Probably the best th-cam.com/users/postUgkxYGamVaHfdHiPlAQaLa7zkwR02OKpGYDU on building a shed is hardly found ever . And Ryan takes the mystery out of different types of foundation options, etc. He even shows how to build shed with different designs. Very comprehensive, covering different roofing materials, siding, etc.
Im a Civil Engineering Student from germany; we build our residential completely different and ill probably never hammer in even a single nail in my entire carreer. Still i find myself watching every single of this videos and i will do so until the house is sold and the moving truck arrives. Scott is a natural teacher, i love the music, the calm mood and the splendid production quality as well as the sheer amount of knowledge and detail. Thank you a lot for this format, its the youtube content i look forward to the most!
I am from England and i framed in California for 3 years..... great time and learnt from some amazing journeyman framers. Wish i had paid more attention to be honest.... oh and i wish i had youtube back then so i could have learnt faster.
Phosphomannomutase In what ways is residential building done differently in Germany? The way Scott is framing this house isn't the only way it is done here. Scott is doing what is called "Stick" framing. Building everything on sight. Another way homes are built here (Usually less custom and lower priced homes.) Is "Panel" built. For those the walls are delivered pre-built in 6'-10' (mostly 8') lengths or panels. They are numbered/labeled. Instead of a normal blueprint you use basically an assembly drawing. You snap out all the lines and label them like A-1 or whatever and that is the corresponding wall panel that goes there. The house gets assembled (not built as I see it) by connecting the panels together where they go. There are also houses pre-built basically fully finished in (usually 2) sections delivered then attached together. Edit: If you can get some experience building houses you should. I have always thought all architects, engineers, inspectors etc. should be required to have some actual on the job experience. What works on paper doesn't always work or doesn't work as good or efficient in practice. Sometimes a small change in design can greatly decrease the amount or difficulty of labor involved. Saving manhours saves money! A lot of times those labor saving design changes can only be noticed by the people doing the labor. Also it is very common to find errors in blueprints. Numbers and dimensions not adding up. Like a house has an overall size but you start snapping lines for wall layouts. You get to the last partition wall and realize the room is supposed to be 14'6" wide and you only have 14' left. Sometimes it may be ok for the room to be a little smaller but sometimes its not and you need to figure out where to take the 6" from. Maybe all from 1 other room maybe a little from a few. Sometimes its an issue on who makes the decision. Someone that has been through that would probably be more careful to have the numbers work on buildings they designed. Or they may add a small detail that takes a relatively long time to build for just a little bit of noticeable improvement.
@@samcarver317 Our residential is mostly big hollow concrete bricks, "glued" together with very thin special mortars , with rockwool panels attached for insulation. The floors are reinforced concrete poured on site. Stairwells are prefab reinforced concrete. There is some trend to wooden construction, especially prefab as you mentioned (Fertigteilbauweise), but not necessary with a focus on cheapness, more like ecology, comfort and energy efficiency (requirements for insulation are quite harsh, as is our winter :) ). My University actually requires every aspiring civ eng to work twelwe weeks in construction doing manual labor before they can start their degree. So i spent a summer roofing for no pay, carrying tiles, cleaning the site and manning the elevator. Hated it to be honest, but gave my respect for the men doing those kind of jobs a whole new dimension. Really made me thankful for the opportunity to get a degree that enables my butt to be planted at a desk all day
As a 19 yr old budding carpenter. Your story seriously resonates with me. Took a while to find a crew that was willing to teach me and put me to work. Glad I found them. Productivity is key
I'm in the IT field as a network engineer on an enterprise grade contract where nothing is supposed to go down (like 99.9% uptime kind of environment with lots of redundancy), and even within my own team we have a saying of "if you haven't broken something, then your not working."
The humility you show by telling the story of your start as a young, green carpenter's apprentice made my day. I really enjoy your videos, they teach me a lot. You're a true tradesman, but more than that, you're one helluva good person. May God bless you and your family 🙏.
