Modern House Part 20- Window delivery, more punch list and wrap up of main series in description
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2024
- So this is the last regular consecutive episode for this series. My work is not completed there but I have been elsewhere wrapping up loose ends, doing small jobs start to finish (some of which I've been filming) and the footage has caught up to me. At this point in the job all of my initial inspections are passed and approved with the other subs starting to take over with all of their rough-in work. I will be back to start working with the window crew and the crane to place the larger units and strategically position others so as finish with the crane and get it moved to the next jobsite. Once the subs are done there will be plenty of pickup work on the structural end of things to do and I'll film as much of that as I can.
I was going to shoot a sit-down talk thru of the series and everything that went on during it but I'm not really that comfortable with talking on camera and it's just easier to organize my thoughts by typing them out here so I will :-)
For the build I estimated 16 weeks for framing, and 3 weeks for the steel fabrication and install, this proved to be a very close estimate. During the winter there was an entire week plus a few days that the entire area was mostly impassible and the jobsite was completely inaccessible as well as being without power for most of that time. There was another week that a storm landed at my house (40 minutes west) that left 24" of snow and mess in it's wake that I had to fight out of to get to and from work for another week. There was a major stall out early in the job on getting the sewer hooked up that kept me from bringing my crane in for at least a month and that cost me some time and effort as well to work around. I had originally hoped to have the crane there by week two or three but it was week 7 i think before it happened. I also took a few days to build the rock wall but I managed to salvage some extra credit at each end of those days.
Health and energy wise was about par for the course, I knew I would be working extra hours to get it all done so I leaned in early and although I kept it to 8-9 hour days on site for framing most of the days started early in my shop and/or ended later either picking up or moving material or back at the shop for evening steel fab making for 10-12 hour days usually. I'm used to an afternoon walk loop of about 3.5 miles that takes me about an hour and is normally 4-6 days a week for me. I suspended this for most of the build and suffered for it a bit as I use it to unwind and reorganize my thoughts each day and getting back into that program has felt great to do. Also during this build I kept up with the regular small jobs that roll thru my shop including many small welding jobs, an extra credit jib crane footing pour that will be a video and the ingot molds for the Tally Ho project. February through April was pretty much 7 days a week as I was busy with assembling a 50x80 steel building with some friends. I had walking pneumonia from part 9 thru the end of part 11 I think and maybe into part 12 but I don't remember mentioning it or even really noticing when I went through the clips.
With my channel only a couple months old at the start there was a lot to learn and through the past 5 months I've been able to streamline things immensely as I worked out my system to keep up regular postings. With multiple phone glitches and one complete and utter computer failure thrown in the mix there was some really tense moments but my brother is a whip-smart I.T. guy and my son an absolute Wizard so my tech support was near instantaneous when I needed it and everything worked out and is better for it.
I would also really like to spend some time thanking all of the channels subscribers new and old for your support and interaction. I'm still amazed that there are so many of you that have tuned in to watch the series and quite frankly I'm not sure I would've been able to keep pushing to shoot and post without the continued steady support and growth of the channel as it went along. Although I realize that video series here on youtube do the best, my next series won't be starting for 4-6 weeks and my weekly videos will be smaller onesy-twosy jobs in the meantime. Hopefully you'll find them interesting as well and I'll be able to shoot enough to keep up with things. Please remember that it's YOU being here that is the reason for me being here and without you watching and clicking and interacting then there's really no point. I'm not cross platformed anywhere else on the internet and have/have had zero socials elsewhere so you all moving it around out there helps tons:-)
Take care and see you next Thursday!
-Jake
When I saw the first episode in the series I thought to myself “I wonder when the rest of his crew is going to show up?” And when they didn’t I couldn’t stop watching. Love your content and work ethic. You are a dying breed! By the way, I saw you put like 40 nails in one piece of plywood that was maybe 24”x36” 🤣😂
Shear panels require close spaced fasteners.
