Tag: design
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Working With People
Our industry today has gotten more complicated. The days of walking up to the counter of the building department with four pages of blue prints have passed. There are numerous committees that have to approve and make their demands to your project. What use to take a day or two in some unpopulated areas…
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Roof Sheathing
Once the rafters are in and the fascia have been installed it is time to door the roofs sheathing. Personally, I do not like the plywood to the fascia look so I begin the process with 1 X 8 shiplap. I first do the long runs and then a do the gable ends. Doing so…
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Roughing In the Venting Stacks and Drain Lines
After hanging the fascia, I install the ship-lap up to the row of blocks, but only half way through the block so that my plywood rest on them also. When this task is finished, I get off the roof to go run the rough plumbing. I drill the holes and worm the piping though…
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Installing Fascia and Flying the Overhangs
(Open Overhangs) The rafters are cut and in place or your trusses set. It is time to put in the blocking. Many times, I need to place double blocks on my rafters because I cut my tails down to 2 x 6 widths. I choose 2 x 6 because that is the width most often…
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Cutting And Stacking a Roof
Once the walls have been plumbed and lined you can begin the cut and install the rafters of the roof framing. To begin this process, you need to know the width of the wall in the direction of the pitch. Divide this number by two and mark the spot on the two ends. Look through…
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Grouting the Tile
After you’ve finished setting your tile in the thinnest bed. You need to give the tile and thinnest time to dry. After a day I rack out all the extra thinnest. Then I scrub the tiles to clean them. I bought a 4” scrub brush which attaches to my cordless drill I use for this…
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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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Laying Out and Tiling Your Project
I have seen different methods used to lay out for tiling an area. Personally, I start by snapping two straight line and right angles to each other when ever this is possible. I then take the tiles and place them as though I am putting them in the thin set with spacer and all. I…
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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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Sustainable Classics Demand Quality
Why I recommend staying with the classic design when remodeling your home. From time to time, I have been asked for my opinion when I have been hired to build an addition to a home. I tell the people that I can picture shapes and forms coming together. I can envision the flow of the…
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