My Industrial Cabin Build

[airbiscuit]

I wasn't trying to be a smart alec, but when the OP had anchor issues, the option of gluing the bottom plate to the concrete was dismissed. I was just trying to understand how gluing the walls to the bottom plate is different logic (and yes I know nails go through the OSB). I get that the adhesive and gravity will hold the wall in place. I am just trying to understand the comparative logic about being horrified about gluing down the sill plate with construction adhesive.

 

[dstig1]

Plate to concrete would put the adhesive loading in tension with lift on the wall. But on the OSB to plate it puts the adhesive in shear. Adhesives are far stronger in shear than in tension. Plus the tension in the plate to slab joint would be transferred to the concrete, which is very weak in tension and might just pop the surface of the concrete off given enough lift.. A buried anchor bolt is far stronger.

 

[airbiscuit]

Got it, thanks.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Im glad you guys are around, both to ask good questions and to provide good answers. Some of these things I know, and some of them I don’t. For the most part, i am following the specifications of my panel company and my architect. Getting all of this put together is a giant learning curve. Yesterday was a prime example of that. I built a header and installed it in the osb panel that goes in above one of my windows. I cut the jack and went to assemble it and realized that I made the header too short and had to cut it out. Weather delays on Saturday and that mistake on Sunday meant that I only put up Two panels this weekend. I am frustrated, to say the least.
As for the anchor bolt issue with the interior framing, I am glad its put in that way right now, because I have the wall connected to the frame and with the wind we have been getting, it gives me a lot more confidence.

 

[dstig1]

No worries man. You don't know what you don't know. 25 years in an adhesive company and you learn something....

 

[BigBlue1]

How do you run electrical or other in-wall wiring in those SIPS panels? I don't see any conduit going through them or other ways to run wiring.

Rob

 

[hawkeye08]

Our SIPs have horizonal holes at the right height for outlets, vertical where needed, done at factory. A few places I needed to add a hole, I used hole saw made out of conduit (saw tooth on one end, fastened to drill on other end).

 

[WoodChuckDad]

There is a single channel cut in each panel for electrical . At about knee level But I dont plan to use it. It wouldnt work for me because of some customizations we made with our plan. From the beginning we intended to just run conduit on the wall and paint it. When we began this design process we started by toying with the idea of shipping containers. We quickly moved to a SIPs design. This is one of the industrial elements of the build. Cement floor, hydronic heat, metal conduits on walls. A lot of windows, including some reclaimed windows in the living room. Post and beam to bring in the cabin elements and a nod to our setting on the mountain.

 

[BigBlue1]

Cool. Thanks for the info.

Rob

 

[aczlan]

The other way that it is done is to heat a ball bearing to red hot with a torch, then drop it down from the top.

Aaron Z