Thought I would share some of the daily activity of the goings on @ the local job site.
Friday building was staked out, (along with 2 others). Excavating finished by 4pm.
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Foundation crew marked the location of the cassions on Saturday.
Today the rigs showed up & the holes were drilled.
Caissons?
Is this residential single-family construction?Gene Davis, Davis Housewrights, Inc., Lake Placid, NY
Gene,
Been doing Townhome for the past 10 years. I would give anything for a single family home. Soil conditions vary, 3 buildings up this street & were on footintgs.
Will up date @ the end of the day, When this foundation crew gets going, they don't mess around.
Here is where they were at 9am today, notice the baskets for the forms. The company has their own Crane. They use it to Crane the forms from the last hole to the next. Its all about production, time = $. The Crane was out when we were busy with the inspector a few streets away, will get a photo of it the next time.
Had to be somewhere @ 4pm, so I missed an end of day shot. Will check on the progress in the AM.
9am today, a break in the heat we have had in the past few days. Moving along on the forms, pour friday? Digging another, Stake-out 3 more buildings & Drilling the cassions on the next one.
The pour on friday will first get a steel inspection before the pour by an independent company that also does the soils testings & damp-proofing and foundation drain. They will check for the proper placement of the foundation rebar.
Poured the Foundation for the three unit building @ 10 Am on friday. Will swing by in a few & see if they our going to strip forms today.
Were the caisson holes drilled and belled?Gene Davis, Davis Housewrights, Inc., Lake Placid, NY
Gene,
On that building they went down 28'. The deepest we have gone so far has been 33'. Most have been about in the 20' range. Anywhere from 6"-12" void form under the walls. 10"-12" holes. They always Bell the bottoms. Soils not hard in this area of the project,just lots of clay.
We have an area @ the south end of the project, that was a Mother to get the water/sewer main in. Beat up the Track Hoe when they were putting in the pipe. Can't wait to put foundation in there.
Sure like footing, Cost of the cassions adds up fast.
Update, Forms stripped. Damp proofed. Inspection for Void & damp proofing passed. Ground plumbing inspection 1st of the week. Then backfill & garage floors will get poured.
Looks good so far. How far up the concrete are they going to be backfilled?jt8
Failing doesn't make you a failure. Giving up, accepting your failure, refusing to try again does! -- Richard Exely
We like to keep it about 8" from the top of the foundation . Front entry side & ends of the building show a little more Foundation but we have ways of taking care of that!
My excavator is the weak link in the chain, always never around when needed. Plumbing & rough gas service going in right now. Hope to get some backfill by the end of week, along with garage floors. Will post photo tomorrow.
Gas lines went in today, we had to install water main & sewer main when we put in the streets. Placed the water / sewer deep so we dig them up after foundations. Sales have cooled down because this once little town is being so over built. The town enjoys the $20-$23K per permit.
If my electrical contractor was smart he would run his main before back-fill, but I guess they like to dig!
Need to get my plumber in next, because the mains ( that need an inspection) go through the garages. Until that passes cant backfill 100% and get the garage slabs in.
When sales are good we would already be framing. We have about 20-25 units in inventory @ an average price of $190K pre unit so the front office is not pushing!
Slow up the street, but down the street were drilling for a 5 plex!
Friday 6/10 was ground plumbing day, passed inspections on 3 buildings. Plumbers put a blow-up bag on the end by the street, then gauge the other end. Add 6lbs. of air give it 45 mins. If it holds were in. Remove blow-up bag (very important) , gauges & were a go for backfill.
Same time my inspector is out doing the above he also checks on the Void form & damp-proofing.
Backfilled 6/14/ Flatwork next, maybe friday.
Poured a few of the garage floors today, wind & everbody wanted mud today! Finish the floors monday.
Were done with this one for awhile, Next frame start will be for a 5-plex , so were going to jump over to that next. This one is one street over from where we are going Vertical, so it will more then likely sit for 90-120 days before we start on the frame.
