New House

[Coastboater]

Looking good!
Take lots of pictures of the strapping while it’s visible. When it comes to homeowners insurance that will qualify for a discount.
In my case, Homesite required a notarized document by a licensed general contractor. You may want to hit up your contractor for that doc before he disappears 😀

[Gnrphil]

Thank you, will do.

[Billinfla]

Clips and strapping, roof nailing. If you look at Florida code you'll be disgusted by all the "continuous load path" stuff required.

[LFBB]

Single-family homes in the U.S averaged 2,491 sq ft in size in 2020. This size requires between 117-127 trees to construct.
Oct 7, 2022

Just a curious factoid.

[Gnrphil]

House is wrapped and windows are going in, meeting with the plumber today. Moving along nicely.

[SeaCat22]

Moving right along. Looking good.

[Tiretyme]

Congratulations!
Always a nice hurdle when you get to the drying-in part

[Coastboater]

Almost dry! Roofers will knock that out in a day…

[jmike]

Looking good! Will you be adding stairs to your porches later?

[Gnrphil]

Yes, I guess they'll do that when they do the decking.

[NO WAKE]

Coming along nicely!!! 😃

[Slough]

Lookin good

[Gnrphil]

A quick update. s have been in, HVAC is in and the electricians have started.

[Gnrphil]

Oh and the fire place is in

[OldPete]

That style is exactly what my wife and I would like. Not over-the-top big, but still classy.

Looks great!

[Gnrphil]

Thanks Pete.

[Tiretyme]

Love it, especially when you see doors, windows, wires and pipes!!
If you can, blow as much of the dust outta there as you can before they start hanging gyp board

[Gnrphil]

Yeah I need to get in there and have a clean up, electricians are supposed to finish today so I'll have a clean up when there done.

[jmike]

I would question the methods of the HVAC installer when it comes to cutting those floor joists. Are they pre engineered with holes for duct to pass through or is the installer just going at it willy nilly with a sawzall to make his job easier?

[Gnrphil]

I thought the same but the builders foreman was there with him so I guess it OK, if it causes a problem it's on them, we have a warranty. .

[Billinfla]

the penetration appears to be midspan of the joist which means most of the load is bending rather than shear. As such the edges of the joist are more critical for strength than dead center. I'd still check with the engineer/trussjoist manufacturer.

[Gnrphil]

Will do, thanks for pointing that out.

[Coastboater]

Looking good! Like the double sided fireplace.
Dont forget the 220V/20A drop for the lift!
Getting ready to get small…..sheet rock going up closes things in.