Would love to see the contractor's reaction when this stuff is shown to them. The remediation work to fix some of these issues is pretty significant. Reworking that staircase is gonna be a huge task.
I used to design stairs for a custom millwork company. I would see this crap all the time. Typically, the designer or draftsman who did the prints sized the openings in the floor system properly. If the floors were framed correctly, the fix is often a matter of locating the landing at the exact correct height, then having a skilled carpenter cut new stringers, and reinstall everything. Bigger disasters happen when the framers are so sloppy or clueless that they get the openings wrong, so you can't hit head clearance on the steps, or they do the openings correctly, but don't understand that every opening needs to be dead plumb with the one below and above it.
Adding 1/4 inch plywood to the staircase is an easy fix to bring it back code. A good contractor should not feel upset about any fixing. The main problem I see here is engineering. Some contractors dare easily to make changes on structural details on fly and they think the solved problems
Notice this was in a subdivision so all the houses are like this. We would do work in one subdivision for one person and every other home owner had the same issues! You would spend a summer fixing issues from house to house.
I was a home inspector in the Washington DC area for several years. This is unfortunately a very common pre drywall inspection. After one particular inspection I spoke to the builders representative and told him they should be embarrassed at the quality of the work. His statement to me was "they keep on buying them". This was on a $1,500,000 home. Nationwide builder.
The people constructing these homes are using the cheapest subs they can find or finding a sub at all due to the lack of skilled tradesmen. The good tradesmen and subcontractors don't work for shitty/cheap builders. The home inspection industry is even worse, the people doing the actual inspections don't seem to have the experience of knowledge. What would someone that is skilled and knowledgeable do inspections when they could be doing the actual work making twice as much? It's about the money.
Sounds like hearthstone who have been BANNED from building in 3 states that I know of. They perform & apparently encourage SHITTY, horrible, terrible, awful, unsafe, uncouth, immoral & NON-journeyman-like unethical " work ". I would never buy 1 of those houses.
@@chrisanthony579 I'm a retired custom home builder. I had a rep. for doing extremely tight work, and never failed an inspection in the last ten years of my career. I sold my personal home, which was three years old. The "professional home inspector" found 42 "defects" that he recommended the new homeowner address. The home was nearly flawless, and forty of his claims were bullshit. Two were no-picky crap that took less than five minutes to fix. He was repeatedly flat out wrong, and his criticism was based on his opinion, not the code, or best practice. The guy had zero construction experience, and no understand of the difference between his opinion and reality, as he continually stated in writing and photographs, that things done to the exact standards of the current ICC code were wrong. Things like claiming that the recessed ceiling fixtures were buried in insulation, and he was unable to determine if they were insulation contact rated. He recommended that the homeowner hire a professional electrician to inspect the lights for safety. First, I am a licensed electrician and haven't used a non-IC fixture in decades. Second, I have to special order, and pay more for non-IC rated fixtures, and can't imagine why I would ever what to do so? Third, he stood in the attic hatch, with a 2" square, BRIGHT ORANGE Sticker right in front of his face. The sticker was attached to a recessed light can. It said, in bold black print......... "IC rated". He literally had no idea what that meant. I was livid, and essentially gutted him, at a conference with the buyer, and made it clear that the huge amount of money he charged need to be refunded by the buyer's agent, who found and scheduled this grossly incompetent fool. Most "professional home inspectors" vary from corrupt to clueless. This video is from somebody who is obviously quite sharp, knowledgeable and professional. Sadly, that is about as far from typical as it gets for the average home buyer. I have repeatedly seen cases where home buyers end up severely damaged financially and emotionally, after they buy a defective property that had a glowing inspection report.
How does it get this far? In California this all would have gotten called out when you got the framing inspected. Has the city not been to this job site. Are building codes just a suggestion? I'm genuinely curious.
I worked for a guy who's work was like this. I feel like I'm watching you inspect one of his jobs. And yes I quit a few months in, I didn't want my name attached to anything he had going on..
Glad there are people like you that catch the mistakes before it gets buried. Shouldn't happen with competent tradesmen. As a painter, being the last tradesmen to leave the job site, I see and hear about the shoddy workmanship. Ask a painter who does good work.
@@QUICKNEASYHANDYMAN It's observation, repercussions, consequences and opinions, not my position on a bus. Ask the person who pays the bill. Or not pay it.
@@billhill3526 painters are the guys that see shadows that no one else sees and as the final part of the orchestra will spot the imperfections from previous trades. This goes way beyond the drywallers trying to cope with what they have to work with by the way.😉
I feel your pain brother, when I lived in Bama they would take the cheapest bid, then when cheapo screwed it up , they would call and want me to fix his mess for his price, to which I would reply I’m to busy
@@heknows5418 I have a real simple formula for jobs that involve cleaning up someone else's mess. I work out a bid just like I would for any other job, then I triple it. I know everyone likes to make fun of California, but this could have never happened here. There would have been an inspection after framing. In fact a pre drywall inspection is rarely if ever a thing. The plumbing, electrical, HFAC, framing, etc, have already been signed off on. Any of the problems seen here would have been called out long ago.
Question: With the "too short" bottom stair, and the "too tall" top stair, isn't that likely what they're doing? If they expect a thinner floor material and a thicker stair tread, wouldn't the rough structure appear as seen here? You'd need the bottom step shallow because the tread will raise it more than the flooring will, and the top step deeper because the tread will raise the step more than the floor at the top.
If you planning on carpet or vinyl flooring at lowest level and landing and thicker stair treads, that's exactly how you'd have to lay it out. All depends on the floor finish heights and not rough heights
The diy craze that has gone on for years has got all kinds of people into the construction industry saying "I can do this" when they really can't. Code is the minimum standard folks remember that.
In my opinion this points to the fact that you should always choose a house plan that is essentially a rectangular box with a V shaped roof. The vast majority of it is straight lines and 90 degree angles. And everything is visible. It may not be the most interesting design....but who sits in front of their house in a lawn chair admiring the architecture. You spend that vast amount of time in your house. And you also get much more cubic volume per amount of material used. And the chances of rain and water infiltration are much less. You can always pretty it up with exterior structures like decks, porches and landscaping.
I agree 100% . I built a rectangular box with a steep 10/12 pitch gable sheet steel roof. Maximum useable space for use of materials. 4 exterior walls and 2 flat roof surfaces.
The sad part is that there’s still builders that do this quality of work on a box with a pitched roof. And it seems like many of them just try to delay any repairs until the house is past the warranty period. I know several people who had a house built or bought a new build, just to spend years fighting with the builder to fix issues. Almost need the to do a pre drywall inspection of a house their currently building to verify their quality before signing any contracts. And maybe that would help encourage them to do better quality work, not knowing if that’s the house a potential customer might inspect prior to paying thousands of dollars for a deposit. Id have no problem spending a couple hundred dollars for an inspector to walk through a house to verify the builder’s workmanship. If it was going to save me from losing a deposit with the builder or having ton of issues with a new house it would be well worth the cost.
