different idea (and perhaps a dictionary correct) definition of a bulkhead, however in practice, at least where i come from, and id say eastern canada in particular a bulkhead is as ive described.

In a kitchen or den, a box bumped out above a cabinet to hold a potlight etc, is also called a bulkhead.

Soffits are generally under a rafter, etc.

It may be dictionary incorrect, but if i was talking about building a soffit around a heating duct, people would be wondering why i was running a heating duct thru the rafters.
 
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Not arguementative at all. Depends on who is doing the defining. In my lifetime of carpentry a bulkhead was material that wrapped anything protruding from a ceiling that could not be hidden in a wall. Mostly found in basement ceiling locations. They are 'bulky' and you often bang your 'head' if you are not careful, or, something that is 'overhead', therefore 'bulkhead'. That's my definition.

Soffits are what I refer to as the extension of the roof that overhangs the exterior wall. Any carpenter or contractor salesperson I've ever spoken with references the 'soffit area' where perforated soffit is installed to control the airflow to the attic area. The amount of soffit perforation (holes in the material) to install is determined by the square footage of the attic space and the sq footage of the exhaust area. Most installers nowadays run perf soffit all the way around. Gable ends rarely have airflow (behind the rake board) so gable end roofs usually have vents. Of course, there's the current use of contineuous vents on teh roof but htat's another discusison.

Same for the boxed in areas above cabinets, I've always referred to them as bulkhead. Simply look at a trademan, point and say 'Remove that bulkhead.' Job done.

:)
 
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OK I will have to accept it as a regional term...

I too come with long experience in residential carpentry...not just boatworks...the only time I have ever seen the term used was in foundations where an opening was made to create a stairwell etc...

anywhere in the SE it is like you say...if someone said frame a "bulkhead" they would look at you funny... it would be a "drop" or a "soffit" and sometimes a "chase" (usually vertical rather than horizontal)

Thanks for the clairification...and the discussion...

one more question...when you frame a bulkhead around a duct...do you use a henway? :D
 

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