CREATING SPACE in a DOORWAY with an EASY BEAM INSTALL 

Very exciting to see this. Love how you work with your eyes open, aware of new info, changing the plan as needed. Beautiful old wood that comes out of these spaces. Thank you.

I always wished my father would be excited to spend time with me but he’s not that kind of person however to watch the strong bond you both have is a beautiful thing…

The best part of your videos is that you are a father and son team. I mean TEAM. The world needs some more of that. You have the luckiest son I know. You guys ROCK!

A few fun facts: 1- Paul and Jordan are great guys who do even better work. 2- If you do it the StudPack way, you’re doing it right. 3- This is the fastest growing RU-vid Home Improvement Channel for good reason. 4 - Team StudPack makes the world a better place.

Scabbing-on the beater block to the beam is a great trick and useful in many situations. I use this method a lot. Another area where screws and cordless drivers have revolutionized the building trades. Fence posts come out easy with a scab block and a farm jack.

Crap....now I need a palm nailer...lolol. Great video!

Love it when a plan comes together. Nice job as per usual!

Great Job Paul and Jordan...Awesome seeing y'all work together and gittin' er done...

Nice work guys. I've never done a lot of framing before. I've definitely have learned a ton about transferring load and installing new beams.

You make load bearing work look so easy. I enjoy your channel as Ive learned alot of tips even though i don’t do any of that stuff. But it’s fun to watch. Keep it up!

Great job guys, learning all the time. Thanks for sharing.

BTW.. Good job on capturing the key points of this structural change, Jordan. I know that you were busy, but, you did get the most important parts. You did a hell of a good job editing.

Hey guys just wanted to let you know I love watching your stuff. I'm sort of handy and have learned a ton of stuff from you guys. The plate on the new beam to be able to smack it in place from all directions was brilliant. I honestly never would have thought of that (or really even attempted something like this).

Like your palm nailer...first I've seen one! Fun watching you do this.

Great video. I am building a deck and I recently picked up a palm nailer for some tight spaces and after the first time I used it, I am amazed I never thought about getting one before. You are 100% correct when you said it is an invaluable tool to have!!

I learned you guys are even more professional and adept then I thought before I saw this video. Love these vlogs!

You guys make it all look so easy. I know just how much work is involved in your 17 minute video.

6 minutes in and I already learned two great ideas - instead of snapping a line to cut away drywall use the laser. And open a pack of blades with my oscillating multi tool! Amazing lol. I’d recommend Diablo blades over those Milwaukee blades though. The Milwaukee blades never hold up for long for me

Dream team! Great work guys, awesome video. We gotta get you guys your own show on TV

The builder guy is the dad that I always want!!! Love his stuff

love the video. Did the same in the last house we had, there was this hallway that went behind the kitchen to the master bedroom (ranch style house) and it was so dark. no natural light, poor flow. Wake up you had to walk all the way to the living room and turn right to get to the kitchen for your morning coffee. Took out two walls, one load bearing one not, totally changed the feel of the house. Opened it up, got natural light into the hallway and we no longer had to turn on the lights every time even in the day time to go down that hall. Took that 1980s crap shack into 2015s cozy relaxing retreat.

Paul please do an episode or podcast with the essential craftsman please you and him are my favorites for many various reasons and the glaring reason his and your work stands apart from many so-called craftsman ,the difference is easy to see

That beam is sufficient+. The fact that you used the correct nails in the hangers is what solidified the objective. For you out there who do not know.. The nails that you use for joist hangers MUST have a tensil and shear strength that conforms to the specific application of your project. Not all nails are created equal. Paul knows this and he follows the engineers requirements. This may have been a short video, but, rest assured, Paul needed the extra hands for this change out more than a camera man. Good job on keeping that roofline AND ceiling as was.

This was awesome to watch!

You guys are surgeons! Nice operation!! 👍👍👍😎🇨🇱

Great work gentlemen. 👏

Another great video, thanks guys 👍🏻

Tuesday will even better now that Studpack has a new video!! Keep up the good work guys!!

These guys do things right and the music is awesome too Jordan.

Great work. Ms. God bless you team.

Great video. Loved the way you moved the joist to get the beam in.

Great vid guys... I have a similar project coming up soon. There's an existing "pass-thru" that the homeowner is considering making a peninsula with extra storage. In either case, it will involve installing an 8ft beam and removing a doorway & wall. I agree the palm-nailer is invaluable!

Great job! Now if I can just get my own project started!

Awesome video, helped out a ton with my renovations

Good stuff … I really enjoy these vids.

Amazing job. Well done

I cant believe we will be doing that very soon in our kitchen and dining room,same vintage! Also two rooves that intersect.

Haha, Jordan made me laugh with the "Safety First" close-up. Something my son would do, most likely while I was up a ladder swinging a sledge hammer. Well played Grasshopper, well played!