Geeze, busy, busy, busy!
jt8
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. -- Sir Winston Churchill
Looks good G8! Drop the lumber and I'll stand it all up for you pronto!
blue
Blue,
Next week we start on a 5-plex. Think we got at least 10-12 building foundations ready to frame on. The group I work for puts the foundations in & build as sales progress. I think by Nov. we should have all foundations in for the whole project (225 units)
At the present rate should be about 24 months from now to build out.
So this past week we ordered frame packs, Trusses, Windows /exterior doors & stairs. We also picked up the building permits for all five units.
Here is a copy of what 1 of the 5 units cost just to get a permit. Over $115K for one building. Thats just for a piece of paper & the right to go vertical. I get asked by many why we have so many foundations sitting. I think it has something to do with the $$$$.
Also ordered 5 W12x26-21' I beams today for mon/tues drop. Always good to have the steel there for the framers along with power & a San-0-let!
Back to the Job site. Sitting on many foundations, have a few more buildings under way. Had a well needed Vacation. Has not rain here in the past 70 days.... Until now, 3" in the past 24 hrs. Rain showed up right after we dug 4 foundations. Here is what it looks like.
Should start a new 5-plex late next week & we will continue with photos of work in progress. The foundation for this 5-plex has been in along with slabs, water, sewer, & gas taps.
Day one of the start of a new 5-plex. $115K in permit fees have been paid. Foundation has been in about 70 days .
On day one we make it a habit to order the following, Trusses, Stairs, Windows & exterior doors. The steel was dropped few day back, 48hrs on steel orders if called in before 2pm
Water,sewer,gas & elect. stubs in place before frame.
If all goes well we will call in a structural floor inspection for 8/15 if weather holds out. Can not install any sheet goods on the floor joist till this inspection passes. Building dept. checks beams , hangers, squash blocking & Tji layout on this inspection.
Day 2. Called for floor inspection for Mon. 8/15. Lets hope the inspector has a good weekend. Foundation guy needs a kick in the a$$ sloppy work, have to grout under some areas of the mud sill. The beam pockets for I beams were off so we have to order steel shims, anywhere from 3/4" to 2".
Framers did good, 3500 sq. ft of floor area in 2 days!
HAPPY FEST WEEKEND!!!
I could buy a nice house for your permit fees.
I know what you mean. A big chunk of it is the water/sewer fees. About $23k per address for a permit times 5 for a five plex, it adds up fast. $14-$15k per address goes for water/sewer.
Price tag for finished unit 1300-1500 sq.ft. starts @ 185K. This is the norm around here. If you look around you might find a new 1100 sq.ft. Condo for $140K in the metro area.
My take is the Real estate bubble is going to pop soon, & the increase in the price of fuel is going to speed this up!
Day 3. Inspector showed up at noon, gave the ok on the floor joists. Osb can go down now.
Garage & first floor party walls will be the next inspection. Heres how it looked @ 5pm today.
Heres Days 4 & 5. Took this one early in the am today. Had a good down pour Tuesday, rain started about 3:30. Was on the Job site until 5 on tues. show up today @ 7:30am only to find that somebody lifted 50+ sheet of 3/4 Osb flooring in the 14hrs we were away. About $900 dollars worth. Between the Lumber & some tools that get stolen, sure would be nice to catch somebody one of the times it happens.
1st floor party walls called in for Thurs. am inspection. Should have some photos with progress next!
Day Six, Party walls for 1st floor passed. Moving right along. This crew is getting better, but if I was in charge I would sheet the exterior wall on the ground before I stood them up.
On the party walls the building dept. makes us Draft stop every 10' and @ each floor line. They let us use unfaced insulation for this. 5/8 drywall & fire tape all seams & nail heads. Stand walls up 5/8" drywall to 5/8" then when we rock the insides of each wall we use 5/8" drywall on the party walls for a 1hr rating. For this project we our still under 97 UBC codes until the end of this year.
Go 30 mile north of here in the city of Denver & this type of wall system would never pass. They only let you use Shaft liner. 1 1/4 drywall with metal frame work between units.
