Been framing my own house at nights and weekends a bit... Glad to be done shingling:thumbup:

 

Forklift road trip

 

Yep. Done that before. Truss job on and 10' forks hanging from it.

 

Same here. Been there done that. Especially in spring when road limits come on. We're constantly driving the to a rendezvous point with the flat bed.

 

We try to drive as much as possible as hauling can cost $300-$475, and that every week. Done some 1 1/2 hour road trips before for the rural jobs. Machine goes 40 kph though so it isn't bad.

 

We're usually on bigger jobs so the lifts don't move as often. Plus we've been stopped by Johnny Law a few times and he doesn't like it.

 

10' forks that's bad ass . We pretty much road ours everywhere usually only a 45min drive , my foreman likes doing it . The machine will do about 30 km .

 

I was only going 2 miles, on gravel. 15mph tops. It doesn't like going much further than that.

 

Round house ready to sheet the floor

 

Looking good. I'm definitely interested to see what the rest of the house looks like. Is that a bagster that i see thought? Just curious about pricing in your area. They seem ok for homeowners but i can get a 30yd roll off for $100 less than the bagster and pick up.

 

Got the jacks out for a little bit. Just a 40 footer.

 

Got the jacks out for a little bit. Just a 40 footer. View attachment 207905

I helped to stand up a 40 footer once ..just three of us . Ya'll earn your keep !! That's for sure!

 

One more.

 

If I never use wall jacks again... I'll be fine with it

 

They have their place.

That place not being your job, though.

 

Never used wall jacks before.

I have an inate ability to look at a wall, and determine how many guys are needed to lift it. I have only been wrong once.

 

Ouch! How close to that point did you get before you got to that point?

 

Years ago we slid an eighteen foot tall by ten wide off a house. Doorway wall on a split. Got it halfway up, decided we didn't have enough guys and started to bring it back down. Teeter-tottered, bottom plate pulled loose, almost crushed a guy, and off the house it went. Guy I was working for had a coronary. Never trust a newby to tack the bottom plate.

 

On large or tall walls, I like to nail a piece of the metal lumber strapping to the floor and the bottom plate. After the wall is up, you can pull it off with a pry bar or cats paw. Confidence is very important when lifting large walls.

 

I was not keen on this.. at all. Not one of my jobs. I never would have done this.

Pics failed, ah ****.

 

Don't sneeze.

 

These jacks are really easy, though.

 

Yeah, he's got a set of proctors. They are heavy and a lot of work but they have their advantages.

 

Mine are just like these. I have three of them. Two 18 footers and a 24 footer. I've lifted some serious walls with them. Last one we did was 30 foot long with a gable spanning the 30 foot with a smaller gable on a bump out spanning 15 foot. We lifted it with windows, layover siding, trim, corbels. Only thing it was lacking was one bird box.



I like those one you have. Ill tell ya one thing. Mine sure as hell wont fit in my tool box.

 

I could use a set of those. I'd rarely use them but they look super. Every once in a while you have a tall rakewall that standard wall jacks simply cannot lift/reach, since 2x4 only comes so long, and the telehandler cannot get there due to site restrictions.

 

I build this

 

Why is your sub fascia nailed between the rafters like blocking, instead of continuous and through fastened to the tails?

And looks like the left side stucco was cut out quite a bit more than the right, so on the right, some of the framing is on top of the stucco?

 

Haven't posted in a while so here ya go

 

Looking good. Build that rake wall in southern Alberta and you'd better have 3 full height studs on each side of the centre window with a35's We have AHITC tall wall guidelines to follow here. How's that go out there?

 

This sill plate at bottom of door is perfect example of my way. Most guys just pull old door out and put new one and put shims and foam between sill plate and bottom plate of new door. I never do it. Pull out sill plate and reframe below it to be perfect level. It is not easy as usually everything is crocked there. Second problem is that it take much more time but I keep my level of quality no matter what. Hence lost countless exterior door replacement jobs. Customers prefer save 100$ and have crappy looking entry door for next 30 years. I never try to explain to them.

 

Routing out the 3x mudsill for the 3x3 plate washers took a lot longer than I thought it would take. Almost two days to route out the 100+ plate washers.

 

Good god man. What the heck with all those bolts and plates? I've never seen such a thing.

 

Only time I have ever seen a garage poured prior to us is if the house is on a slab, which is pretty rare here.

 

My foundation guy also does all the flatwork so that may help things. I have framed as a sub on different jobs that weren't poured and that just plain sucks!