Are you just framing half the block or what?

Only the 2 corner units on the end.

 

Oh its back to back and side to side houses in the block? So double fire walls.

 

Oh its back to back and side to side houses in the block? So double fire walls.

Yessir 12 units in the block total. Lots of drywall.

 

Little porch job I'm doin now good views right on the Connecticut river.

 

Thought I should pitch in.

 

Built near me, walk by it everyday. The architect liked curves... i think 8 barrels on the back. The left corner is a radius.. with a barrel, trying to figure out how he plotted the dual plane radius. Looks pretty sweet.
Site made scaff

 

I can't believe they are still there!

 

This is a different place?
The place you are talking about, i will take a pic of something you won't believe...It is a cathedral ceiling on the top floor, a wall sticks out of the roof plane, and the little 5 1/2" wall is sticking out like a dormer, they framed a little gable on top of it and it looks absolutely ridiculous.

 

Occupational Health and Safety says you can make your own scaffolding/staging up to 9.5 metres high.

 

Thats terrifying. I'll rent lift equipment before I have to stand out on that. My fat ass doesn't like going down

 

We've had them close, maybe 8m before. Always tied off.

 

Nice scaffold,site would be shut down and you probably would never be aloud work again if you did that here. We won't work on any thing unless it has a full scaffold.

 

Don't worry we aren't aloud to do that here either. I bet the morons have full access to upstairs to any kid who thinks its cool watching these jack wagons

 

Huh

 

Me and Chris were discussing the dual plane radius dormer today. He gave me an idea that made alot of sense. Rather then trying to swing the radius of the barrel on the curve, swing it flat, on a normal piece of plywood, then bend it in place. How do you guys go about doing this?

 

Me and Chris were discussing the dual plane radius dormer today. He gave me an idea that made alot of sense. Rather then trying to swing the radius of the barrel on the curve, swing it flat, on a normal piece of plywood, then bend it in place. How do you guys go about doing this?

I did it with ICF there cowboy, not framing

 

Would work either way.

 

Would work either way.

Finding your points and bending a sheet to those
points doesn't give you the perfect radius.

 

Ok, so what does?

 

You need to find the pivot point with a 1x4 /2x4 or string that will meet with all your points.

 

We are not seeing eye to eye hear, i am suggesting you do that, you figure out your radius of the dormer, swing it on the plywood while it is still flat, and then bend it around the curve...

 

We are not seeing eye to eye hear, i am suggesting you do that, you figure out your radius of the dormer, swing it on the plywood while it is still flat, and then bend it around the curve...

When you bend a piece of plywood to those the radius points it isn't the perfect radius, it maybe close... It's probably close enough in a lot of cases. I was always taught to trace the curve with a 1x4 nailed to the pivot point.

 

So you trace the radius on the round wall?
I will draw a pic tomorrow.

 

So you trace the radius on the round wall?
I will draw a pic tomorrow.

Yeah do that. Maybe I'm just not understanding what you're saying

 

Gotta start bringing my hockey equipment to work

 

Whats up with those jack rafters, the planing looks really screwy compared to the main pitch.

 

Whats up with those jack rafters, the planing looks really screwy compared to the main pitch.

Looks like they are for the hip to me.

 

They are for a hip, but with the way the picture is they look way high.
Look at the board just above the level.... that is the top of the rafters... and look at the jacks.... they may be doing something that is popular here with a steep front overlay.

 

The jack trusses for a dual pitch roof with sometime come 2-3 of the same length. You at that point would put your fascia on and chalk a line and cut to suit. Although while you guys are looking at that I am nonstop looking at the hacked to hell top cord of the truss closest to the camera man :blink:

 

Looks like bark:blink:

 

The jack trusses for a dual pitch roof with sometime come 2-3 of the same length. You at that point would put your fascia on and chalk a line and cut to suit. Although while you guys are looking at that I am nonstop looking at the hacked to hell top cord of the truss closest to the camera man :blink:

Hah yah that truss is real bad.

 

Courtesy of the wonderful truss mfg's of Ontario.

 

Courtesy of the wonderful truss mfg's of Ontario.

That doesn't look like truss manuf. issues, that looks like someone too a hammer claw to it

 

The jack trusses for a dual pitch roof with sometime come 2-3 of the same length. You at that point would put your fascia on and chalk a line and cut to suit. Although while you guys are looking at that I am nonstop looking at the hacked to hell top cord of the truss closest to the camera man :blink:

Damn I hope you will at least scab a decent 2x4 on that?

 

Yea thats not wane thats hack. Wow.

 

Wow been a long time since I've seen a post from you Chris

 

I haven't been on in forever. This is what i come back to... lol

Ill get a post started up ive been so busy with the gc stuff its mostly my guys banging nails. We have one we started last week that get trusses tomorrow. Ill get some pics views are incredible.