Day 9 including Saturday. 2nd floor has been sheeted, 60% of the walls have been snaped out. 2nd floor party walls for Wednesday if the weather holds out.
Day 10. We have been getting rain in the afternoon most days for the past week. Thats a good thing. Lumber company tells us 5/8 drywall is on back-order, so 2nd floor party walls will be Thursday. If trusses & doors /windows show up the week of the 29th the 5-plex should stay on track.
2 buildings behind this one were drywalling. Called in 1st layer screw inspection today. 7 address. Inspector (part-timer, 70+ yrs old) thinks it final layer screw inspection, were on the other end of the project dealing with soon to be homeowners. Inspector writes on inspection tickets," units not ready", 1st layer was done when I placed the inspection cards out @ 8am. Get the Fee notice $50 per address times 7, $350 call the building dept, nobody there to talk to. Long story longer, we will loss 2 days because of this.
Day 12 , 2 points for us today! Party walls for 2nd floor pass inspection today along with the Drywall screw inspection for the 2 buildings down the street.
Trusses, doors, windows & stairs for monday. If all goes well,we should have plumbers & Hvac trades in place by the 31st.
That little blue car always there?
Remember the little cars at the Circus, the one were 25 Clowns get out of? When the boys show up for work, around 8:30-9am same show. Will give them credit, they stay till dark thrity. Also take a 1.5 hr break around 1ish.
Good guys, maybe one speaks broken english (just like 80% of the work force here that does production residental construction).
This crew has done about 7-8 buildings so far. Their skills have improved 10 fold. I used to mark the framing with 6 cans of Red spray when they first started 10 months ago. Now we use 2 or less. And all rooms now come with framed door openings.
"And all rooms now come with framed door openings"
Classic!
Why did you have to get the floor framing inspection before you sheathed?
Shep,
The building department calls it a Structural Floor Inspection. If you have a full basement with concrete floors no need for this inspection. If its a crawl space, or a basement with a wood sub-floor the inspection has to be called in. The inspector is looking for the connection of the mud sill (green plate) to the foundation, any hangers for nails, squash blocking, fit of I-beam to beam pockets among other items. It would take the inspector to long to check if the sheeting was on. I also don't think many of the inspectors would crawl around to look if the sheeting was installed.
They also look in the crawl space at rough & final inspection, after you earn their trust the amount of time they spend is short.
Day 13. Trusses showed up today. The trusses that go between units also need 5/8" Drywall both sides & fire-tape, along with an inspection that should be called in for Tuesday before the Osb sheeting can be installed. Until then.... TGIF! (been a long week!)
sheeze, hate to sidetrack, but those are some pretty cool clouds!
jt8
"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." --Warren Buffett
John,
We have been real lucky this summer, we have been actually getting rain. In the past 3-4 years been very dry. Past 30+ days we have been getting rain most afternoons, about 4pm for 40-70 mins, then back to work.
Next time a big cloud system rolls in (next week) with some Thunder Heads I will be sure to post.
Just want to let you know I enjoy checking out the progress as it goes along. Great pictures, but I sure know being involved with a project like that must be stressful as heck.
Thank You Jeff.
Been doing the Multi-Family building for about 12 years now. Some days we wish we were doing High end custom homes. Just this past friday after a long day, to cap off the day we get called down to a unit that was flooded out by vandalism. Go in thru the garage (flowing water already in site) stream flowing thru the living rm. Go up to the master bath. Somebody broke off the cap where the tub spout goes, drain was plugged, water flowing over the top. My guess the water was running 3-4 hrs. This will take few days & $$$ to clean up this mess.
Events like the above have happened on every Townhouse- Condo project I have worked on in the past years. The project we our doing right now is 30 acres in size. With 1 laborer & 1 punchman it would be hard to Police the project full time.
We do take pride in what we do. It is nice to Drive by past projects & know that you were the one that took a vacant parcel of land & were in charge of installation of streets, water,sewer,gas,power,buildings & landscape. The present project were doing, we had a $400K bridge built which was something we had never done before.