I feel compelled to say that I am honored and grateful to be able to witness true craftsmanship as its displayed so well in your videos. Thank you for your time and effort in providing outstanding content for us all. Thank you for your insights regarding the treatment of those new, eager and willing new hires working their hearts out and looking for guidance from the old timers. You are an outstanding teacher and leave us all better for watching and learning from you. All the best, today and always.
You have helped me immediately, I have built a deck off the back of our house, another deck and built an island on it for our grill, smoker, flat top grill and Ooni pizza oven. I have also built a 4x8 wood shed with a lean-to-roof, all of this without the full knowledge of how to do it. I now know how to frame with precision, layout both a common rafter and hip roof, whereas before I did not have the knowledge. Your video on the 1800 ft cinder block wall showed me how to do a small 8 foot long and 5 foot high cinder block wall, properly.
Scott's comment at the end of this video about 'teaching the new guy' reminded me of my 1st summer job as a 'carpenter's apprentice' on the big Albany NY South Mall construction site in 1966. I was more of a 'mule' than apprentice. The foreman just had us young guys pulling 4x4s from concrete slabs using 6' crow bars all day long. Got strong physically, but almost zero carpenter skills. Learned what I could pretty much on my own. Would have loved to have had a boss like Scott back then !
AMEN about accurate layout lines. My house has 2 bathrooms, the toilets are back to back. The wall between them was laid out one inch off. The toilet in one bath has an extra inch of space behind it. In the other bathroom the toilet is tight TIGHT against the wall. When I had to change to low-water usage toilets, it was difficult to make one fit. The plumber used an offset toilet flange and wax gasket to make it work. Fortunately the re was enough fudge room. Thanks for the videos. Jon
The time spent explaining what and how you are doing the things you are is a gift to everyone who is afforded the opportunity to watch these videos, I would like to truly thank you for each video. Scott as you have said on multiple occasions, through the series so far, regional differences may be out there however you are giving "noobs" and professional builders alike a vocabulary to start conversations. Those conversations may be as simple as clarifying why something is done a certain way or as powerful as providing a reason to select construction as a career. Keep up the good work!
The guy who taught me the most was few in words and most of them were expletives, LOL He taught me to observe and learn for myself and always stay busy, these two things have taken me far and not just in work but in life. He was a hard-ass but a true master of carpentry, I hated him when I first started work all those years ago but now I couldn't thank him enough, what he taught me has given me an edge above most others. The day he nailed my lunch box to a deck was the day I knew I had his approval, took me like 5 years, LOL
My first job on a site I worked for a guy who didn’t like to be asked what I should do. Lasted a month or so made a lot of mistakes that could’ve been avoided with some teaching. Now in my new job I get to ask questions and learn, can say I have been at least twice as productive, gotten along better with the guys on site, and have spent a lot less time tearing out mistakes compared to before. Just goes to show, a little bit of time invested in teaching saves a lot of time correcting ignorant mistakes.
The IRC requires anchor bolts be placed in the center 1/3 of the sill plate. It looks like you are notching more than half of the plate to fit over the anchor bolts and that definitely wouldn’t fly where I live. Anyway, lots of awesome info, love the video series!
Scott - Appreciated your story a lot. I'd say not just kids but anyone new trying to do something new needs to have time given to them to give them the best chance to succeed. I work in IT and it's chronic how often regular users trying to do their job using technology are not provided with the right information or training. It's easier to fix a problem than to try and explain to someone why and what they should be doing instead. There's lots of factors why this is the case, but the good technicians & managers know prevention is better than the cure, even if it takes more effort in the short term.
Glad you mentioned Southern Yellow Pine as the producers would argue the finer engineering points of difference. Second and third growth yellow pine has tight grain which is dependent on the rain and soil type. Your presentation continues to provide insights. Thanks.