I've actually told people this! A square box, one story, shed roof with standing seam panels for solar and a water harvesting system on the back. Nothing fancy, no valleys, no issues to deal with when it comes to maintenance, whole house, easy peasy.
This is the way. SO many houses built nowadays have unnecessarily complex rooflines that are gonna be leaking in less than ten years. And cost three times as much to repair. Unless you're gonna build a round house, a cube gives you the most volume for surface area, yeah, which means the most efficient volume to heat and cool. Unless you can't do stairs, it's the most reliable way to go.
That narrow wall, an engineer may require a steel column installed for it to properly support the weight. They may also require a steel beam over the garage door due to the limited overlap.
Weight isn't the biggest issue - shear is - that thin section has no racking strength. And the concrete is spalled at the corner, so foundation hold downs are compromised. What a disgrace.
@@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb Yes. In some jurisdictions this opening would be framed with a welded steel moment frame, typically made of large tube steel and aggressively anchored into the foundation pour, with large J bolts. If anybody takes the problem seriously, it will be pretty expensive to fix on this one. I've seen cases where an engineer designs a really heavy duty plywood shear wall, nailed to the interior stud face, with everything from calling out direction and cuts on sheets of top grade plywood, to super tight nail schedules and more than one layer of plywood.
Thanks man. I really only made this video for the client who couldn't be on site and it just kinda blew up. If folks enjoy these I'll put up some more.
I hope you get another vid out on all the points of failure etc. In the inspections and what they did repair wise or responded to queries you had of this inspection
I'm from Illinois, and I love to see how other states use and interpret building codes. I have built houses and keep very busy with redo-work from questionable professional contractors. It is one thing to read a building code, but it is a whole other level when you can see it and hear your interpretation of it. What you do is informative, educational, and entertaining to see. Love what you do. Keep them coming.
I block all my kitchens with 3/4 plywood where the cabinets will attach but that is CRAZY. it makes it so much easier when I put up the cabinets, no struggling to find an attach point
3/4” x 6” at baseboard, chair rail and crown levels in my basement wall renovation along with a full sheet at each end of out TV room if we want to wall mount in the future. Takes time and effort. Would be nice if builders had some common upgrades priced out when you’re working a deal, instead of wishing later.
@@MFcitrous damn right! I took hundred of pictures when our house was built with exactly that in mind, and I’ll gladly pass the album on to whoever buys our house in the future!
Are you cutting and fitting blocking cut from 3/4” plywood or are you sheathing the interior kitchen walls with sheets of 3/4” plywood? A good friend attached full sheets of 3/4” to his kitchen studs rather than use blocking.
You said over all it wasn’t to bad and that’s what kind of work you expected out of the builder. I would have run that builder off long ago. Where ever this is I sure wouldn’t want to buy if this is the kind of framing done.
My goodness - this is insane scary and further reinforces getting a disassociated engineer/inspector throughout the build process and document EVERYTHING!
This makes me feel better. I’ve got a 50 yr old house we bought 3 years ago and have been making many repairs and improvements and fixing previous owners diy repairs… stressing me out and makes me wonder if we should have just bought a new build. Resting easier knowing there’s problems on both sides of the coin.
There was a lot more skilled labor available when your house was built. Your house has a better chance of surviving 50 more years than the house in the video does. We are shopping for a different home right now. New construction will not be on the list!
Our home is 40 years old and needed work, had some shoddy craftsmanship, but nothing egregious like in this video. By the time I'm done renovating it, I'm betting it'll be better than most new construction. Personally I'd rather buy a home that was well maintained than a new build.
Our ~25 yr old house (we bought about 10yrs ago) has needed some work that should have been done from the start or maintenance that was not done (lot of that hereabouts) . Thankfully, I'm pretty handy and YT has some guys who know their stuff. I even check before when I already know how to do the job just to be sure and sometimes pick up some ways to be more efficient. I live in an area where, no joke, there are guys who don't know how to change a door knob and will hire someone to do it. Seriously thinking about handy man gig after retirement! Used to drive the wife crazy that I'd insist on doing it if I could. However, after talking to people.. she is very happy we save the money and hassle that can come with a contractor. Luckily, we have found good contractors for things out of my league like electrical and plumbing.
I'm wondering if that floating beam was engineered approved or designed. It does seem odd, and I can't see how it would work without some kind of a point load to transfer to the foundation.
theres a beam right above it. So the plywood is secured to that beam, as well as the landing beam. Really isn't that far-fetched. but its definitely not floating. BUT i don't think its engineered and I don't like that it uses only osb as the connection material
@@gssuper1438 there is no plywood in that assembly; also the 'beam' you refer to is not a beam as it is connected to an engineered beam on the right @ 9:11 and tro the left its connected to a doubled up 2x12?. The problem is that doubled up 2x12 is resting on the stairs and their is no post beneath the stringer, hence floating. If there were a post, this carrying member would be called a girder
You are very kind. I would not have been as optimistic as you. Several major issues that will require rework and the "fixes" will likely be ugly. All the stuff you see would make me dig way deeper for the stuff you haven't found...yet.
It’s going to cost way more to TRY and fix the shoddy work ( and you’ll never get it all ) than it would have been to hire a good contractor. The best thing a home owner can do is educate themselves before you begin construction. Utube is full of good educational videos.
The inspector himself said he expects solid work from that particular builder. Just because a few things were flagged during an inspection DOES NOT mean that the contractor is "shoddy".
Your comment hit home. I bought a house 8 years ago that was built by the builder for himself. I've dubbed the house the "Money Pit" and it's been under perpetual states of reconstruction for the last 7 years. I've dealt with that unsupported beam.
I guarantee these are. "Spec" houses. The builder will not.give a.flying fig once he sales it. His #'d company for each build will be dissolved and he will get another # and keep building
The blocking was crazy in the kitchen. The cabinet guy will love it. My quick fix would be to fill behind it with spray foam to get the necessary R value. This of course doesn’t work where they built up the blocking three deep though.
There must be a better way to make the cabinet guys happy in the kitchen. Maybe take out the excess blocking and cover that section of wall with plywood (after foaming the wall)? Or were they just trying to get rid of a pile of scraps? Or do all those scraps hide some other screw ups? From what was shown in 10 minutes, I'm suspicious of the entire buildings structure.
If it's backing for cabinetry, they could have ripped two strips of 3/4" (one strip for top and one for bottom area of cabinets) and toe screwed them flush with the studs. That way you're only losing 3/4" of cavity space at two intervals rather than 4' of 2x blocking.