@@douglasthompson2740 that was in response to the “how many nails did you use”? Lol
Glad you stuck around Alan! Yeah some of the shear walls have really tight nailing. There were two short walls here that required 2" edge nailing which would track with your count. More typical is a 4" edge nailing and the most basic or minimum is 6" edge nailing. All field nailing is 12" but it naturally ends up at around 8-10"
One things for sure, it's important to make sure everything is where you want it before you nail off a 2" centers wall:-)
God truly does have a sense of humor, that woodpecker was hilarious. Keep the great content coming.
Ole Woody was something else 😮😂😂
lovely bird!
Good to see you wrapping up this project Jake. I don't think anyone could see you were dealing with pneumonia, but given your work ethic, you can only burn the candle from both ends for so long before the body says you need a break! Good opening discussion and written walk thru! Will be standing by for your next post! Just stay well!!
Thanks Robert, all good now. I'll be back with more!
Holy crap Jake when you turned the ladder upside down in the stairwell I said out loud, “never woulda thought to do THAT!” You’re like a ninja. 🥷
That’s exactly what I thought The first time I saw someone do that!
Always delighted to see the ew chapter popping up; always amazed by the work, the organization that comes with this house construction. Fascinating again and again.totally addicted to this video stream. Many thanks.
Thanks for that, I'll try to just keep showing the stories:-)
Every time you say “we” I remember you’re referring to “Me, Myself, and I.”😂😂😂
Love it so much keep it up as always 💘
I love the parallam/2x4 temp step ladder and the 6' step ladder downside up! Lol Never thought about either. Just goes to show you how much you can learn from others. 😊
I spotted that too and I just thought you really learned a lot through this show!
Glad you saw that:-) Handy trick, works way better if there's a low wall to butt into on the down side of the ladder and in real tall stairwells you can even set a 10' step ladder the same way and really reach things. I learned it from watching a painter years ago and was blown away by it. We all learn from each other!
Thank you so much for your efforts to keep us with you on this build. I owe you big time for your gift
My pleasure
Thanks for the typed up wrap-up. I'm just amazed at what one man can get accomplished with the right tools. I'll be looking forward to the rest of this build, so I hope you are able to share that. Thanks for sharing this project with us.
My pleasure Tyler. I will get what I can footage wise:)
I really enjoyed watching your work videos👍
Thanks for that :-)
Really enjoying this build, I realise your work is not fully complete yet, but it's been a joy to watch. Looking forward to seeing the crane assist with installing the larger windows before you move it onto the next site.
I'll be sure to document it. I'm working on an extra angle to shoot from for that too:-)
@@ShredPile Good to hear :)
impressive scaffold setup
It makes it soooo nice. And so easy to wrap things up.
Can you even roughly estimate how many nails went in that house?
😂
Thanks a lot for this series, I think I would watch something like this again!
Really interesting to see how you over there build your houses...
👍👍👍
I promised last week to ballpark just that and then forgot to. It's a lot. Most houses are similar and predictable but sometimes there are nailing schedules that require extra nails for things that don't normally get that many and I try to follow them as best I can. Glad you are going to stay around and I appreciate you sticking with the series:-)
Rough guess from own experience, 60,000 on the rough/ frame portion of the build, another 20-40,000 by the time its finished (Screws and nails).
@@Yoyort 😱😱😱
Really relaxing ... ummm ... I do not know what made me say that ... but you make it look so easy. Thanks.
My pleasure, it's pretty quiet on this jobsite and there's not a lot of panic, just work:-)
A tornado of activity around you ... that is an orchestrated one. If it is okay, a question ... What does the strong wall do for the structure?
@@hlogoma it allows a large amount of lateral shear resistance in a very small space. The panels themselves are 2 feet wide and it roughly provides the same amount as an 8 foot length of the heaviest stick built wall we could build.
@@ShredPile Thanks ... your answer will keep me busy just trying to grasp scope of the modern home.
I will miss the rest of the series
Punch list can only mean one thing. Time for the next project.
Indeed, working towards that one every day.