The pay is also nice! We live a good life, & even get to have some extra money for the savings account at the end of every month.Something that was hard to do when we were doing single family homes.
Sorry to hear you are using OSB. It really limits the flooring choices, especially tile. (Tile can't go over OSB unless you use Hardibacker!) As a hardwood guy, I charge 20% more togo over the stuff, cuz I gotta use more cleats.
Wango,
I don't mean to Tango, but tile can & does go over Osb. We have been installing tile on Osb with a diamond mesh & thin set for the past 15 years without any problems! Same with hardwood. Only time we add under-layment is when we use vinyl. Then we add a 1/4-3/8 luan ply.
The Tile Council of America (TCA) forbids the use of OSB as a rated subfloor. All of your Cement Backer Unit manufacturers will void the warranty if you go over OSB (the only exception is Hardibacker, which allows 3/4" only). TCA can be found at http://www.tileusa.com . I constantly see builders buying all their joists and OSB subfloor and then Durock. I make it a point to stop them and tell them of the error. Most don't care about warrantys and just want the $1/sheet savings. Unfortunately others see this and assume it's OK. Homeowners never get to see the subfloor under tile.
G80104 ---Looks like its coming along really good........And dang that is a lot of water to lose! What kind of damage?
Wango1---Where did you get that story about luon being made on ship in internatiol waters? Not saying its not true, just sounds a little far fetched to me---I'd love to see an article about it thoughWhen in doubt, get a bigger hammer!
CB,
Damage was mostly in the crawl spaces, all 4 sides of the crawl space is poured cement walls. 8'-10' from ground to underside of Tji floor system. No wood was in contact with the H2o. Fiberglass insulation on the foundation was toast(or should I say sponge). Had to remove the muck & Mud then fill with 12" of sand & cap with 3/4rock.
Sad part the unit in the building downhill from the leak, we install a french drain system to a sump pit & install a pump in an area with 30" of space from ground to underside of joists (different style building then the leaker) along with auto fans. The soils guy thought it was ground water. All a long it was from the leak in the building 20' away. Spent about $4k on this fix, which will never be used.
Plumbers have been very accommodating. They have a fear that when their insurance company gets wind of the flood, its going to be a bigger problem. I still think that the fitting was bad. I could only imagine what type of premiums the insurance companys charge a plumbing outfit with 75-100 employees.
I still think that the fitting was bad.
the amazing part was 4 plumbers and 3 trucks and no replacement fitting...
I missed the part about the ground water / leaking water supply part....
the water was flowing too steady and super clear not to suspect a feeder leak...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Edited 9/7/2005 1:42 am ET by IMERC
Wish you had stopped by Monday. Labor Day BBQ was nice!
Here is todays action, another +90F temp day. The crew that installs the man made stone, were out to install felt & mesh for underlayment for the stone.
3 man siding crew still pluging away. I will try to get a close-up of the window detail, flashing & wrap on thurs.
Edited 9/7/2005 9:05 pm ET by G80104
A BBQ would have been welcome but having my wheels up and running was short lived....
those plumbers done with those units...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Day 21,
Stairs in place, called in today for safety rails for all openings & stair areas. The safety rails will stay in place until the drywall is textured.
Pre rock has been done at the party walls that stairs, tubs & mech chase come in contact with the party walls. Also called in for fireplaces today.
3 man siding crew knocked out a large area today.
Will be back soon with info on how we make the window & door openings weather tight.
On the doors & window openings, we have them wrapped with a product called Vycor. First the bottom of the sill is wrapped & cut, folded on to the sill in the rough opening. Next the sides are ran with the bottom of the side pieces on top of the first piece at the sill. Window is installed with a strip of Vycor installed, & lapped on top of the side pieces.
Two metal flashings, one on top of the window & one on top of the window trim.