The duplex I am in had a whole lot of cold air coming in from behind the dishwasher and sink area. Makes me think there is next to nothing in insulation in that wall. That also where the ants started getting in. During this last cold snap, the ant's got tired of all of the ice melt landing on their nest, so they moved it inside. It is now in the utility closet. I haven't ever seen that before.
They need to teach someone how to toe screw. My bet is the exterior wall board screws to exterior and every other board screws to the next. They are better off with fire rated paneling the entire wall and fastening cabinets to that. Obvious that the framers are not involved in any other trade
Some blocking is normally done strategically in places where secure fixings are required after the plaster goes up to securely install anything that must hang on the wall without having to hunt for a stud. What's pictured does seem well overs though.
Yeah I've never seen cabinet blocking gone crazy like that. Usually you'll see a few 2x6s nailed to the front face of those studs to give you something to screw to with space behind for insulation. I'm clueless as to why they did it like this.
Why would anyone need that much blocking for the lower cabinets? That is insane. Sure the top of the cabinets against the wall, but the middle and lower portions that do not need to hold up a wall behind them. it appears that they are just trying to get rid of wood straps. Upper cabinets, need more than what is there. Sure you will hang from the top but you want to screw in the bottom nailing strip too.
Trust me, when they go crazy on the blocking like that, they are trying to hide something else. The only other time blocking is done to that extent is out of pure spite for a supervisor. I mean I guess he could have showed up when someone called out, stoned out of his mind and just trying to make it through the day, but most folks would send him home rather than pay him to fuck things up and possible shoot someone with a nail gun. Dad would tell me stories of the mobile home plant where stoners would nail themselves or each other to the floor, nailing someone's foot to the floor was a daily occurrence there.
Is that the short section where they've framed around the landing, on the exterior wall? They could have framed the full height on the upper floor, but that would require longer lumber and make flat framing that wall harder (since it would have a multi-level bottom edge). What would you rather see in this case, for the best solution?
@@haphazard1342 longer studs. having a knee wall can create a hinge. the framer also transitioned from a double top plate to a single on the right hand side of the stairs for no obvious reason, which would be out of code
They might be putting in floating cabinets and so requested blocking in kitchen walls. I've done that but not on an exterior wall. Great video, I learned a lot,
After all the problems, I was surprised to hear him say "overall the house in in pretty good shape, about what I would expect from this builder"😅 How in the world do they fix the problem with the garage door and upstairs windows being too close to the corner??
This is a qualified inspector… My question - how did the framing inspection go? The approved plans should also be on site and available. Looks to me to be unsupervised work.
5:14 stairs are always too narrow for me. (don't care about height). the ball of my foot comes almost to the edge and causes me to trip. I have to go down stairs with my feet at an angle. I do not have large feet 11.5"
I continue to be baffled every time I see videos like this. It almost feels like these builders are doing things wrong in a way that actually seems like it would take LONGER than just doing it correctly. I remodeled a house basically from the studs out, and even I was able to quickly figure out what was code, what was considered "above and beyond", and how I could find a price efficient "middle ground" between "just meeting code" and "full custom home builder going for passive house certification", and SO much of it cost little to nothing additional - just being contentious about what you're doing.
Makes me shivers watching your inspections. I am not used to seeing such a mess of construction here in europe. Cuckoo's nest of wiring and all. I guess drywall covers everything...
Strait up embarrassing. You would think builders would take more pride in their work. Glad we have people like you that catch these issues before it kills someone.
Those built-out headers are to allow for insulation to be installed. Check out advanced framing techniques: www.millcreeklumber.com/clientcontent/mcl/pdf/APA%20Advanced%20Framing%20Construction%20Guide.pdf
when you say "one thing I noticed" has that ever been a correct statement? these are awesome vids for anyone planning on building something, when I was young I worked for a guy who would block out the kitchen like that, top and bottom, so much extra work and materials just so he could slam screws in anywhere on the cupboards install
Wow! I'm not in the trades but have just been a regular weekly volunteer on perhaps three years worth of HfH builds and I could see many of these flaws. We miss occasionally, but even in homes built by volunteers under the guidance of a general contractor I've never seen this many blatant inspection failures. Once an inspector glanced at the stairs in one home and complained about variance in riser height and he was _almost_ right -- but careful measurement showed that we had 1/16" to spare (albeit, that wasn't the goal at stair layout so I considered it a bit of a fail) so it passed w/o modification.
Too bad stuff like this has been going on for some time. Our house was built in late 90's and we bought a few years ago. Duct work not properly sealed or insulated at the boot so we were dumping into the attic. One vent was not even hooked up to the main, the pipe (or whatever it is called) was just laying on top of the main in the basement. Utilities in/out were not sealed at all.. could see daylight after pulling back the insulation. So far our ~$4k in proper sealing and insulation has paid us back about 2 or 3x. Got a friend who bought new construction when we bought the old house.. wife is now glad I insisted on no new construction!
stairs are negotiated by 'feel' more than sight . if one or more steps is different than the rest the body will miscalculate when going up or down and possible trip . any slight difference always goes to the bottom step as falling from there is not as catastrophic.
Yeah it's the muscle memory of running up steps that will trip you up when one is out of sync with the others. Stairs are probably the most dangerous area of a house I'd guess.
Some of this construction looks like it was done by a freshman shop class, after a few weeks of lessons. Give them some tools, lots of fasteners and turn them loose.
@@BlainsTube Believe it or not, the best built home I ever owned, (out of six) was built by a high school trades class over a two year time span. One of the worst, was a brand new builder's spec home. The difference seemed to be: One was built by kids under supervision. The other was built by kids under the influence!🤣
@@mjdiiii Not many things are as satisfying as watching a quality building project going up. I worked with a gentleman back in the 80's, building a log cabin home. He took great pride in his work and it showed. His integrity, the quality of his work AND life have had a great influence on me to this day. Jim Howard passed away a last year at 85, but will not be forgotten by those that knew him.
Looks like stairs were dropped for full oak treads. Hack job, no doubt, but inspectors knock down my stairs often, although the finished rise is near perfect (when tile / carpet / finish treads go on). Usually this is due to bad communication between superintendent or builder and the inspector
It works if all they were gonna do for flooring was add 3/4" oak to the stair treads and that's it. Because then your 6 1/2" bottom tread and 8 1/4" to the landing now match the others at 7 1/2". But now when you add the rest of the flooring to the bottom floor and the landing, you only have 3/8" to play with to keep it within maximum allowed by the code. Maybe they are using some super thin vinyl. Even then, why not make the bottom step 3/8" taller and the top step 3/8" shorter? They definitely built this stupid.
What I would expect from this builder. I would think that if this builder has been around for a while that they would know what to do Will there be a follow up on the fixes?
