Lakehouse Build - EP22 - 3 Season Porch!
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2024
- This is Episode 22 in our Lakehouse Build series. In this episode, we frame up the 3 walls that form the 3 Season Porch. This will get windows/screens to keep the bugs out and will be a great place for coffee in the morning or a bite to eat!
Check out the entire Lakehouse Build series playlist on our channel.
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Another Great watch guys, really coming along nicely, that looked like some hard work lifting them walls, great team work. Also loving the expanded narration in this episode. Keep up the great work, ty for the vids from the UK
We appreciate the comments Nigel! Thanks for watching!
Moving right along! #22✅
Yes, we are making progress! Thanks for watching!
Good to see hard working people instead of talker.
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Hi Cat & Kev from an Autumny Wellington New Zealand It was a frosty 0C here this morning
Sorry to hear that Andrew but we didn’t want the cold weather here anymore so we shipped it to you. 😂
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Hello Kev and Cat, enjoying your progress on the house, thanks so much for sharing with everyone! Loved your trip in the Tesla too.
Thanks Donnie. Thanks for watching!
Great work but a recommendation back cut your top plates 5 1/2 inches so you can overlap the adjacent wall to it to lock it in place to make your corners much more stronger be safe God blessed
Yes, normally we would do that to tie the walls together but it wasn’t feasible in this case because the 2nd top plate was used to keep the wall and LVLs together. I used some GRKs at the top to tie the walls together so that should be sufficient . 👍
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Hello, I’ve been following you podcast and maybe I missed your reason for building your house half of ICF and half with wood. Please fill me in. I enjoy the work style. Thanks
It all started out of necessity. We had a foundation contractor lined up and at the last minute he bailed and said he didn’t have the manpower. So we decided to take it on and I knew that ICF was a DIY option.
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Just a thought, maybe it would be helpful if everyone watching your video, was shown your 2D house rendering to give everyone an idea of what your building.
That would just ruin the surprise! 😂
I will look to see if I can incorporate some photos or something in the next couple of videos.
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Well I got to say another good video I've been watching you guys for a while now I really like it you guys are doing a good job but on the lvls can I ask you a question why didn't you use wood glue in between those lvls when you put them together that helps strengthening in those and I got another question for you do you like your Milwaukee nail gun
Thanks Joe, we appreciate the comments!
From everything I have read, the installation of LVLs focus on the nailing pattern and size of nails compared to ensuring glue is used. I also find the LVLs have a wax coating so not sure the glue would necessarily help?
In terms of the Milwaukee nail gun it is great. It is able to drive the nails flush into the triple LVLs compared to my older Paslode cordless that leaves them proud. Only downside of the Milwaukee (XC5.0 battery) is that it is heavier compared to Paslode. I guess I just need to build up the arm strength. 💪
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@@kevcatbuildit9478 lol I hear you bud well just keep up the good work looks good you guys are doing a fabulous job
Hope you won’t be offended by my comments, it’s just an observation, not criticism as such.
For contractors “time is money”, so stitching a house together fast, get it up & get out is how you make profits.
In your situation, not so much time is money.
Part of “fast & nasty” is framing with nail guns. It saves a lot of time however it isn’t the best / strongest for longevity.
Nails will come out the same way they went in if sufficient force is applied in the opposite direction to what the nail went in.
Even the “quick draw nailing” isn’t as strong as it could be. When nailing, if you “toe nail” (dovetail nail) by laying the head of the nail gun to opposite sides, those two nails are stronger than 4 or 5 just nailed quickly in straight along side each other.
In that situation “more isn’t necessarily better”.
What I noticed (if I were building for myself) there is no sign of any adhesives between studs & jack studs or between LVL beams for eg.
Neither is there even one screw in the entire frames I’ve seen assembled & stood in the videos thus far.
Also no joinery techniques either, no trenches in top or bottom plates to fix stud positions etc.
No noggins between studs to prevent twisting of the studs.
It’s a fast build - but in my opinion not a very well skilled build. There’s a total over reliance on nails & only nails.
This is the very definition of “fast & nasty” stick frame construction.
It’s likely not too late to go back and add screws for eg, but too late for housing out top & bottom plates or using adhesives for eg.
All “cross bracing” is provided by the zip board cladding and even that is entirely held on by nails, no adhesives & no screws.
It’s just not as strongly & well built as it could have been with a bit more time effort and materials.
Will that matter?
Not a lot in the short term, but longer term, yes if there’s any form of earth movement or strong “tornado type wind loadings over the longer term.
If it were for sale ever at some point in the future, having seen how it was built, I wouldn’t personally buy it.
I’m no builder, except I worked most of my life with my old man who was a registered master builder starting in 1952, until he died in 2005.
Building standards are just declining steadily every year, where “time is money” & “fast & nasty” has become the norm nowadays.
I just think you could honestly do better with a little more knowledge / experience and attention to detail.
My 2c
Not offended at all, as everyone is entitled to their opinion. With most tasks, there are many ways to do things and it usually comes down to the details that make the difference.
For example, nail guns make the process easier but it doesn’t mean less strength or quality as it comes down to the type of nail chosen. There is smooth shank and ring shank. We have chosen ring shank due to its superior holding power. This includes the framing nails as well as the ZIP sheathing nails.
When putting together multiple plys of LVLs to make up a beam, glue is not specified by engineers. They call for a specific nailing pattern to reach their specs.
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Hello from Iowa!!! Another great video of team work between you and Cat. I have enjoyed all the videos and the trip to North Carolina. Keep it up you two. Can't wait to see the finished product.
Awesome! Thanks for watching!