Day 22,
Plumbers (3 man crew) doing the rough ins. Should be able to do a unit a day. Fireplace company must be slow, Installed fireplaces (pre fab) called them thursday. Ordered the Roofing for dry-in for Tue/Wed. Hvac crew should show up Monday?
A new frame pack for the next 3-plex showed up today, so the framers have a new building to start next week. Had rough inspections on another building friday, Heat guy was the only one to pass first time out. Textured drywall in 7 units friday, so the pace continues!
Got to love the 4 day work weeks!
That Vycor's nice stuff. Been using that on my window installs, too.
Thanks for the pics. I do much smaller jobs, so its interesting to see projects like yours.
Day 24
Some stuff going on inside, Plumbers have 1 more unit to rough in, need to call in the gas pipe crew next. The plumbers our using a new type of nail plate for pipe protection. 5" tall. Used to be ok to just use a 1 1/2" tall nail plate. Then somebody would come alone & shoot a nail above the plate( trim guy nailing base) finally got smart.
Also a shot of the fireplace flu going through a floor line, collar & fire caulk, good fire protection.
Flat workers also out today, poured front entry areas. Roofers doing the dry-in, so we should be able to get the electricans in on Wed. Roofers should stock the shingles in the AM.
Still working on a goal of rough inspections & drywall stock by end of month.
OK - I got in late on this deal.... So, what is "Building America" - or is that just what you named the thread... or is it some kind of program?
Just a name.
But most days, very few Americans on the job site. Seems the open door policy at the boarder is, in large part responsible for this!
You can have plumbers in before the building is dried in, but not sparkies?
Here, we're not supposed to have either sub start until the roof is on and the windows in. But I've pushed that a few times with my regular subs.
The dry-in rule has been in effect for as long as I can recall. The weather will do little damage to any of the plumbing, don't think it's good for the HVAC. As long as the furnace is not installed before the dry-in not a problem.
Don't ever run the electrical before the windows, doors or roofing paper is on! The building departments will & have made others remove wire that was exposed to the weather.
This is the way I sequence my subs for roughins, etc...
Framing & roof paper ---> Plumbing ---> siding ---> HVAC ---> Elect ---> ext paint ---> perm Roof
A "pre-flash" (roof flashings) goes in there before the siding too.
It's good to see some pics of actual home building. We see lots of "projects" and "features" but not as much pro "Home Building".
Edited 9/14/2005 6:30 am ET by Matt
Rain today! Roof stocked with shingles & a few squares installed. Siding crew should finish this week. Man made stone being installed. Electric rough started.
New 3-plex also started this week.
Heres how were doing. Once the Electricans & Hvac guys finish ( been MIA past few days) we will call for Foam & fire caulk. Then rough inspections the next day. Hope for the 27th.
Looking Good!
When in doubt, get a bigger hammer!
Thank You.
What are you doing in Peru?
Hear the skiing is good there this time of year ?
I am spending 5 months here working on a building project (ok various) with a missionary from my church.
Found out that their construction techniques are quite a bit different that what I was used too. Check out this website http://www.davidson.abwe.org/Photo/PhotoAlbum.aspx?guid=B546163F-61E4-4944-923C-C7171E4DA3B4
Also on that site under Jason's place there are more------needs a little updating though, we're quite a bit further along, stem walls and all brick laid for the first floor, forming up to pour columns now.
I also do a lot of translating for other teams that come down too. All last week I translated for a group of doctors.
About your skiing question...... We are in spring right now...so its getting pretty warm, but up in the Andies there are some places that have snow all year long. They do a lot a skiing, but its pretty hardcore stuff. Real ski slopes are few and far between.
When in doubt, get a bigger hammer!
Thanks for the info. I am envious. Not only our you in a different hemisphere, your doing it the old school way! After a days work like that ,bet its no problem getting a good nights sleep.
Keep us all up on your progress. Maybe start a thread called "Building Peru".
We also build a bridge last winter for the 1st time (management only) . Always nice to add another feather to the Headress!
