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. Though the roofing system was rather easy in structure with just a 12/12 pitch and no valleys it was a substantial framing undertaking due to simply the size and height of it. Your house was 32 feet broad by 44 feet in Website link length, and the outside side walls stood 11 feet tall in the great space. This outside wall height of 11 feet translated into a roofing ridge that was 27 feet off the flooring of the fantastic space. Consequently staging was needed to install the ridge pole and roofing rafters. In addition, considering that the span from the top of the walls to the ridge was so long, heavy 2x12s were needed for the roof rafters. Within a week, however, the team had finished the setup of the roofing rafters and the house started to take on real shape.
I must 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 sensitive to wetness. I was concerned about this, both from the construction phase and from typical home usage. I was concerned that during the building phase that snow and ice could possibly result in damage such as warping. I have seen this before when OSB was used on sub-flooring. I was also concerned that during the life of the home, that there could be water occurrences, e.g. a leaking dishwashing machine or washer maker that likewise could also lead to water damage to the flooring. I likewise believe that plywood is stronger which it would provide for a more strong and stiff floor.
Regarding the exterior wall framing I utilized 2 × 6 building. This is common in New England as the additional wall depth permits greater insulation elements; a should in cooler climates.
Sheathing the Outside of the Home
In order to get pipes and electrical contractors onto a site normally they desire the home buttoned up. This consists of the roof shingled and the doors and windows on. Therefore my framing team moved onto the outside sheathing once the walls and roofing system framing were complete.
As with the sub-floor, I again picked plywood for the outside sheathing for the same factors discussed earlier. On the exterior walls outside grade plywood was utilized. On the roofing 5/8 exterior grade plywood was used. I understand numerous contractors today use OSB for both the walls and roofing, however, I still think for stronger construction plywood is the way to go.
The sheathing effort took about a week to complete. During this time exterior doors and windows showed up on the site. Staging the delivery of product reduces theft and insurance threat in addition to keeps a less messy building and construction site. Nevertheless, as I have indicated earlier, communication is crucial when you are doing Just-in-Time product delivery.
Installing Outside Doors and Windows
The setup of the doors and windows was a major undertaking for this task as the lake side view of the home was actually a wall of windows; 32 feet in width and 27 feet in height. A good deal of engineering had actually entered into the window style so that the 10 large custom-made windows would mesh like a jig saw puzzle. This said, when the windows got here on website and were examined, it was figured out that some of them were not developed correctly to the measurements specified. After much argument with the framing crew, the window supplier and me we reached a compromise on sharing the expense of repairing the windows. The window vendor took back the incorrectly sized windows and the framing crew began the setup of the doors and what windows they could set up. Thankfully the window supplier was able to go back to the site with the correctly sized windows within a few days and the construction phase did not miss a beat.
Completing the Interior Framing
With the doors and windows installed, the framing crew continued to finish the Interior Framing. This was an exciting time, as the rooms started to take real shape. You could now walk down hallways and into bedrooms and closet areas. Within just a couple of days the interior walls were total and the framing team continued onto the roofing for the shingling.
I should note that 2 × 4 construction was utilized on the interior walls as insulation was not needed on the interior walls.
Shingling the Roof
The last task to complete before the house might be categorized as Buttoned Up was to set up the shingles on the roof. Fortunately my framing crew was likewise able to do this job, hence getting rid of the requirement for yet another subcontractor.
I selected a 30 year architectural shingle due to the quality and look I was trying to accomplish on the home.
Though reasonably a simple roof, it was quite large and the weather was less than congenial. As a result it took nearly 2 weeks to finish this job. However, with the roofing total, my electric and plumbing contractors were now able to begin their work.
Also, with the main house 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 construction 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 showed up to begin the roughing in phase of their respective tasks.
Rough Electric
I had met a couple of Emergency Advice days before on website with the Electric subcontractor to go over the positioning of all the wall outlets and switches, as well as where the lights would be situated. During our conversation he marked the wall studs for the placements of the electrical circuitry boxes so that we could imagine the entire electrical electrical wiring scheme. We also marked where the telephone and cable boxes would reside.
During the electrical rough in wiring phase, the electrician installed all the wiring boxes and ran wire from the boxes to where the primary circuit panel box would reside.
Rough Plumbing
As with the Electrical Subcontractor, I had actually satisfied several weeks previously with the Plumbing Contractor. Throughout this conference we went over the type of heat for the home, along with where the bathrooms and kitchen were to reside in the home. We likewise went over kinds of restroom components including tubs, sinks and toilets. Subsequently, when he showed up on site he new exactly where to run primary drain and supply pipes and vent stacks. He likewise roughed in all of the pipes for each restroom and cooking area plumbing fixture.
Within a week both the Electrical and Rough Plumbing professionals had actually finished their jobs and had actually successfully passed their particular examinations.