Finally!! Lift off

 

Sweet frame! Did you have to notch the rim for the steel? I couldnt see on the pic.

 

It is bolted between posts

 

snapped this pic before lunch today. after lunch we got up all the 12'6" walls. all the walls in the picture are 9'9". so yes, we've had to cut every single stud on this job so far. plus we lost a few days to rain and a few other days to pull off to go to other jobs. and we're not allowed to work there on Saturdays. very slow going job for us. we're used to flying.

Looks really small for 700 sq

 

it's a huge deck. and it's all gonna be cathedral with 24' ridge heights.

 

30,000 sqft house just down the road from our new start. We started framing for this builder that does giant customs a lot. They have their own in-house framers but have been struggling to keep up with demand. Thats where we came in. When we started, they recommended we walk a couple of their sites to see how they do things. Here's some pics i got

 

god, is that ugly.

 

Here's the other house. Not quite as big as the other one, but more framing than timbers.

 

Here's the other house. Not quite as big as the other one, but more framing than timbers.


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That is just awesome.
Big fan of the witches hat!

 

Trusses and a balcony.

 

Trusses and a balcony.

Is that green a treatment that you do on your eaves?

 

a month in and it's starting to look like a house. so many rain days and and holidays and splitting our crew to 2 other jobs and no work on Saturdays allowed has slowed things down so much.

 

Is that green a treatment that you do on your eaves?

Yes Jesse we have to do it here pita

 

What's it for?

 

What's it for?

Stops the ends of rafters rotting.

 

Why would they ever get wet?

 

Why would they ever get wet?

Probably never will but it a big problem here on older roofs with tile/slate,one broken slate and water will run down the felt and pool at eaves,felt decay's and rafter rot over time.

 

Forecast this morning was 10-15 mm of rain. All week there was a threat of massive rain fall but it never actually hit. Today it did .

Crane was booked for 2:00. Our list of things to do before the crane came was.

- add top plates where needed on exterior walls.
- mark out roof
-snap int walls out
-cut and layout in walls
- frame & stand int walks
- level and straighten walls
- finish bracing framed sections of roof.

Usually it's just me and a helper but this week I have a friend who is very experienced helping me out.. But no helper today.

By lunch we had everything done minus leveling and straightening and bracing the trusses. It's to bad the weather was bad otherwise we probably would be ready to sheet the roof first thing in the morning.

 

Am I the only guy who wraps the osb over the corners anymore? What about the housewrap? Is someone else putting that on?

 

How can it tie it all together if it doesn't reach:blink:

We still do. We also overlap the floors


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That's what sheer is and should do.

 

I overlap corners when I sheet. we don't do housewrap, though. siding guys do it.

 

We still do. We also overlap the floors

 

We still do. We also overlap the floors


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We do the same.

 

Am I the only guy who wraps the osb over the corners anymore? What about the housewrap? Is someone else putting that on?

I used to always wrap the corners with the OSB. And about 4 houses ago I made the decision that whenever framing for a builder who sets the price of the job and it's less than what I would charge if I were to submit a quote. Then I need to make up time somewhere. If they were to up their price or I were to work for a builder who pays more I would go back to wrapping the corners. The other advantage to it is that it gives my helper one less thing to think about when I get him on framing walls.

 

poor business call.

 

Am I the only guy who wraps the osb over the corners anymore? What about the housewrap? Is someone else putting that on?

I don't think you could get away without lapping it here. How do you keep the corners from pulling apart if you don't?

 

What the heck is going on with the house wrap in that last pic?

 

I don't understand how not wrapping corners saves time?

 

It hasn't effected business. So agree to disagree.

 

Times are busy right now so builders take the help they can get. When things slow down and guys are fighting for work people who do hack work will be getting fewer phone calls. Also why are you letting the builder dictate the price to you? If you know what it cost to do the job the right way then stick to your guns and tell them this is what it cost and this is why I'm the best guy for the job. As a GC I might tell a sub this is what I have budgeted for your trade, but that doesn't mean I always get my way.

I still don't get how it is faster to not wrap corners?

 

I don't understand how not wrapping corners saves time?

When you sheet the butt walls on the ground it won't cover the corner stud on the bye wall.


I just sheet bye walls on the ground, and the middle of the butt walls. Then fill in the ends after walls are up.

I also sheet over the rim boards to tie it all together.

But as far as walls pulling apart if not over lapped I disagree. That's what the double top plate if for.

 

Just overhang your sheet, it's not rocket appliances.

 

Just overhang your sheet, it's not rocket appliances.

Until you pick the wall up and it's 11" wider then the spot it goes in