Looks like a Northern (common) Flicker. We have them up here in SE Alaska as well. I get a big kick out of them. They drum up a mate in April here. For the past few years one has decided the best drum is the transformers on the power poles. He can get a big sound out them to get the best ladies! I had one years ago that saw his reflection come daybreak in the windows of my daylight basement. I though he was going to break the glass as he thought it was competition for the gals he was seeing!! Beat the heck out of the glass. He came back several mornings in a row about 4:30 AM. Finally had to pay extortion to a Falcon to keep him away from the glass!!
Lol, fun to watch until they bang on the windows:-) I had a couple of stills of him too and I'm fairly sure he's a red breasted sapsucker but it was hard to tell. The surrounding forest is mature and there are a number of giant Pileated woodpeckers that frequent the neighborhood. I remember hearing them in other videos.
Skin out is always a pain..straps , face outs and padding...
Oh my
Totally. You just have to take small bites and engage autopilot...
Had to let the helper go because his sheer wall nailing was not fast enough 22:12 :)
He came back the next monday and tried again but it didn't work out:-)
S#it man them windows have to be exxxpensiveeeee! $$$$$.$$
No lies, they're all 9'+/- tall and one unit is almost 16'! Good times:-)
What the hell? I thought all Superheroes were supposed to wear Capes!
You are not getting paid enough
I have never seen a commercial scaffolding set up around a house before, is that a common thing to do on the builds out there in Washington?
It's pretty rare but for this one it makes sense with the amount of detail that goes into the exterior skin not to mention the size of the windows. I can't imagine how much trouble it would be to try and use pumpjacks, planks and ladders to work on the cantilevered end of house. at the highest point it's 20' from the ground to the bottom of the structure.
I was wondering about the straps that you installed. shouldn't all holes be nailed in so as to utilize the intended design criteria for shear? IDK- just asking...
All the specified holes were filled plus some. On my schedule I have a strap type and length as well as size and number and location of fasteners required. Most of the time I also have a detail that indicates a location for the plywood break as well.
@@dwttexjw4796 It's homemade:-) just a piece of flat bar bent in a 'U' with one end longer than the other and the long end screwed to the handle. Nothing fancy. It showed up a lot in the first few episodes and again near the middle of the series I guess. It makes short work of a lot of holes especially when you're not trying to drill upside down. If you don't overspeed the bit you can get hundreds of holes from a single good quality bit.
@@dwttexjw4796 You bet, Good luck!
Would it be easier to change your fulcrum to the near side so that you can drill by just putting your weight on the handle. No lifting required? That left shoulder must be getting a bit tired lifting at that odd angle?
It was penance for not drilling them on the ground when i had them in the yard.:-) The angle wasn't great and a block of wood to stand on would've made a huge difference too but it really only took a half hour to go all the way down and around the corner so I stuck it out.
What's the purpose of the metal strips you add to the sheeting?
They are to connect the two or three levels of shearwalls together from floor to floor.
What are the metal straps for that you installed? Like the one under the staircase?
Floor to floor ties as per the engineering page. Each level has different hold-down requirements that diminish as you go up. The lowest level bolts to the foundation and the straps get smaller from there. *edit, adding that they go at the ends of the walls and keep a continuous path top to bottom
@@ShredPile thanks. Enjoy your videos
Hi🙋jack
Jake is your work finished for this home?
More or less. I’ve been in and out for some mechanical soffiting And some crane work moving materials around for some other subs. I’ve been slowly collecting bits of footage to document that as I can for another video. There should also be some handrail fabrication at some point to film as well.
@@ShredPile thanks. Love Jake's craftsmanship. I must say, this home is special. I would love to see it in its finished state if at all possible.
Jake are you the GF for this build? Great work 👍🏻 BTW.
Thanks! No not the GC, just the framing subcontractor.
Друже! Ты чаек хоть пьешь?
Кофе галлоном, друг :-) Я ценю, что ты посмотрел видео!
Great gun nail pouch you have on the back of your belt. I Never thought of that!
Occidental leather. I use it because it helps limit what I carry to keep things light and the bonus is they don't break and clog up your big pouch:-)
@@ShredPile yeah the weights a killer