That corner being too narrow to support three stories: WHY was that missed by the architect when the prints were made? WHY was that missed by the inspector when the plans were first submitted for the building permit? HUGE red flags!!!
It turns out that this design was apparently approved by the engineer and this is what they are doing on all these townhomes on the block. I was really surprised as well.
So, is this a side by side? If so, then the other side is just as bad as this side. Those structural issues will affect this side, even if all the issues are addressed in this unit. I would LOVE to see the outcome of this situation. I would walk away. Depends on the contract, but even if the problems are fixed, I'd never feel good about the houee.
That's supposed to be a new house? I've fixed a lot of butchered places with beams hanging out here and there, with bad steps leading to them, but never new out of the box.
Actually those hangers supporting the I joists were not done correctly. There should be blocking installed to make the web flush with the flange on the I joist, then properly secured through the hanger.
My understanding is that is true when the hanger does not reach the top flange of the I joist. That gives the I joist upper support from rotational forces. When the hanger does indeed reach the top flange then that satisfies the manufacturer's requirement for rotational protection and no web blocking is needed. I've been wrong in my interpretations before so always good when a fresh set of eyes can double check my work! :)
They may not be in tornado or hurricane territory. Additional studs on the ground floor can be adequate. I'm much more worried about the shortcuts taken all over the project, and the structural deficiency of that garage door side wall.
When I first got into construction I worked for a framer doing custom homes. I was the only american and the work looked just like this crap. Now I build custom homes and only hire quality craftsman and specialty tradesmen. This shit would not fly with me.
@@adamcousins2459 The screws shown tend to be extremely brittle and made to non-existent standards in China. They are marketed as "exterior screws" and lot's of DIYers use them for things like deck building. I know of inspectors who have to tell several homeowners, every year, that they need to remove and replace every one of those, in every structural application, and replace them with properly sized galvanized nails, or proper screws. The screws in the video actually shear pretty easily, especially since they are trying to support a heavy load on knive like holes punched in the hardware. Structural hardware manufacturers sell rated screws for these hangers, as well as thick, heavily galvanized nails that are stamped on the head, so they can be inspected and identified. The brown, tan and green coated "exterior screws" you find in big box stores are not worth dragging home. The coating can literally last months in treated wood, and it's nothing to try to remove them, in any application where they have been used outdoors for a few years, and find that they snap with a tiny bit of torque applied, as they have rusted to the point that their diameter in the wood is a fraction of what it once was.
The home owners don't need a structural engineer, they need an attorney ASAP!
My words exactly. Wtf
💯This house will be plagued with issues..tear it down and start over.
Run Away... Fast!!
@@Tilethoughts there are 1000s of homes being build 10x worse than this selling for 500k+ all over the USA every day.
Spec homes for ya
Would love to see the contractor's reaction when this stuff is shown to them. The remediation work to fix some of these issues is pretty significant. Reworking that staircase is gonna be a huge task.
And all the excuses, justification.
I used to design stairs for a custom millwork company. I would see this crap all the time. Typically, the designer or draftsman who did the prints sized the openings in the floor system properly. If the floors were framed correctly, the fix is often a matter of locating the landing at the exact correct height, then having a skilled carpenter cut new stringers, and reinstall everything. Bigger disasters happen when the framers are so sloppy or clueless that they get the openings wrong, so you can't hit head clearance on the steps, or they do the openings correctly, but don't understand that every opening needs to be dead plumb with the one below and above it.
Adding 1/4 inch plywood to the staircase is an easy fix to bring it back code. A good contractor should not feel upset about any fixing. The main problem I see here is engineering. Some contractors dare easily to make changes on structural details on fly and they think the solved problems
Holy smokes.... I'd run away from that house! How did that foundation even pass inspection? It doesn't even fully support the sill plate...
From an architectural perspective an overhanging sill plate can be incorporated into plans. I’m quite certain that’s not the case here though,
Notice this was in a subdivision so all the houses are like this. We would do work in one subdivision for one person and every other home owner had the same issues! You would spend a summer fixing issues from house to house.
Hard to believe that these will all be $Million+ homes.
And this ladies and gentlemen is precisely why I decided to build my own room addition.
Can't trust anybody to do good work for a good price.
if they are Amish, you stand a very good chance of getting a A1 job. And for a fair price.
I was a home inspector in the Washington DC area for several years. This is unfortunately a very common pre drywall inspection. After one particular inspection I spoke to the builders representative and told him they should be embarrassed at the quality of the work. His statement to me was "they keep on buying them". This was on a $1,500,000 home. Nationwide builder.
The people constructing these homes are using the cheapest subs they can find or finding a sub at all due to the lack of skilled tradesmen. The good tradesmen and subcontractors don't work for shitty/cheap builders. The home inspection industry is even worse, the people doing the actual inspections don't seem to have the experience of knowledge. What would someone that is skilled and knowledgeable do inspections when they could be doing the actual work making twice as much? It's about the money.
Sounds like hearthstone who have been BANNED from building in 3 states that I know of. They perform & apparently encourage SHITTY, horrible, terrible, awful, unsafe, uncouth, immoral &
NON-journeyman-like unethical " work ". I would never buy 1 of those houses.
Just like our elected "representatives" that do shoddy work: "...they keep on buying (reelecting) them". Sad State of The Union in 2023.
@@chrisanthony579 I'm a retired custom home builder. I had a rep. for doing extremely tight work, and never failed an inspection in the last ten years of my career. I sold my personal home, which was three years old. The "professional home inspector" found 42 "defects" that he recommended the new homeowner address. The home was nearly flawless, and forty of his claims were bullshit. Two were no-picky crap that took less than five minutes to fix. He was repeatedly flat out wrong, and his criticism was based on his opinion, not the code, or best practice. The guy had zero construction experience, and no understand of the difference between his opinion and reality, as he continually stated in writing and photographs, that things done to the exact standards of the current ICC code were wrong.
Things like claiming that the recessed ceiling fixtures were buried in insulation, and he was unable to determine if they were insulation contact rated. He recommended that the homeowner hire a professional electrician to inspect the lights for safety. First, I am a licensed electrician and haven't used a non-IC fixture in decades. Second, I have to special order, and pay more for non-IC rated fixtures, and can't imagine why I would ever what to do so? Third, he stood in the attic hatch, with a 2" square, BRIGHT ORANGE Sticker right in front of his face. The sticker was attached to a recessed light can. It said, in bold black print......... "IC rated". He literally had no idea what that meant.
I was livid, and essentially gutted him, at a conference with the buyer, and made it clear that the huge amount of money he charged need to be refunded by the buyer's agent, who found and scheduled this grossly incompetent fool. Most "professional home inspectors" vary from corrupt to clueless. This video is from somebody who is obviously quite sharp, knowledgeable and professional. Sadly, that is about as far from typical as it gets for the average home buyer. I have repeatedly seen cases where home buyers end up severely damaged financially and emotionally, after they buy a defective property that had a glowing inspection report.
