Tall wall lift.

 

4-carpenters. 1-laborer. No lift. 37 hrs.

 

Current frame. Front and back 12:12. Sides 13:12.

 

Includes 25'x25' courtyard in the middle of the house.

 

I know I posted pics earlier, but the contractor just posted this on their Facebook page and I thought it was cool.

http://youtu.be/LJmVZVLqM2I

 

Nice shots there:thumbsup: is that Tampa Bay in the background? Will that building get a soffit around it?

No, it's sarasota bay. It will get a soffit. Upper level trusses create the soffit because the bottom chord runs out. Lower level, we'll have to go back and frame it in. I've seen a lot of guys on here that frame the soffit before they set the trusses, but our truss company is so hit or miss it would be too much of a gamble.

 

Tapcon I would expect it to be cast right in.. epoxied or with expansion shields. With icf is anchor bolts cast in.. with hangers or (in your case) top chord bearing trusses. I like those things :thumbup:

The masons embed j bolts into the tie beams and we set our ledgers to those. The blocking that gets tapcon'd is just pressure blocking that also gives us a perimeter for sheathing diaphragm nailing.

Some SE's do away with the ledgers and have us use hangers. That's a lot of drilling and I usually try to encourage the contractor to have them switch it to ledgers.

 

24" lvl 25' long. Phew......

 

posting this here since we're framers and we framed the archway and coffered ceiling before trimming it all out.

 

Your framing /trim looks great...... glad you're not the color designer..:thumbup:

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(Yes, I realize and respect everyone has their own taste.)

 

I know, awful pepto bismol color. the homeowners are aware as well and are gonna repaint it. they just bought the house and haven't painted or moved in yet. and the boxes are unpainted MDF panels

 

24" lvl 25' long. Phew......

I put one of those as a ridge on a guest cottage. No fun at all.

 

12 2x8s

I couldn't do any fewer.

 

I couldn't do any fewer.

That's the Golden Gate of thermal bridges.

 

I couldn't do any fewer.

I'm sure you can explain this. But why?

 

I'm sure you can explain this. But why?

I'll guess another beam gets dropped in the top

 

I now see the beam pocket above. Thanks for the clarification

 

I couldn't do any fewer.

That's such a ridiculously handsome stud column.

 

Actually looking at it I could have gotten rid of one or two cripple studs above the header on the left and just kept the one for layout. Plate said JJKKBBBBKKX. All 2x8. The blocking it the 8' mark on the 16' wall.

I just found this pic buried and I always liked how this column looked. The owner said, "so much for super-insulated."

 

Here's a home my company framed a couple years back. What sucks is I can't find the finished pictures. I think they are on a scrapped PC

Here's the living room ceiling of this home

 

Here's the entryway

Cool radius exposed glue lams ( did I spell that right?)

 

Nice, Mike

 

Yeah Cali...... Very nice.....

I thought you were a primary, maybe exclussive, decking operation.

How much new build do you do out there in earthquake country.

Just curious...

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Speaking of earthquake country, How much do you suppose goes to Simpson strong tie on an average new build there? Anchorage, AK is getting crazy.

 

I swear to god they have to be paying some serious people off. every house we do has more and more hardware and it's always so overkill and un-necessary

 

Oh it's out of control, with Simpson chit we have to use on a frame. It's not unusual to have 10 or 20,000 dollars of holdowns, straps, bolts, strong walls, special inspection, etc. I won't even get into the engineered slab part.

 

Yeah Cali...... Very nice..... I thought you were a primary, maybe exclussive, decking operation. How much new build do you do out there in earthquake country. Just curious... Best

That home was for the local orthodontist, there's a lot of money in braces.

I framed a lot more then I've been building decks. I love to frame homes I really miss it. I build decks because its great money. And secondly because I enjoy it. Framing is so damn competitive out here it's tough to get your price. Decking is a niche. I'm doing as well as I did in the framing boom-times. Less stress, don't have to work as a sub for another builder, and only enter into prime contracts with the home owner. I have never waited for a dime doing decks. I get my last payment as soon as the place is cleanup and I'm on my way out.