Start this one tomorrow, misc. interior trim and stairs, two PVC decks and a fiberglass roof deck

 

Making slow progress. A lot of manpower not on this job. Some days only 4 of us. Too much other stuff on the go at the same time. 9 working days. Plus some weekend time by myself. Probably averaging 5-5.5 guya per day.
Insides are pretty much cleaned up. 4 landings left. One unit needs a third floor still. Should of already had trusses up

 

2200 sf custom.

 

.....

 

Started an addition on the house i grew up in

 

That must be pretty special, i know when my grandpas old house was torn down i was hell bent on getting the framing contract for the new one (didn't happen)

 

 

Double

 

Skylights finished. Windows in. Stairs in.

 

Skylights finished. Windows in. Stairs in.
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How do you terminate the WRB with the windows and doors already installed?

 

Finished today, talked to HO, she invited my mom and my sister to the house after its finished

 

What is WRB? I'm assuming tyvek or some sort of flashing? Sadly not a common practice here. They will wrap an aluminum flashing caulked to the window then tar paper layed over.

 

Yeah, Water Resistant Barrier.

 

I thought it was Weather Resistant Barrier

 

http://www.dupont.com/content/dam/a...ervices/construction-materials/assets/K16279-Residential-OpenStudWRB_102811.pdf

Or Wrinkles Really Bad / Wraps Residential Buildings

 

Started another one today, awesome pile company, perfectly level and square.
Survey company did a good job marking out stakes too, last house we did stakes were out 2"

 

Little gal almost got me, don't know why she's out of the water

 

Nice way to end the week , with a nice square and level foundation perfectly back filled and floors poured . Clean slate .

 

Framers dream right there :thumbup: doesn't look like that too often round here

 

Day two, could of had more done but ran out of material

 

Day two, could of had more done but ran out of material
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How many sqft is that? How many guys on your crew?

 

2,600 sq ft, plus 1,200 sq ft of deck. 4 man crew. 9 hrs first day, 6 hrs second day. Hiring another Carpenter this week, got two big one's after this

 

So you got the floor framing banged out in a day and those walls up on day 2 with 4 guys? I'd say your in pretty good shape.

 

First day: floor beams, squash blocks, solid blocking front and rear for deck ledgers, decking and pl8

Second day: layout, header package, stand walls, R&P (rack and plumb), end wall blocking, J&S (jacks and sills), corner hold downs

8' walls, 2x6 exterior, 2x4 interior
First floor only had 6 interior walls plus fire place, easy layout

 

Still have some first floor work to do
Have front and rear decks to do, not sure if I'm doing now as we go or wait until it's sheathed then go back and build decks
After sheathing is complete I use ½" plywood scrap to fill in webs were TJI meet banding girders to attach H8 clips

 

It's almost always floor trusses here. I think I've used TJI's three times in my life and they've been for rafters. Last house we framed 2 months ago was 8k sqft and 80% of it was TJI rafters to steel I beams ridges / valleys. I contemplated saving the web stiffeners for a rainy day, but opted to install them as we cut the rafters to save additional scaffold set up / moving. You're under the house and it's all the same elevation so it's not too bad. Plus we needed 3/4" stiffeners and were using 5/8" for the roof so we wouldn't of had any scraps.

Took us just shy of 8 weeks from start to finish averaging 5 guys a day. I originally asked about your crew size because I'm always curious about how efficient we are compared to other guys.

 

I hope we get to see more of the house on top of the posts. I have never done one of those.

I suppose once you get the floor done, the house is pretty much like any other. Is there beams on top of the posts?

 

That's how they are all framed now a days on the jersey shore line 👍

 

3rd day, BCI/TJI are back ordered so we built the decks, header package and loaded sub flor plywood and studs. All prepped should go quick

 

3rd day, BCI/TJI are back ordered so we built the decks, header package and loaded sub flor plywood and studs. All prepped should go quick View attachment 200098 View attachment 200106 View attachment 200114 View attachment 200122 View attachment 200130

That last picture is throwing me off. Is that all thread going through the edge thickness of that yellow LVL? Seems like that should have been a different connection? I could be totally wrong, last time I was in that sort of predicament I had a hold down on top of bottom plate and then a hold down SDS screwed to face of the LVL and then a piece of all thread connecting the two.

 

The bolt should pass thru both outside beam and banding beam but there's not enough room so we will add strapping and another HDU offset from the corner

 

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The bolt should pass thru both outside beam and banding beam but there's not enough room so we will add strapping and another HDU offset from the corner

Yeah, I figured there was a detail. Ive just always been Weird about running fasteners through the veneers of LVL.

Btw, I wasn't questioning your ability. I was just curious.

 

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Sheathing tomorrow

 

Oink oink

 

Been finding it hard to think straight

 

How'd you swing that radius?

 

Awesome C2 Keep the pictures coming. Looks like a challenging one.