How does it get this far? In California this all would have gotten called out when you got the framing inspected. Has the city not been to this job site. Are building codes just a suggestion? I'm genuinely curious.
This gentleman is pure gold! Please keep sharing this information.
Level of incompetence in the framing is amazing! Builders fault and framers ability to understand.
Hey thanks for the kind words! I appreciate that.
I worked for a guy who's work was like this. I feel like I'm watching you inspect one of his jobs. And yes I quit a few months in, I didn't want my name attached to anything he had going on..
Finally a person that knows proper construction. I lost jobs because I wouldn’t cheat code and quality from general contractors demands.
It's really nice that they insulated the 1/2" hot water lines,. I wonder if they can save that, when they demo this building.
Love the walkthrough. Such great info to learn from. I would watch this style video everyday!
Wonder how many of these issues will actually be corrected.
The best way to fix all that is with a match.
Glad there are people like you that catch the mistakes before it gets buried. Shouldn't happen with competent tradesmen. As a painter, being the last tradesmen to leave the job site, I see and hear about the shoddy workmanship. Ask a painter who does good work.
You're the smartest man on the short bus
@@QUICKNEASYHANDYMAN It's observation, repercussions, consequences and opinions, not my position on a bus. Ask the person who pays the bill. Or not pay it.
@@QUICKNEASYHANDYMAN As usual men bullying men 📸
@@billhill3526 painters are the guys that see shadows that no one else sees and as the final part of the orchestra will spot the imperfections from previous trades.
This goes way beyond the drywallers trying to cope with what they have to work with by the way.😉
Too true, friend! Fellow painter here, and I've seen some pretty scary things from builders and renovators.
Correction notice, not ready for inspection. They are using you to find what needs to be fixed. To many items to list. Recall.
These videos are gold. Thanks for the uploads. Im a master electrician and could watch these videos all day I find them very informative.
Really? I honestly never thought that folks would have any interest in these types of videos but if folks enjoy them I'll keep making them.
At T=3:24, the sprinkler piping is too close to the stud surface. Needs a protection plate as a minimum.
Nice catch!
This is why people look at me like I'm a damned thief when I give them a price. Yet I drive a '95 Chevy. It's hard to compete ethically in Alabama.
I feel your pain brother, when I lived in Bama they would take the cheapest bid, then when cheapo screwed it up , they would call and want me to fix his mess for his price, to which I would reply I’m to busy
@@heknows5418 I have a real simple formula for jobs that involve cleaning up someone else's mess. I work out a bid just like I would for any other job, then I triple it.
I know everyone likes to make fun of California, but this could have never happened here. There would have been an inspection after framing. In fact a pre drywall inspection is rarely if ever a thing. The plumbing, electrical, HFAC, framing, etc, have already been signed off on. Any of the problems seen here would have been called out long ago.
What county (counties) do you build in?
@@mjwbulich
I live in CA, I am adding 800 sqft.
I agree with you, inspectors are good, they find stuff that my architect/contractor missed.
@@mjwbulich
Which city in CA do you work ?
@11:23 theres a double-joist hanger supporting a crippled? joist...cant be code either
Not built by professionals. Remember when measuring your stair riser heights, you need to account for flooring thickness and tread thickness.
Yes, finish to finish or rough to rough. Ultimately keeping code dimensions on the entire staircase.
Question: With the "too short" bottom stair, and the "too tall" top stair, isn't that likely what they're doing? If they expect a thinner floor material and a thicker stair tread, wouldn't the rough structure appear as seen here? You'd need the bottom step shallow because the tread will raise it more than the flooring will, and the top step deeper because the tread will raise the step more than the floor at the top.
If you planning on carpet or vinyl flooring at lowest level and landing and thicker stair treads, that's exactly how you'd have to lay it out. All depends on the floor finish heights and not rough heights
Mexican.
@@ocdtrekkie Yes.
It would be great to see a video like this along with the inspection report.
Yeah I try to do it when my clients can't be present.
@@constructivainspections Clients spending that much money.....and their excuse is....I'm busy.....
At the point of video. I don't think I would be concerned end gap of Advantage sheet good. The project is dried in.
Very stable at this point
The diy craze that has gone on for years has got all kinds of people into the construction industry saying "I can do this" when they really can't. Code is the minimum standard folks remember that.
In my opinion this points to the fact that you should always choose a house plan that is essentially a rectangular box with a V shaped roof.
The vast majority of it is straight lines and 90 degree angles. And everything is visible.
It may not be the most interesting design....but who sits in front of their house in a lawn chair admiring the architecture. You spend that vast amount of time in your house.
And you also get much more cubic volume per amount of material used. And the chances of rain and water infiltration are much less.
You can always pretty it up with exterior structures like decks, porches and landscaping.
I agree 100% . I built a rectangular box with a steep 10/12 pitch gable sheet steel roof. Maximum useable space for use of materials. 4 exterior walls and 2 flat roof surfaces.
The sad part is that there’s still builders that do this quality of work on a box with a pitched roof.
And it seems like many of them just try to delay any repairs until the house is past the warranty period. I know several people who had a house built or bought a new build, just to spend years fighting with the builder to fix issues.
Almost need the to do a pre drywall inspection of a house their currently building to verify their quality before signing any contracts. And maybe that would help encourage them to do better quality work, not knowing if that’s the house a potential customer might inspect prior to paying thousands of dollars for a deposit. Id have no problem spending a couple hundred dollars for an inspector to walk through a house to verify the builder’s workmanship. If it was going to save me from losing a deposit with the builder or having ton of issues with a new house it would be well worth the cost.
I've actually told people this! A square box, one story, shed roof with standing seam panels for solar and a water harvesting system on the back. Nothing fancy, no valleys, no issues to deal with when it comes to maintenance, whole house, easy peasy.
This is the way. SO many houses built nowadays have unnecessarily complex rooflines that are gonna be leaking in less than ten years. And cost three times as much to repair.
Unless you're gonna build a round house, a cube gives you the most volume for surface area, yeah, which means the most efficient volume to heat and cool. Unless you can't do stairs, it's the most reliable way to go.
And what about fire blocking? I saw penetrations that were not fire blocked but you didn’t catch it.
This wasn't the report but only a highlight of some of the bigger issues. I did indeed call out missing fireblocking in the report. Good eye my man!
That narrow wall, an engineer may require a steel column installed for it to properly support the weight. They may also require a steel beam over the garage door due to the limited overlap.
Weight isn't the biggest issue - shear is - that thin section has no racking strength. And the concrete is spalled at the corner, so foundation hold downs are compromised. What a disgrace.