LOL, no man you misunderstood that......the place we are building is called The Bridge Ministry...... It is a hosting place for medical missions (ok sort of a clinic too==but we are building an actual clinic in another place)
So the joke is that we are building a bridge. Anyway, yeah one of these days I will get my but in gear and get pics on here.......we have almost finished the first floor now, tommorrow we are filling the columns.
We could have probly built a bridge with as much concrete as we have used......80 yards in the footers along (1 meter x rougly 30 inch) Thank the Lord we had a pump truck come in for that!
I´m learning a lot.....(LoL, I do all the translating so learning the construction terms is interesting) I never did much concrete work at home, mostly framing-drywall, and a lot of tile. But down here the use cement for EVerything-----and the build some interesting stuff out of it too.
I try and get some pics on here soon, and in the meantime, give us another update on your developement.
When in doubt, get a bigger hammer!
Ran a little late on the Rough inspection. But we pass 3 out of 5 on the first time. Day to make corrections, then passed the other 2. Will have to do a tally on how many days it took from start (after foundation was finished) to rough inspections.
Insulation Thurs, then hope to stock drywall on friday.
Here is a few more photos that might be of interest for some.
1 shows the type of safety rails we install right after the stairs get installed and stay in place to after the drywall is textured.
2 Shows the covers we place on the heat vents to keep the vents clean. We install them at rough inspection & take them off the day before carpet.
I see the little blue car parked next to the porta-jon.
Glad to see em on duty!
Doug
Looks like it is coming together.....
Hey what kinda stone is that? Couldn't tell from the pic.
When in doubt, get a bigger hammer!
Its Phoney Stone, the man made stuff. We use 2 different brands as follows.....
I like the look of the stuff-----That stuff is groutless too? Just wondering cause there was a discussion recently about it. What kinda warrenty does it come with?
Is that vynl siding? looks like that corner bead is pretty boogered up with face nails--maybe its just my eyes, been out in the sun all day.
When in doubt, get a bigger hammer!
10-4 0n the Rock being grout-less, will have to check on the warrenty. Never had to use it. My stone guy, always stands behind his work. I just give him a call & its taken care of, no questions asked, no time frame needed.
Now on the siding, your eyes are fine. The bums that installed it were nail happy. We call that a "Brown Tattoo" around here. Them guys from south of the boarder think the more clavos the merrier! Posted a picture few months back of a 7' piece of brick mold with 27 nails in it! Dont know if its lack of pride in workmenship or just nobody ever showed then the right way to do it?
The siding is plain Hardboard or Masonite siding. Painters like it becuse it keeps them in business, needs a new coat of paint about every 5 years around here. $3.50 a square foot installed labor & materials included.
Clavos!
LOL, I know what your talking about. Just curious on this, cause I've never done any hardy siding (pretty much everybody uses vynel siding in the midwest) so if you put some filler in before painting, would it take it?
When in doubt, get a bigger hammer!
Edited 10/7/2005 2:26 pm ET by custombuilt
Been a month since we posted on this subject. Weather has been good for the most part, have 2 other building well under way and a fresh 5- plex starting this week.
Building 13, that is the main subject of this thread has been drywall & textured, outside gutters & paint, sidewalks installed. In the process of hard surfaces, Tile, Hardwoods & Vinyl.
Ordered cabinets last week (3 weeks lead time for install). Then interior trim then paint.
Here is how we looked at sundown today.
When are you planning on being ready for occupancy?
Only one unit in that 5 plex is under contract. We have had a slow down in sales. I think it is due to the fact that there is a lot of product on the market in the town we build in. In a 1 mile radius of our project there is about 80 new homes for sale, from $200k -$500k .
If we get the CO before X-mas everybody will be happy. We get 5 weeks from drywall texture to final inspections to finish. Then 5 working days from Homeowner walk-thru to closing, to work out the bugs.
The next 5-plex should be the last start for the year. This is ok for us.The sun is down by 4:45pm so a slow down in production is smart for safety & other reasons. With winter rolling in we also spend a few hrs a day trying to use the least amount of heat with out the damages of freezing to the units that are not sold (about 20). Of the 20 some are 100% finished, others sitting @ drywall texture.