Only SYP we see in my part of the country is green treated "yellawood" is what the tag says. You can get SYP from the yard, if they have it, but you have to ask for it specifically.
Square, Plumb and True must be three of the most Essential conditions of assembly. Thanks 🙏 for sharing the build and all of the nuances and insights into the critical thinking 🤔 that it requires to build a quality home. Anyone can see that its easy to build a house, but it takes a true craftsman to build a home. Luv the series! As always, work safely 😎
You’re saving me a fare amount of heartache with these videos. I agreed to help my dad frame a house but he doesn’t quite have the patience that you have for the beginner. I regret that I never worked for him as a kid like my older brothers did.
It was X's for studs and O's for jacks and cripples in the Midwest and HW for corners if memory serves. Great video as always, a real pleasure no matter the subject, brought back some fond memories. Thanks. Solid headers, wow!
That little story at the end was fantastic! I've done a couple small things like that, but nothing that big lol I am not a young man persay, I've learned to wait for instruction and soak in the learning, ask lots of questions. I'm hoping to be taken on as an apprentice, my anxiety constantly tells me I'm just there for temporary labour till he finds someone with experience but I don't let him know that hehe. I'll just keep watching you build and I'll keep heeding your advice. Thanks for another great video filled with useful tips so I don't look like a fool again on the job. My quick 'idiot moment story' Steve, my boss - "Hang the hangars up and get them ready to install, I'll need the strong nails for them" Me "Got it" After a few minutes Steve was talking to the excavator driver and I thought I knew how to get ahead for him, nail in those hangars. Of course I start with the double hangar for the beam and it's a narrow gap to the next joist. But, I manage after some struggle, got 3 nails in the hangar nice and tight in and 2 in the other side before the boss comes back in the basement and looks up......"No, that's not the right hangar for that joist, has to come out" Spent the next 20 minutes peeling out the 3 nails in the tight space.....absolutely brutal feeling, wasted at least 30 minutes of productive time simply because I failed to listen and wait. I'll be framing out my first house in the new year, I'll study well! Merry Christmas!
exact thing happened here. Boss- "Put hangars on that wall" (time passes) (puts hangars up) "that whole wall wasn't supposed to get all the hangars" communication
@@chubbz981 lol Yup, sometimes it's good to wait for instruction, other times better to ask and look like a dummy then do and look like a big dummy lol
I was taught use bleu line first and red for ( changes) . Love your show and miss my old man also a life long carpenter (1924-2009) who showed me so much, like you do taking the time , Bravo 👍🏻🇨🇦
I found my first framing job in the paper. I called the add and the guy said come on up. I asked what tools I needed to bring. He said bring your bags. Not knowing what this meant, I put on dad's carpenter belt and a raincoat (Portland area) and headed to the job. I showed up at the job and the guy asked where are your bags? I lifted the rain coat to show my dad's carpenter belt. They got a laugh. I staged 2x4 all day long. That night, I bought my first set of bags at home Depot. When I showed up the next day with a set of bags, they knew I'd be around a while. Thanks for sharing your story at the end of the video.
Biggest lesson i learned as a helper on a framing crew was that face pattern on the framing hammer is one hell of a thumb tenderizer especially the second time! Getting in a hurry hurts!!!!
*In my Life, I have noticed... I learn more from a "mistake" than from other methods! The mistakes stick with you and you don't make them again!* *A bad decision today will come back to haunt you tomorrow!* *Thanks for Sharing your Knowledge and Experience!*
Love your videos, long time viewer, way before the house was even an idea... Love the house series for real... Making comment to help with the whole TH-cam engagement deal... best of luck!
I am French and I just discovered your chain and quite frankly it's interesting to see how you made your houses, we in France 90% of houses are concrete.
My house is a mix of baloon and timber frame, studs 30foot long are totally common, but then again they are 3x5's. Building has changed a lot in 200 years!!