@@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb Yes. In some jurisdictions this opening would be framed with a welded steel moment frame, typically made of large tube steel and aggressively anchored into the foundation pour, with large J bolts. If anybody takes the problem seriously, it will be pretty expensive to fix on this one. I've seen cases where an engineer designs a really heavy duty plywood shear wall, nailed to the interior stud face, with everything from calling out direction and cuts on sheets of top grade plywood, to super tight nail schedules and more than one layer of plywood.
Very good educational video. Keep coming out with more, I'm now a new supporter your channel....
Thanks man. I really only made this video for the client who couldn't be on site and it just kinda blew up. If folks enjoy these I'll put up some more.
I hope you get another vid out on all the points of failure etc. In the inspections and what they did repair wise or responded to queries you had of this inspection
I'm from Illinois, and I love to see how other states use and interpret building codes. I have built houses and keep very busy with redo-work from questionable professional contractors. It is one thing to read a building code, but it is a whole other level when you can see it and hear your interpretation of it. What you do is informative, educational, and entertaining to see. Love what you do. Keep them coming.
Lots of pick up framing lid backing corner backing missing
I don’t even want to ask about straight edge the walls and lid 😮
There were missing nail plates where the sprinkler lines went through some of the plates and studs.
I would love to see the construction blueprint for this one.
I block all my kitchens with 3/4 plywood where the cabinets will attach but that is CRAZY. it makes it so much easier when I put up the cabinets, no struggling to find an attach point
3/4” x 6” at baseboard, chair rail and crown levels in my basement wall renovation along with a full sheet at each end of out TV room if we want to wall mount in the future. Takes time and effort. Would be nice if builders had some common upgrades priced out when you’re working a deal, instead of wishing later.
Yeah could use some R-13 or 15 and slap the plywood on there. Would be nice.
Don't hit a water line between studs, seen it happen. Caused like 85k in damages over 18 months in a vacation home b/c it was a super slow leak.
@@MFcitrous damn right! I took hundred of pictures when our house was built with exactly that in mind, and I’ll gladly pass the album on to whoever buys our house in the future!
Are you cutting and fitting blocking cut from 3/4” plywood or are you sheathing the interior kitchen walls with sheets of 3/4” plywood? A good friend attached full sheets of 3/4” to his kitchen studs rather than use blocking.
You said over all it wasn’t to bad and that’s what kind of work you expected out of the builder. I would have run that builder off long ago. Where ever this is I sure wouldn’t want to buy if this is the kind of framing done.
My goodness - this is insane scary and further reinforces getting a disassociated engineer/inspector throughout the build process and document EVERYTHING!
What happens if the builder refuses to make the corrections to the house?
This makes me feel better. I’ve got a 50 yr old house we bought 3 years ago and have been making many repairs and improvements and fixing previous owners diy repairs… stressing me out and makes me wonder if we should have just bought a new build. Resting easier knowing there’s problems on both sides of the coin.
There was a lot more skilled labor available when your house was built. Your house has a better chance of surviving 50 more years than the house in the video does. We are shopping for a different home right now. New construction will not be on the list!
Our home is 40 years old and needed work, had some shoddy craftsmanship, but nothing egregious like in this video. By the time I'm done renovating it, I'm betting it'll be better than most new construction. Personally I'd rather buy a home that was well maintained than a new build.
Our ~25 yr old house (we bought about 10yrs ago) has needed some work that should have been done from the start or maintenance that was not done (lot of that hereabouts) . Thankfully, I'm pretty handy and YT has some guys who know their stuff. I even check before when I already know how to do the job just to be sure and sometimes pick up some ways to be more efficient. I live in an area where, no joke, there are guys who don't know how to change a door knob and will hire someone to do it. Seriously thinking about handy man gig after retirement! Used to drive the wife crazy that I'd insist on doing it if I could. However, after talking to people.. she is very happy we save the money and hassle that can come with a contractor. Luckily, we have found good contractors for things out of my league like electrical and plumbing.
I'm wondering if that floating beam was engineered approved or designed. It does seem odd, and I can't see how it would work without some kind of a point load to transfer to the foundation.
absolutely not engineered: there is no landing for the joist just to the left of it either. It wont float for long LOL
Maybe the beam that the stair riser attach to is somehow cantilever. Does seem not right.
theres a beam right above it. So the plywood is secured to that beam, as well as the landing beam. Really isn't that far-fetched. but its definitely not floating. BUT i don't think its engineered and I don't like that it uses only osb as the connection material
@@gssuper1438 there is no plywood in that assembly; also the 'beam' you refer to is not a beam as it is connected to an engineered beam on the right @ 9:11 and tro the left its connected to a doubled up 2x12?. The problem is that doubled up 2x12 is resting on the stairs and their is no post beneath the stringer, hence floating. If there were a post, this carrying member would be called a girder
I would not want to be the owner of this building.
Shocking
How do you mess up stairs this bad?!
Rebuild the whole thing.
You are very kind. I would not have been as optimistic as you. Several major issues that will require rework and the "fixes" will likely be ugly. All the stuff you see would make me dig way deeper for the stuff you haven't found...yet.
Guy would be sued if he were too critical. The sad thing was he said the framing is what he expected based his knowledge of the builder. Unbelievable.
It’s going to cost way more to TRY and fix the shoddy work ( and you’ll never get it all ) than it would have been to hire a good contractor.
The best thing a home owner can do is educate themselves before you begin construction. Utube is full of good educational videos.
The inspector himself said he expects solid work from that particular builder. Just because a few things were flagged during an inspection DOES NOT mean that the contractor is "shoddy".
Your comment hit home. I bought a house 8 years ago that was built by the builder for himself. I've dubbed the house the "Money Pit" and it's been under perpetual states of reconstruction for the last 7 years. I've dealt with that unsupported beam.
I guarantee these are. "Spec" houses. The builder will not.give a.flying fig once he sales it. His #'d company for each build will be dissolved and he will get another # and keep building
The blocking was crazy in the kitchen. The cabinet guy will love it. My quick fix would be to fill behind it with spray foam to get the necessary R value. This of course doesn’t work where they built up the blocking three deep though.
There must be a better way to make the cabinet guys happy in the kitchen. Maybe take out the excess blocking and cover that section of wall with plywood (after foaming the wall)? Or were they just trying to get rid of a pile of scraps? Or do all those scraps hide some other screw ups? From what was shown in 10 minutes, I'm suspicious of the entire buildings structure.
@@mrcryptozoic817 Advantech flooring panels or even 3/4" ply sheathing the wall should suffice
If it's backing for cabinetry, they could have ripped two strips of 3/4" (one strip for top and one for bottom area of cabinets) and toe screwed them flush with the studs. That way you're only losing 3/4" of cavity space at two intervals rather than 4' of 2x blocking.
