New Home Construction

fordmantpw · Jun 11, 2014

tow653 said:
Bet the trusses didn't travel far,Mid-Am Truss?

You guessed it! Floor trusses were from there too.

BuilderML · Jun 12, 2014

Is it just the picture or is the head room tight on the stairway landing?

fordmantpw · Jun 12, 2014

BuilderML said:
Is it just the picture or is the head room tight on the stairway landing?

It's just the pic. Plenty of head room with the 9' basement ceilings. We will have dropped ceiling in the basement, but will do sheet rock around the steps to make sure we keep the head room plentiful.

Red Horse · Jun 12, 2014

BuilderML said:
Its funny you say that. We just completed framing a home with the Zip system for the roof and walls. I was talking with the sales rep from that lumber yard about adding tyvek over the zip as a 2nd measure of protection. His reply was you may be voiding the warranty. Here is how i could see a warranty claim going. Lets say you do cover the zip panels with tyvek and the zip fails for some reason. Now you remove the walls covering and the rep comes out and sees you have tyvek over it. Sales rep replies " Sorry sir but seeing how you have another product over ours there is nothing we can do for you. Ours is a stand alone product". Again it may never play out that way but your just giving someone a reason not to cover the warranty.

Good point on the warranty issue. I mentioned that to my friend who is in the process of finishing up his house. He says he did in fact think of the warranty issue, but in his mind, its such a long range issue and with the likelihood of proration he is not concerned. By the way-my post was in error-he used Tyvek-not Typar. In any case, he also says if you read the fine print on the Zip warranty/disclaimer, they can deny a claim if the surface is penetrated-in other words, if the applicator is careless with his gun air pressure setting and the nails are counter sunk, that gives them grounds to reject a claim. For what its worth. Like I said, this guy is very experienced (late 50's) and does pay attention to details.

In any case as far as Zip goes, it certainly has caught on big time up here.
In any case, Fordman-"Looking good"!!

fordmantpw · Jun 23, 2014

Another update. We've gotten a lot done since the last update!

Suspended deck poured:

Trusses and roof sheathing on:

The windows on the main level are in as well. The rest should be going in today:

8N Ren · Jun 23, 2014

Looking really good!

wmonroe · Jun 23, 2014

Very nice! Getting it dried in is a big step.

fordmantpw · Jun 23, 2014

8N Ren said:
Looking really good!

Thanks!

wmonroe said:
Very nice! Getting it dried in is a big step.

Thanks! Yes, glad to see it getting covered. The rest of the windows and a couple doors went in today.

Red Horse · Jun 23, 2014

fordmantpw said:
Another update. We've gotten a lot done since the last update!

Suspended deck poured:

Trusses and roof sheathing on:

The windows on the main level are in as well. The rest should be going in today:

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Beautiful-Just out of curiosity in third picture (frontal shot) looks like the siding was not applied in area of what would be the rim joist. Reason for that?

fordmantpw · Jun 23, 2014

Red Horse said:
Beautiful-Just out of curiosity in third picture (frontal shot) looks like the siding was not applied in area of what would be the rim joist. Reason for that?

I'm not sure which area you are talking about. Are you talking about where the floor trusses are? If so, they just hadn't gotten to that yet. The put it on the walls of the main level before they stood them up, then came back later and finished the rest.