Step 9 – Frame the Floor
Flooring is pretty basic, and if you’ve ever noticed how a deck is built then you have the gist of it. Long boards called joists are laid out parallel with each other and on their sides so they won’t bend …
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Step 8a – Utilize Advanced Framing Techniques
To an experienced framer, the work I have completed over the last couple of days would seem wrong. It is quite possible they would never have seen a house framed the way that I am framing mine. A few might …
Step 8 – Frame the First Floor
After spending the weekend spraying the new slab down every hour or so, it was finally time to get the walls up! This process of “wet curing” concrete can add up to 50 percent more strength when done for 3-7 …