Looking good bro-
Ok, so I am curious, how many more do you plan on building? Maybe you have mention somewhere about the developement plan, but I missed it.
When in doubt, get a bigger hammer!
We have a total of 225 Townhomes in 58 buildings. Poured the very last foundation on Mon. 11/7 . Thats a great milestone for us, have about 10 foundations open right now with services, drain & dampproofing going in as we speak.
Backfills should happen 11/15. We have all the streets in. Almost at the 1/2 way point with buildings. The next frame start this week will make 30 buildings out of the 58
Will try today to get on higher ground & take a photo of foundations & buildings under construction.
You must be getting ready for Summer? Hope all is well in Peru!
Wow that is a big project---- I would love to see higher ground picture
Yeah it is piping hot down here, we've been forming and pouring columns, yesterday I got my guys together and we finished pouring the last ones for the first floor.
My back is killing me after mixing 80 something bags of portland (and agregate) but I'm glad its done.......now we are going on to the floor, and I found a motorized compactor too (yippee!) that we can use
But I am pretty much finished with my end of the project, and in 2 weeks I am going home---Back to old cold Illinois
When in doubt, get a bigger hammer!
what kind of project are you on and where in lovely country of Peru?
I don't wanna highjack the thread.........
But its a mission building project and I've been here 5 months....I'm right outside of Lima, but I've traveled just about everywhere
Maybe someday I'll get around to starting a thread about it.
When in doubt, get a bigger hammer!
Took a break at lunch time & took some photos.
Feel free to post some of your work in Peru, no need to worry about highjacking. I think most here like to see the work of others.
Winter will be here in full force soon, Snow in the Mts,and to a job site here soon!
With the COLD weather here everbodys likes the inside work.
Here is some inside photos from building 13 of one unit that was closed at the end of Nov.
Few more......
Got a new Sony Digital Camera, from the loving DW, So I better put it to use. Replacing a Sony Camera that uses floppy disks. The Camera is GREAT!
Here is a set of stairs that had a mix of tile & oak, was'nt sure when we saw it on the paper work, but it grows on you.
Stain-grade trim with drywalled window casings- what a combo.......lol.
Bob
We just build them. Around here if you want a full wrap in wood on your windows, you better be in the $600k range. Was in a House Tue. looking at Pex piping, $490K for the house. Windows were full wrap in Drywall including the sills.
Is that skirt board carpet?
Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
Carpet on the stair stringers, under the carpet frame grade lumber for the stair stringers.
as long as its not copyrighted... im going to use that tile stair idea someday.
nice job
goodluck
Steve,
Go for it! Thats why we posted the Pic, for others to use. I also like the look & will use it on my next personal project.
I re-read your post and saw that you use Luan as a underlayment. This also is an unfortunate trend and I write not to blame, but to make others aware. If the matl is not stamped as a rated underlayment, you are voiding all warranties. ALOT of your luan is as close to black market as you can get. Some are made on ships in International waters so they don't have an export tax, and then an import tax. Try getting that type of person to stand behind their warranty. Problems with luan range from voids in the core to the oil the wood gives off. This oil can bleed thru the vinyl's backing layer and form a stain in the vinyl (never to come out). The matl you get may be stamped, but if it's luan, I doubt it is. If you haven't experienced these problems, I would consider you very lucky and go buy a lottery ticket. (Split 50/50 cuz it was my idea!)
Re: 5-20 8:00 AM
Who's the short worry wort in the rain suit? I don't see a cloud in the sky!
Fire plug Bob! Rain suit is cuz sombody is always Pi$$ing on the Guy!
Day 14,
Crew worked on the trusses today. Trusses between units (party wall) also need the 1hr fire rating. The rating has to go from top of foundation to the ply-wood @ the roof. For the trusses the framers install 5/8" drywall on both sides of the trusses that sit at the party walls. They use a coil roofing nailer to nail the drywall off. Fiberglass tape is used @ the seams. We used paper tape in the past, but had to many problems with tape failure. Sun & framers doing fire tape, added to the mix. So the building dept. has OKed the fiberglass.