The duplex I am in had a whole lot of cold air coming in from behind the dishwasher and sink area. Makes me think there is next to nothing in insulation in that wall. That also where the ants started getting in. During this last cold snap, the ant's got tired of all of the ice melt landing on their nest, so they moved it inside. It is now in the utility closet. I haven't ever seen that before.
They need to teach someone how to toe screw. My bet is the exterior wall board screws to exterior and every other board screws to the next. They are better off with fire rated paneling the entire wall and fastening cabinets to that. Obvious that the framers are not involved in any other trade
Some blocking is normally done strategically in places where secure fixings are required after the plaster goes up to securely install anything that must hang on the wall without having to hunt for a stud. What's pictured does seem well overs though.
That kitchen blocking looks like the work of an apprentice that was being given minimal instruction and no supervision 😂
Yeah I've never seen cabinet blocking gone crazy like that. Usually you'll see a few 2x6s nailed to the front face of those studs to give you something to screw to with space behind for insulation. I'm clueless as to why they did it like this.
Why would anyone need that much blocking for the lower cabinets? That is insane. Sure the top of the cabinets against the wall, but the middle and lower portions that do not need to hold up a wall behind them. it appears that they are just trying to get rid of wood straps. Upper cabinets, need more than what is there. Sure you will hang from the top but you want to screw in the bottom nailing strip too.
Trust me, when they go crazy on the blocking like that, they are trying to hide something else.
The only other time blocking is done to that extent is out of pure spite for a supervisor.
I mean I guess he could have showed up when someone called out, stoned out of his mind and just trying to make it through the day, but most folks would send him home rather than pay him to fuck things up and possible shoot someone with a nail gun.
Dad would tell me stories of the mobile home plant where stoners would nail themselves or each other to the floor, nailing someone's foot to the floor was a daily occurrence there.
I don’t understand how it gets PAST the single sill plate and all the other massive framing issues that would fail even in Rural Horry County SC
@6:15: Thin-walled copper supply lines rubbing against a Galvanized brace... what could go wrong?
@9:58 pretty unusual to see a knee wall separating floors like a regular platform wall; that cant be code can it?
Is that the short section where they've framed around the landing, on the exterior wall? They could have framed the full height on the upper floor, but that would require longer lumber and make flat framing that wall harder (since it would have a multi-level bottom edge). What would you rather see in this case, for the best solution?
@@haphazard1342 longer studs. having a knee wall can create a hinge. the framer also transitioned from a double top plate to a single on the right hand side of the stairs for no obvious reason, which would be out of code
I’m betting the builder said, we haven’t picked out the cabinets for the kitchen yet, so just add blocking everywhere! 😂😂
The first step and second step should be different heights to account for the difference in thickness of finished floor and treads.
At 3:16 shows the sprinkler pipe going through the top plate close to the edge - need a nailing plate there
3:25 missing a nail plate for the orange sprinkler pipe thats 1/4 away from edge
Yeah, there were a few issues with the sprinkler system but it hadn't yet been fully installed. Wasn't ready for inspection.
They might be putting in floating cabinets and so requested blocking in kitchen walls. I've done that but not on an exterior wall.
Great video, I learned a lot,
4:55 isn’t it even written on the Simpson tie itself what kind of connectors need to be used?
great INFO, thank you!
When you find all these issues, is it even possible to fix some of them? What happens if they can't be fixed?
After all the problems, I was surprised to hear him say "overall the house in in pretty good shape, about what I would expect from this builder"😅 How in the world do they fix the problem with the garage door and upstairs windows being too close to the corner??
Yeah, that kind of says a lot about his expectations of that builder, and his expectations of builders in general. 😆
Homie, you should see the ugly ones I inspect!
@@constructivainspections Do you have a video up with an inspection of an "ugly one"? Because it sounds like that will be a wild ride 🤯
This is a qualified inspector…
My question - how did the framing inspection go?
The approved plans should also be on site and available.
Looks to me to be unsupervised work.
At 3:14 it appears that the plumber bored a beam for an insulated hot water line. That's against code.
5:14 stairs are always too narrow for me. (don't care about height). the ball of my foot comes almost to the edge and causes me to trip. I have to go down stairs with my feet at an angle. I do not have large feet 11.5"
I continue to be baffled every time I see videos like this. It almost feels like these builders are doing things wrong in a way that actually seems like it would take LONGER than just doing it correctly.
I remodeled a house basically from the studs out, and even I was able to quickly figure out what was code, what was considered "above and beyond", and how I could find a price efficient "middle ground" between "just meeting code" and "full custom home builder going for passive house certification", and SO much of it cost little to nothing additional - just being contentious about what you're doing.
Makes me shivers watching your inspections. I am not used to seeing such a mess of construction here in europe. Cuckoo's nest of wiring and all. I guess drywall covers everything...
That exposed PEX outside is going to be an issue down the road
Strait up embarrassing. You would think builders would take more pride in their work. Glad we have people like you that catch these issues before it kills someone.
So no headers above windows at 12:05 is not an issue?
Those built-out headers are to allow for insulation to be installed. Check out advanced framing techniques: www.millcreeklumber.com/clientcontent/mcl/pdf/APA%20Advanced%20Framing%20Construction%20Guide.pdf
Why is the drywall loaded and not the insulation???
when you say "one thing I noticed" has that ever been a correct statement? these are awesome vids for anyone planning on building something, when I was young I worked for a guy who would block out the kitchen like that, top and bottom, so much extra work and materials just so he could slam screws in anywhere on the cupboards install
I suppose that if one says that multiple times it no longer becomes just "one" thing that's been noticed. :)
Wow!
I'm not in the trades but have just been a regular weekly volunteer on perhaps three years worth of HfH builds and I could see many of these flaws. We miss occasionally, but even in homes built by volunteers under the guidance of a general contractor I've never seen this many blatant inspection failures. Once an inspector glanced at the stairs in one home and complained about variance in riser height and he was _almost_ right -- but careful measurement showed that we had 1/16" to spare (albeit, that wasn't the goal at stair layout so I considered it a bit of a fail) so it passed w/o modification.
The inspector will usually call out that little variance in stairs. Higher than 7 3/4? Fail.
They probably left out the four nails on the too small reinforcement plate so it would be easier to remove when they had to fix it.
Bahahahaha!
Was the blocking for the cabinets? They were seriously worried about having backing......
Too bad stuff like this has been going on for some time. Our house was built in late 90's and we bought a few years ago. Duct work not properly sealed or insulated at the boot so we were dumping into the attic. One vent was not even hooked up to the main, the pipe (or whatever it is called) was just laying on top of the main in the basement. Utilities in/out were not sealed at all.. could see daylight after pulling back the insulation. So far our ~$4k in proper sealing and insulation has paid us back about 2 or 3x. Got a friend who bought new construction when we bought the old house.. wife is now glad I insisted on no new construction!