I recently bought a palm mailer for a deck project. Never used one before; you should have seen the grin on my face. My favorite tool now.

first nice trick on opening those plastic packages , second nice trick with the joist hangers . keep up the good work . I enjoy your videos .

' hey Gang! Got a straight forward one for ya today.' Nothing is straight forward, similar but never straight forward. If it was builders would be rich..... I like the way you drop into your 'every day' voice after your explaining voice, keeping it real. Enjoying your work.

Nothing beats a palm nailer for securing hangers. You may still need to follow up with a hammer, but the nailer gets the bulk of the work done. Great job!

This is binocular Bob here and from what I can see you guys are doing great work. I enjoy the work and instruction you guys give. 👍👍

Palm nailer...next item on my want list. Never seen one before...thanks

That was fun to watch.

Experience at its best!

Thx for video. I'm doing an addition & need to tear down a wall where the kitchen will be extended & this vid gave me a rough idea of what needs to be done. Thank u.

Great job guys wish I had you guys down in New Orleans to help me rebuild my gutter outhouse

Never seen a palm nailer before. It looks really handy.

The close up on the Safety Tag was perfect

That Pneumatic Palm Nailer is awesome!

I really enjoy your channel. Recent subscriber, been going thru your backlog. Keep up the amazing work

Awesome video, I need to pick up a palm nailer!!

Coffee + Stud Pack = Great Day! ☀️

I always learn something new from your videos. Today I learned how to open up one of those damn plastic bubble packs without cutting my hand and using new cuss words. Keep it coming.

We are redoing an older home and used our palm nailer extensively to put in hangers to hold floor joists. I have a full-size nailer for nailing in metal but it is far too big to get into most spaces. It sits unused for most work because the palm nailer can fit into all kinds of spots. I never thought to use it to drive full-size framing nails so that is a great idea. I plan to use that next time I am in a tight spot. After the last time you discussed strong backs, I went up into our remodel and put two in the length of the house and put down plywood between to act as a walkway when we are up there running electrical. We still have to crawl but it is much easier on the knees and it helped us when we put in the rolled insulation. Our attic is coming along nicely. Next up, tear out of the hallway on both ends of the house. Fun stuff.

love the vides.. wish you would upload during lunch break hard to watch when im on my way out to work on houses

Great channel! Great host! Great skills!

Buzz saw on the blister pack...genius. That packaging drives me nuts!

Love the video, also I would like to open my living room up, I am a widow with no man in my life, so I may give it a try, Learning so much from you guys Thank you so much

I LOVE me my palm nailer! As a longtime DIY homeowner, I’ve thought about buying a framing nailer from time to time, but could never justify the $$ as it would get so little use. Then it hit me… I’m looking to build things easier, NOT faster! While not as fast as a framing nailer, I can do all the stuff I’d do with a framing nailer with a palm nailer! And the palm nailer fits it places a framing nailer would NEVER go! I DIY now in a 60+ year-old house with rock-hard, old-growth Douglas Fir framing. Anything less than a 20 oz. hammer just bounces off nails in that stuff; and, at 65+, my days of swinging a 20 oz. hammer are long gone. But, my palm nailer greases a 16d common nail into that stuff as if it were butter! All you weekend DIYers, buy yourself a palm nailer and you’ll reach for it ALL THE TIME!

Thanks for sharing!

Best part of the video using the oscillating multi tool to open a package of blades.

I opened up the entry from my kitchen to the dining room. The worst part, it takes away wall space to hang pictures and whatnot. When I took out 3 feet of wall, my husband complained he could no longer put his autographed jerseys in the dining room. "Darn, hun. I guess Mike Ditka and Pete Rose won't be joining the family for holiday dinner this year." I gave him 2 rooms for his stuff... no idea how it managed to bleed out into the rest of the house. The only way to get rid of it is open concept for the win!!

Just built a huge deck, the palm nailer was a real asset nailing the 200 or so joist hangers.

Ahh, The paln nailer. One of the most fun tools. Blaaaappp To repair that flooring. Plan on smoking a circ saw blade. Set the depth of the saw blade to match the depth of the flooring, maybe a 1/32 shallow to make the blade last longer. Cover the flooring that you are keeping with blue tape, to protect from the shoe of the saw. Find the seam of the flooring, cut just on the inside of the seam, making sure to not cut the side that you are keeping. Cut the tongues off both the piece you are removing and the piece thats staying if applicable. Then get in under the piece with whatever you are using to pry it up. Clean up the subfloor/concrete. Test fit the new pieces, cut the tongue and or the bottom of the groove side off if needed, sometimes you can slide them in without cutting. Glue them down. Don't worry too much if you have a hairline gap somewhere. Wood filler will fix it right up. Its pretty easy to do but it can be stressful to cut into a wood flooring that you dont want to make worse than it is. The repairs can be done without removing the whole row. Unless they are not full pieces on that row that was on the right. Then you will want to go back to the seam.

