Building Process Video 20
2ND FLOOR LAYOUT AND PLATE
Here is the 20th Video in our ongoing Building Process Video Series. Just like when we began framing the 1st floor, we have to layout and plate the walls upstairs.
The framing superintendent will mark out the wall locations as well as any beams, headers, shear walls and critical details for the framing crew. The layout and plate crew will then cut top and bottom plates for all walls.
Framing: Second Floor Layout and Plate
Las Vegas Project
THE NEXT STEP
FRAMING: SECOND FLOOR
BUILDING PROCESS VIDEOS
LOT PREPARATION 1
LOT PREPARATION 2: GRADING
CORNERSTAKING/FOOTING LAYOUT
FOOTING EXCAVATION
SETTING FORMS
UNDERSLAB PLUMBING I
UNDERSLAB PLUMBING II
BACKFILL AND COMPACTION
BACKFILL AND COMPACTION
INTERIOR
PRESLAB ELECTRICAL
SLAB REINFORCEMENT VIDEO
CONCRETE POUR
STRIPPING FORMS
LOT SPINOFF
FRAMING LAYOUT AND PLATE
FRAMING: FIRST FLOOR
FRAMING: FLOOR TRUSSES
FLOOR SHEATHING
STAY TUNED, MORE TO COME..
We will be continuing our Building Process Video Series for the next several months. The typical residential project takes 4-6 months, however, our Las Vegas Project is a 10,000 square foot custom home. It will take a total of 12 months to complete. While it may not be exactly what most owner builders are undertaking, it will demonstrate the building process that is common to all projects.
Remember, these videos are brief and fairly general. They are meant to familiarize owner builders with the building process. There is a lot of additional education and experience that an owner builder should seek out before starting their own project. As they say, knowledge is power.
Our goal is to show owner builders that a complicated, enormous custom home is built the in same way, using the same contractors, subcontractors, steps and materials, as the smaller, "simpler" projects that most of us plan to build. Of course, there will be unique challenges that may not apply to an individual's owner builder experience. They will, however, hopefully address another's issues.
I hope the videos are enjoyable and informative. I am still learning how to shoot and edit video. As time goes on, I will probably go back and re-edit some of the videos I have already done.
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