When we install any items on the party wall, such as tubs or stairs or mech chases we also have to install a layer of 5/8" Drywall first, so as not to void the 1hr rating. I will take a photo of this in the next few days when this building is in roughs.
Inspection for trusses is called in for 8/30 if the inspector signs-off on the drywall installed on the trusses, then its Boom-Time. The lumber co. droped 5 units of Osb today 66 sheets per unit.
Let me set the tone for day 15. Inspector showed up @ 12:30 & gave his seal of approval on the party wall trusses. Most would agree that we live in a desert. So by 12:30 were in the 90s.
This crew & the Boom guy got down to business. Boom truck showed up @ 2pm. By 5pm the crane was down the road!
Think the temp topped out at 95f
But its a dry heat.
Stairs should show up Wednesday, Windows & Doors for Thursday. With a little luck the plumbers & hvac guys will also be in the House!
I'll tell you what G, you should get some prize for the best "sky" pictures.
I see that little blue car is still there!
Doug
At $2.70 a gal, I think their car camping! Man it was a Hot one today!
Day 16,
Spent little time at Building 13 today. Side tracked with bigger problems. Found a major water leak in a building that Homeowners are living in!
Have to add a Thank you to IMERC, who stopped in today & got to join in with the fun & gave us the direction to find the source of the leak.
Anybody want to guess how much water a leaking water main can produce in a 3 week time frame? Pic one shows the damage in the copper. $20K is most likley what will be spent to clean this mess up.
Don't know if it was a bad joint, or a bad sweat job by the plumber. Sure was a big mess!
Down @ building 13 the work plugs along.
Would also like to say, we made a donation to the RED CROSS, for the folks suffering from the storm tonight. Sure they could use all the help they can get. be it large or small!
Day 17. Weather not as hot today. No major fire drills to address today. Windows,stairs & doors going in. Nice thing about all vinyl windows, don't need to be dried in to install.
After the long weekend, we should be able to pick up the pace on this building & get it in gear for rough inspections. Looking @ late Sept.
Hope you guys in the Bt Raffters club don't take offense to the trussed over-frame. Only took all of 15 mins to set them. Plumb cuts included! Alway good to be a member in good standing in your local Truss Club!
Lets not forget the people suffering from the storm. Got some cash toinght from some under the Radar side job, Giving 25% to the Salavation Army!
Edited 9/1/2005 10:46 pm by G80104
those crawl spaces were holding abot 18,000 gallons each and yer flow fer 3 weeks was around 310,000 gallons... give or take a bit...
did a flow rate on the feeder today while you getting some paper work done... I cheated..
finding leaks is cake and pie... you found one in that unit the other day without any problem...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Edited 9/2/2005 1:02 am ET by IMERC
Day 18,
TGIF! Moving right along on the Shell of the Building. Plumbers said they were doing a camping trip this Labor Day week-end. Hope rough mechs start 9-6.
Have a Safe Labor Day Weekend!
From today's online paper:
A State Journal-Register analysis of those burglaries found:
Only 20 percent of those surveyed by the newspaper were satisfied with the way police handled their cases. Probably not coincidentally, 22 percent of the respondents had some or all of their stolen items returned to them.
Dogs are by no means a guarantee against burglary. Thirty-five percent of the victims had dogs, and two-thirds of those dogs were in homes when they were burglarized. One man had his dog stolen.
Eight vacant homes were burglarized, with the burglars taking copper pipes in each case. One of those burglaries was discovered when City Water, Light and Power detected unusually high water usage at the property.jt8
"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." --Warren Buffett
Day 19.
No big items stolen as far as we can tell over the long weekend. But last week some lowlife came by & removed 2 entry doors from their hings. So we had to order 2 more $250 +
Rain for a good part of the Pm, so not much of a change from the last picture. Nice rainbow on the ride home.