Got copper in contact with Simpson plate also
Hurricane zone? Cool to see all the sheer and tie's... its not seen in my area.
stairs are negotiated by 'feel' more than sight . if one or more steps is different than the rest the body will miscalculate when going up or down and possible trip . any slight difference always goes to the bottom step as falling from there is not as catastrophic.
Yeah it's the muscle memory of running up steps that will trip you up when one is out of sync with the others. Stairs are probably the most dangerous area of a house I'd guess.
what about the gaping hole at 1:42
My gosh...that blocking....what in the world? Are they planning to float fully lead base cabinets?!
I'm an amateur, designing only one house, mine. Every anchor bolt hit the middle of the stud bay.
The stair riser height difference is the most fundamental mistake. What were they thinking?
And all the blocking in the wall? Did the homeowner hire a crew of beagles to frame this out?
At 3:52 that’s not a bolt folded over, it’s a Ramset nail. What’s with the doctors office paper booties.
Behind that ramset, smashed under the stud, homie. I dig the blue shoe covers. Makes me look more professional :)
Overall it is in pretty good shape? I would like to see what you consider to be in bad shape. Wow.
Hahaha oh you should see the ones that are in bad shape! It's embarrassing.
Some of this construction looks like it was done by a freshman shop class, after a few weeks of lessons.
Give them some tools, lots of fasteners and turn them loose.
@@BlainsTube Believe it or not, the best built home I ever owned, (out of six) was built by a high school trades class over a two year time span. One of the worst, was a brand new builder's spec home. The difference seemed to be: One was built by kids under supervision. The other was built by kids under the influence!🤣
@@mjdiiii Not many things are as satisfying as watching a quality building project going up.
I worked with a gentleman back in the 80's, building a log cabin home. He took great pride in his work and it showed. His integrity, the quality of his work AND life have had a great influence on me to this day. Jim Howard passed away a last year at 85, but will not be forgotten by those that knew him.
Doing a walk thru calling out build issues is important, what's more important is what "doesn't`t get fixed"
Hi from youtube homepage. New construction homes drive me crazy nowadays...
Looks like stairs were dropped for full oak treads. Hack job, no doubt, but inspectors knock down my stairs often, although the finished rise is near perfect (when tile / carpet / finish treads go on). Usually this is due to bad communication between superintendent or builder and the inspector
It works if all they were gonna do for flooring was add 3/4" oak to the stair treads and that's it. Because then your 6 1/2" bottom tread and 8 1/4" to the landing now match the others at 7 1/2". But now when you add the rest of the flooring to the bottom floor and the landing, you only have 3/8" to play with to keep it within maximum allowed by the code. Maybe they are using some super thin vinyl. Even then, why not make the bottom step 3/8" taller and the top step 3/8" shorter? They definitely built this stupid.
@@shaunpage4498 oak tread stock is 1-1/8"
What I would expect from this builder.
I would think that if this builder has been around for a while that they would know what to do
Will there be a follow up on the fixes?
Unless they are called out by the local building inspector, they won't be fixed.
Seemingly, the first year out of school framer was left alone on a Sunday to get back on schedule. Sad sad sad.
That corner being too narrow to support three stories: WHY was that missed by the architect when the prints were made? WHY was that missed by the inspector when the plans were first submitted for the building permit? HUGE red flags!!!
But they were supporting homosexual special rights !
It turns out that this design was apparently approved by the engineer and this is what they are doing on all these townhomes on the block. I was really surprised as well.
@@constructivainspections did they have the shear in from the garage door wall?
Residential sprinkler? Why?
Who did the framing, a group of 6 year olds? Is there a General Contractor on site and does he have vision problems?
So, is this a side by side? If so, then the other side is just as bad as this side. Those structural issues will affect this side, even if all the issues are addressed in this unit. I would LOVE to see the outcome of this situation. I would walk away. Depends on the contract, but even if the problems are fixed, I'd never feel good about the houee.
That's supposed to be a new house? I've fixed a lot of butchered places with beams hanging out here and there, with bad steps leading to them, but never new out of the box.
I'm guessing the blocking in the kitchen was for easier cabinet install. Even still, that was excessive lol
Those are GRK structural screws ( but that garage wall!! )
Actually those hangers supporting the I joists were not done correctly. There should be blocking installed to make the web flush with the flange on the I joist, then properly secured through the hanger.
You keep your squash blocks to yourself.
My understanding is that is true when the hanger does not reach the top flange of the I joist. That gives the I joist upper support from rotational forces. When the hanger does indeed reach the top flange then that satisfies the manufacturer's requirement for rotational protection and no web blocking is needed.
I've been wrong in my interpretations before so always good when a fresh set of eyes can double check my work! :)
looks like they did it to get rid of wood since most get paid by the foot of board used
They should have 2x6 studs on the first floor for 3 story construction.
This building is absolutely terrifying. I don’t think it would survive a tornado or hurricane.
I think that’s why they added so many additional studs and blocking
They may not be in tornado or hurricane territory. Additional studs on the ground floor can be adequate. I'm much more worried about the shortcuts taken all over the project, and the structural deficiency of that garage door side wall.
That’s some bad construction 😂
agreed.
When I first got into construction I worked for a framer doing custom homes. I was the only american and the work looked just like this crap. Now I build custom homes and only hire quality craftsman and specialty tradesmen. This shit would not fly with me.
3:15 Sprinkler in a domestic dwelling? Good grief.
Is it typical to frame up on-site over there, or to use pre-nailed framing trucked in and stood up?
Screws don’t fail in shear in dimensional lumber, the lumber does.
Yep I've never understood America's insistence on using inferior obsolete technologies.
@@adamcousins2459 The screws shown tend to be extremely brittle and made to non-existent standards in China. They are marketed as "exterior screws" and lot's of DIYers use them for things like deck building. I know of inspectors who have to tell several homeowners, every year, that they need to remove and replace every one of those, in every structural application, and replace them with properly sized galvanized nails, or proper screws. The screws in the video actually shear pretty easily, especially since they are trying to support a heavy load on knive like holes punched in the hardware. Structural hardware manufacturers sell rated screws for these hangers, as well as thick, heavily galvanized nails that are stamped on the head, so they can be inspected and identified.
The brown, tan and green coated "exterior screws" you find in big box stores are not worth dragging home. The coating can literally last months in treated wood, and it's nothing to try to remove them, in any application where they have been used outdoors for a few years, and find that they snap with a tiny bit of torque applied, as they have rusted to the point that their diameter in the wood is a fraction of what it once was.
It's good to see that in the future Dennis Reynolds found some passion outside of co-owning a bar.
Hugh Honey wanted a career change
Lol that drywall stack aint going anywhere anytime soon
This makes me want to cry.