I grew up framing/forming/trimming houses with my dad in south Louisiana off and on well into college. Watching this project has been a lot of "oh that's why he did that." Things make a lot more sense when it's not being yelled at you in 100+ degree high humidity weather.
@22:00 ish that's a podcast setup!please start one and bring on old friends in this field.And talk construction...That would be epic. Kepp up the good work..I work at a lumber yard and fabricate panels for concrete work.bridges carports u name it..oh wow watch till end u have a podcast beautiful
I got my first scrap AKA reclaimed lumber from a construction job site at Stanford University, and it turned out to be mainly Doug Fir. Was lucky enough to get a long piece of white oak, as well.
I used to layout stud lines in red and drywall in blue. Corners & openings would be in indelible ink. End of wall and doors would be projected out of the wall to catch being off or twisted. Doors would also have swing posted. Often room number labeled at the door too. I also had what I called my layout buddy. It was 3” square steel shims welded together 4” tall. Took a strand of post tension cable picking eye as a handle
To see someone start on the very bottom on a crew and see them years later rise to be the best, is heart warming. Myself and my brother started on a concrete crew, we were tool cleaners, wheel barrow pushers, we did what nobody else wanted to do. I left after 1 year, my brother stayed and became a master at all phases of concrete work. I drove from Houston to Atlanta to pick him up and go to Tampa for Christmas. When I got there he told me he had to work one more day, and said I could help on the crew and make a few bucks. I was totally amazed, he was in charge of over 30 men, and was a great boss to his men. He had found a job that he loved and made a fortune doing it. One of the last things I saw him do before leaving was help in cleaning the tools for the crew. He would tell me, every job on a crew is important, even cleaning tools. So get to cleaning, and we can head to Tampa a little quicker..Yes Sir. He was a good man, passed away 8 years ago.
Hey Scott, I hope to one day have the opportunity to build a home for my family and do so with my boys. I've moved my family overseas and miss the joy of construction. If you see this I want you to know that your channel is really a great source of instruction and entertainment and I enjoy being able to show my sons what we'd be doing if we were Stateside. Blessings to you brother. Your channel reaches places further than you may realize. All the best.
Dug furr is nice but my preference for framing is southern yellow pine out of the standard lumber. LVLs are now my go to for conventional framing, they never have any crown, twists or any other problems solid lumber has.
Do you ever talk about sun damage? Maybe not in this series but what steps can outdoor workers take to help protect their skin from the sun over time in a career like this and heat(Such as people in the sourth)? That way they do not get skin cancer or skin damage over years of working out doors rapidly aging their skin. (I'd love for your input in this in a future video.) Thanks!
Hi, I live in the UK and most of our houses are brick-built. I have seen an increase of wood-built and a lot of building the interior walls with wood and putting a brick outer skin on later ( something I hate because the wood interior gets soaked with the almost constant rain and then they brick all that water inside causing rot and dampness) I have been in "new builds" where you can see all the mold coming through even after only 6 months. I have built two houses with my son, mainly because we could control the materials that went into the buildings but also because I enjoyed seeing something good being built and gaining knowledge.
Then they weren't built properly. There should be a vapor barrier (best type depends on climate) between wood sheathing and bricks (and ANY exterior facade). Where I live (interior Central Florida) and much of the coastal Southeast, all homes built since the 60s/70s have been built of concrete block or (increasingly common) tilt-up/precast concrete slabs. This is mainly due to the high humidity most of the year and, in the last couple decades, increasingly higher wind load codes (120-140mph for most of Florida, up to 160mph around Miami, and 180mph in Florida Keys).
@@afh7689 Thank you for letting me know, I will pass on the information. People are sinking their life saving into these houses, thinking that they are getting well-built houses and ending up with something they can't sell or live in.
When I started framing, I hardly knew which end of the hammer to hold. Thankfully, I had a patient, kind foreman that taught me. I was blessed. I know a bunch of guys that had to dodge hammers and speed squares when they messed up.
