Tag: construction
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Joisting The Unit
(Ceiling joist) Over the years I have witnessed many different styles to joist a unit. Though many of these methods will pass inspection they don’t contribute to the ease of dry-walling the ceiling. The first thing I do is spread out the lumber and then I add the blocking. When this lumber is spread, it…
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Having one of those Days
It appeared to be a normal day as I headed out the door, but that would soon change. Upon arriving at the project sight, I discovered that there were missing studs for the last half of the wall framing. I laid out my plates and counted the studs needed to finish that task and…
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Plumbing And Lining You Unit
During the building process hopefully, you have been tacking your walls in place so you could go throughout the unit and plumb and line your walls before stacking your roof. The first step in plumbing in lining is to start making the walls are straight. Wall the wall line of you unit to ensure…
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Crawl Space vs. Poured Concrete Foundations
When I began building homes, we use to frame our forms out of 2 X materials and we would stack them and cleat them together with other 2 Xs. After this we would frame a short wall and clad it with plywood. We needed to over brace these forms to prevent blow-out from the concrete.…
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Stay Calm
For many of my clients I am the only one who been through the building or purchasing many times. These are stressful times for the clients and well-meaning people sometimes give poor advice. Take a moment before answering and plan out what you wish to convey. Do not get excited and act like you have…
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Laying Out the Building’s Footprint
Once the concrete is poured and has cured or the Floor joist and sheeting are down it’s time to start layout the footprint of what you’ll be building. The first I like to check my corners for square. I do not use a t square or a sheet of plywood I use Pythagoras’ theorem.…
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Hanging Rebar
I have in previous blogs talked about setting the rebar in chairs, but there are situations when doing so is not practical. I am building an ADU in clay soil. Because clay is considered unstable the footings and slab also is reinforced. This reinforcement is 3/8” or #3 rebar spaced at 126” on center. Since…
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A Word of Warning About Scammers
Today is March 1, 2024. I have a cousin whom I talk with daily which lives with her husband outside of Columbus Ohio. A few days ago, when we first spoke that day, she explained to me that they were tired. She went on to say the tornado sirens were blasting and that they spent…
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A Forward Glance of The Roofing Project I Am Working On.
The roofing project I wrote about a few blogs has been shingled. I have put a few photos of the finished result in this blog. This photo is of a small dormer with a door underneath it. At the bottom of the roof, you can see a black line. That is the back side of…
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