Looking great. you'll be dried in soon. Whats the heat and utilities going to be? Is the builder doing the interior finishes?
Looking great. you'll be dried in soon. Whats the heat and utilities going to be? Is the builder doing the interior finishes?
You’ll find good use for them, if you own a basement or garage. Nothing beats a kitchenette corner in the basement with cupboards and counter, for reloading shotgun shells, electronics projects, etc. I also have kitchen cupboards and counter in the garage for extra storage and work space, separate from the heavy and dirty stuff in the detached shop.
Building code requires floating walls in basements, with a 2" gap and pressure treated wood directly on the concrete. This way when the floor shifts. The drywall doesn't become structural.The framed out walls look to be off the floor, why? Whats the shim material under the walls? Not understanding the deck LVL beam. Is there another deck they haven't built?
yep, that is exactly the case. It is not international building code, but common here in colorado.I haven't heard of the code requirement. I'm guessing the issue is the floor settlesand would take the wall down. So the walls are hanging and will have pins into the slab that allow the floor to slide.
The deck is over a roof. I see them done, but, what happens when you need a new roof? Are those LVL outdoor use rated. I ask because I've seen water get into them one version of them, separating the laminations. It looks like a beam, 3, 2x10's under the floor joist would work. I would set it back 2ft from the outside edge. And posts every 8 -10 ft. Make sure they do a correct double metal flashing where it attaches to the house.
My parents owned a property with this setup, 1972 - 2010’ish. In our case, the lifetime of the decking (not the PT frame, but the actual decking boards) was similar to the lifetime of the roofing. So, when the roof was ready for replacement at 25 or 30 years, so was the decking. Pull up decking, do a new roof (between deck framing, sort of a PITA, but do-able), and then install new decking.The deck is over a roof. I see them done, but, what happens when you need a new roof?
My parents owned a property with this setup, 1972 - 2010’ish. In our case, the lifetime of the decking (not the PT frame, but the actual decking boards) was similar to the lifetime of the roofing. So, when the roof was ready for replacement at 25 or 30 years, so was the decking. Pull up decking, do a new roof (between deck framing, sort of a PITA, but do-able), and then install new decking.
With the newer and friendlier PT treatments, I imagine we may be reaching a point where some higher quality roofing materials outlive the deck frame, itself. What I’m seeing more frequently is that the fastener systems are failing prematurely, due to the ACQ PT treatment being very corrosive to even galvanized hardware. It’s likely this will have you replacing the deck long before that roof fails.
Agreed. I gave up on galvanized a long time ago and use ceramic coated or stainless hardware now . The ceramic has a lifetime warranty but that's pretty much useless since they will only replace the screws. If they're corroded badly enough to need replacement then they'll be a bear to remove and replace. I'm only buying stainless now for ACQ use.With the newer and friendlier PT treatments, I imagine we may be reaching a point where some higher quality roofing materials outlive the deck frame, itself. What I’m seeing more frequently is that the fastener systems are failing prematurely, due to the ACQ PT treatment being very corrosive to even galvanized hardware.
sounds a lot like my house. When i walked into my master bathroom, I said, "i feel like i'm in a burger king, or a wendys"Good that you're trying to fix some of the mess from previous diy'ers. We went through the same thing two years ago when we gutted a 1974 bungalow. It had been completely reno'd in 2004 by the previous owner, a "contractor" himself, but did everything half-a$$ed and on the cheap - really cheap. Cut wires, cut trusses, missing insulation, missing bearing under girder trusses, single layer torch-on roofing, reused old aluminum windows that he'd slavaged from another job...
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