Never seen a palm nailer before, I gotta get one of those!

Nice job!

Nice left hand catch Jordan!

Someone gave me a palm nailer years ago, They didn't tell me what it was and I had no idea ( I've never seen one before ). It sat in my garage for a few years and I eventually thru it in the trash. Now I'm wishing I would have known what it was. That could have made several of my jobs a bit easier. You live and learn.

I just finished a double 24ft LVL and tying into it with a double 16ft LVL the beam hanger had 82 nails to install my arm was worn out by the time I finished that day and I had to tie a 12ft beam at the end so I brought my palm nailer in the next day saved my arm for that day but only 60 something nails that time Thanks for all you and your son does on the videos I know all your viewers appreciate ya'll.

That new beam looks better and stronger than old one lumber mix.. 👍 About parquet, all depends on size and style.. Didn't see what's was saved.. Basically, every old cut half board needs to be replaced with full one.. But You already know that.. 😂 Only problem is getting out old ones. Big chisel or screwdriver and hammer, circular saw, crowbar will work, as always.. Considering old videos, You can do it easily.. 😉👍

I am sorry to say this, but boy I wish your videos were longer. That is how enjoyable they are for me. :)

great job

Dad nice trick w/ that block to move the beam back Contractor 34 years haven't seen that one good job. MMC Nor Cal

suggestion i saw you where using a compressor to drive nails i went with a hitachi nailer that is cordless this tool rocks and will make your life easier it has power charge last all day i hit about 400 nails on one charge great tool and no compressor noise to deal with

Love the palm nailer. Seen them in stores but not in use until today. I might be able to "nail" the roadrunner with one of them.

For anyone who might question permits and inspections, all an inspector has to do is watch the videos. Anything they dont like they can call you out on it later. So if you were worried about it then you should probably not do it until you have talked to them about it. I think the Stud Pack team is smart enough to know that or they wouldnt publish the videos. Charles

I have Milwaukee M18 tools all over the place. The only one I still need to get is that Palm nailer. Those truly are invaluable when in tight quarters.

Wow, all these people, never seen a palm nailer. Great invention, been out many, many yrs.

That palm nailer must’ve been a big game changer when it first came out

Great video. You further confirmed that I will not doing any load bearing structural modifications to my house :-p I'd hire you if you were in Pittsburgh!

The header looked to be pressure treated lumber. PT lumber is highly corrosive to regular nails. You MUST use galvanized nails with PT lumber, otherwise, the nails will rapidly rust away. The nails from the nailgun strip looked to be regular nails, not galvanized.

Trick to line up the floor i have done on a self project was to lay a piece that's exact pattern on top of and overlapping the existing piece. Then I just use a saw to cut through both pieces at same time. it insures an exact fit that drops right in. Hint: cut on the pattern lines also it will be harder to see with the eye.

Good morning Stud Pack!!!

This was the tits! Strong work on the production, pacing, delivery, tons of “if you’re paying attention tips”, and banter. And, “the work” of course! Many thanks!

Great demo! I am currently working on expanding a room another 3 - 4 feet with an overhead balcony. The current size of the room is 15’ 3” x 7’ 5”. The rafters/flooring of the room are 2” x 10” that’s 16” center - center. To connect the new rafters/balmy flooring of the new extended wall to the existing rafters/balcony flooring what size 16 ft header should be installed to connect the existing rafters/balcony flooring?

That palm nailer is brilliant I've got the same parquet flooring in my house, they just laid some what looks like tar on the direct concrete slab and stick the wood over the top Looks great but was terrible at insulation so our floors are now 18mm higher 🤣

newer houses have open space. we do the same to old house we remodel. GJ

I learned how easy it is to install host hangers with a palm nailer !! I’ve known about them but for some reason I’ve never picked one up.

Love your video. You might want to consider a change of name from Stud Pack to Buzz Saw Boys. You definitely get good use out of yours.

For really big fasteners, in tight spaces, some times an automotive air hammer, or "burp gun", can get into some tight spaces, and lotsa power.

Nice job, I would have made my own beam out of several 2X6 or 2x8 boards glued together separated with plywood, a lot stronger beam. Also, a littler easier to install. Let me know what you think. Again, thanks for the video.

Nothing beats an electric sawzall. I have both battery and electric but when the job calls for demo and cutting big wood then you have to use electric tools. That opening will look good when you drywall it.

I really need to get a palm nailer one of these days.

Love the need some tips on the floor.

I would like to see you guys try pouring an epoxy countertop. There are a lot of kits out there. It looks very interesting. Could stud pack handle it?

I learned to look around before committing to a plan.

Trick for temp wall, don't cut studs tilt until tight than another opposing and on and on. Did hundreds that way. I wish they had RU-vid when I was young.

Palm nailer for the win. Noisy, eats air, saves the bacon in tight spots. They come in an extra small size too.