Structure Your Dream Home-- Part 3
Outside Framing Continues
With the homes sub-floor down and the exterior walls framed and up, the framing team was on to the roofing system. Though the roofing system was rather basic in structure with simply a 12/12 pitch and no valleys it was a significant framing undertaking due to simply the size and height of it. Your house was 32 feet large by 44 feet in length, and the outside side walls stood 11 feet high in the excellent space. This outside wall height of 11 feet equated into a roofing system ridge that was 27 feet off the flooring of the excellent room. Consequently staging was required to install the ridge pole and roof rafters. In addition, considering that the period from the top of the walls to the ridge was so long, heavy 2x12s were needed for the roof rafters. Within a week, nevertheless, the team had completed the installation of the roof rafters and the house started to handle real shape.
I needs to comment briefly about the sub-floor and outside walls before I move on.
I chose utilizing tongue and groove plywood for the sub-flooring instead of OSB/particle board as I was concerned that the OSB was too conscious moisture. I was concerned about this, both from the construction phase and from regular home use. I was worried that throughout the construction stage that snow and ice could potentially cause damage such as warping. I have actually seen this before when OSB was used on sub-flooring. I was likewise worried that during the life of the home, that there might be water incidents, e.g. a leaking dishwashing machine or washer maker that likewise could also cause water damage to the floor. I likewise believe that plywood is stronger which it would provide for a more solid and rigid floor.
Regarding the exterior wall framing I used 2 × 6 building and construction. This is normal in New England as the additional wall depth allows for greater insulation aspects; a must in chillier climates.
Sheathing the Outside of the Home
In order to get plumbing and electric specialists onto a site usually they want the home buttoned up. This includes the roofing system shingled and the doors and windows on. Hence my framing team moved onto the exterior sheathing once the walls and roofing system framing were complete.
As with the sub-floor, I once again selected plywood for the outside sheathing for the same reasons pointed out earlier. On the outside walls outside grade plywood was used. On the roofing 5/8 exterior grade plywood was used. I know lots of builders today utilize OSB for both the walls and roof, nevertheless, I still believe for stronger building plywood is the method to go.
The sheathing effort took about a week to finish. During this time outside windows and doors appeared on the website. Staging the delivery of material reduces theft and insurance coverage danger along with keeps a less messy building and construction website. However, as I have shown earlier, communication is important when you are doing Just-in-Time product delivery.
Installing Exterior Doors and Windows
The installation of the doors and windows was a significant endeavor for this task as the lake profile of the home was literally a wall of windows; 32 feet in width and 27 feet in height. A great deal of engineering had actually gone into the window design so that the 10 large custom-made windows would mesh like a jig saw puzzle. This stated, when the windows got here on website and were examined, it was determined that a few of them were not built correctly to the dimensions defined. After much argument with the framing crew, the window vendor and me we reached a compromise on sharing the cost of fixing the windows. The window vendor reclaimed the incorrectly sized windows and the framing team began the installation of the doors and what windows they could set up. Luckily the window vendor was able to go back to the website with the correctly sized windows within a couple of days and the building and construction phase did not miss a beat.
Completing the Interior Framing
With the doors and windows installed, the framing team proceeded to complete the Interior Framing. This was an exciting time, as the rooms began to take real shape. You could now stroll down hallways and into bedrooms and closet locations. Within simply a couple of days the interior walls were total and the framing crew continued onto the roofing system for the shingling.
I ought to note that 2 × 4 building was utilized on the interior walls as insulation was not needed on the interior walls.
Shingling the Roof
The last job to finish before the house might be classified as Buttoned Up was to set up the shingles on the roofing system. Fortunately my framing crew was also able to do this task, thus removing the need for yet another subcontractor.
Though reasonably an easy roofing system, it was rather big and the weather condition was less than hospitable. As a result it took nearly 2 weeks to complete this job. Nevertheless, with the roofing total, my electric and pipes contractors were now able to start their work.
Also, with the primary home now structurally complete, the framing crew moved onto the garage framing and building and construction phase. As a result of staging the garage behind the main home building stage, I was able to have subcontractors operate in parallel without getting in each others way.
Rough Electric and Plumbing
With your home Buttoned-Up, my Electric and Plumbing technician subcontractors appeared to start the roughing in stage of their respective tasks.
Rough Electric
I had met a few days before on site with the Electric subcontractor to talk about the placement of all the wall outlets and switches, along with where the lighting fixtures would be located. During our discussion he marked the wall studs for the placements of the electrical wiring boxes so that we might visualize the entire electric electrical wiring scheme. We likewise marked where the telephone and cable boxes would reside.
During the electrical rough in circuitry stage, the electrical expert installed all the wiring boxes and ran wire from packages to where the main circuit panel box would reside.
Rough Plumbing
As with the Electrical Subcontractor, I had satisfied several weeks earlier with the Pipes Professional. Throughout this conference we went over the kind of heat for plumbing solutions the home, in addition to where the bathrooms and kitchen area were to reside in the home. We likewise discussed types of bathroom components including tubs, sinks and toilets. Subsequently, when he appeared on site he new precisely where to run main drain and supply pipelines and vent stacks. He also roughed in all of the plumbing for each restroom and cooking area plumbing fixture.
Within a week both the Electrical and Rough Pipes specialists had completed their tasks and had successfully passed their particular inspections.