Haha round our crew we call it "The Olympic hammer toss." we had an apprentice cut a rim joist 100" short. Poor guy 100 inched himself. However we did learn that day, that anything an apprentice accidentally screws up doesn't fall on the journeyman anymore that's all on the apprentice. Hes still catching hell for it today.
I saw this and may not be good for this job but keep it in mind.. Spray your chalk lines with clear laquer and rain etc. will not wash them away. Great tips as always from you..
A colored spray at key reference points, intersections, critical centerlines is more visible...chalk dust can wear away but the higher contrast spray paint spot will hold the line as free of paint where the chalk was....lasts as long as the paint holds up, through rain, snow, work dust, etc. Learned that from a high end custom csbinet maker that did commercial wall to wall expensive wood work. The Dutchman's tip was invaluable in my later work.
I use a burke bar at work a LOT and actually use one for like everything lol i never owned one though till just now i broke down and bought one at lowes. Im pretty excited actually because i already know how great a tool it is its one thats pretty indespensible and has so many uses
Love the story you gave at the end. I'm going through my apprenticeship at the moment and find your videos incredibly informative. We work in the metric system over here so when you talk of feet and inches etc I get lost so have to pause the video, get my calculator out and convert your measurements to my system and then carry on watching. Luckly buggers who get to work under you. If I lived in your neck of the woods I'd turn up at your site and say "teach me, i'll work for free and figure out how to live later on". Thanks for your time to make these videos.
As always, glad I watched! Two things: 1) This is the only channel that I really enjoy reading the comments on. 2) Anyone else think his fuzzy little mic should have googly eyes?
I'm a bricklayer from Ireland and have been involved in a lot of aspects of the building trade and I still enjoy listening to this man speak about the building game. Very clear and positive language used. It's refreshing.
I'm still that kid at age of 31. Don't have many solid trade skills beyond a general but solid foundation. My dad has taught me all kinds of things and I do my best to learn them.
When I was a first year apprentice framer I hated wearing that yellow helmet, and all I could do is move lumber and keep generators oiled and gased. I wish the union would better train the journeymen to harness the drive of apprentices, as you mentioned. Love the videos.
In the early 70's, I had a job working framing a two story 50 unit apartment building and was enthralled by the layout guy. He'd show up in the morning and start pulling lines and laying out and cutting the lumber we hauled to him and then we'd nail the walls together. But he drove the entire build and seemingly without plans. Everything was marked and all we did was nail them. (BTW, there were no nailers on site. All hammer and nail.) Still enthralled but that job was only a temporary fill-in for me. Love your work.
I am just now learning about your podcast and catching up. I am however fully caught up on your TH-cam channel and didn’t realize there was an issue with the rock wall. I for one would love a detailed video about what the problem was, how it was discovered, and how it was resolved. Everything on your channel is such a great learning experience and correcting mistakes should always be a learning experience. Thanks for all you do.
My farmhouse here in Ontario built in the 1930's had cheaper trim on the second floor. They used douglas fir instead of butternut. The fir is now so hard I have to drill it before nailing. Worked on a 1910 school in Collingwood where the joists were douglas fir. Incredible wood.
@@essentialcraftsman Dade County Pine, in Florida, was like that too. Super hard, tight grained wood. Couldn’t drive a nail in it without pre-drilling. No longer available though except through demo and salvage. All chopped down probably back in the early ‘50s. 🤜🤛
Man, I envy you all that lovely Douglas Fir! Here in Scotland, I recently paid £1,000 per cubic meter ($37 per cu. foot) for Douglas Fir in 5 inch x 3 inch x 13ft lengths. We grow a lot of timber here, but it grows fast loose grained and a lot of it ends up at the pulp mill. Great to hear you talking about only ordering what you can easily use at each stage. My various family always nag me to order a year's supply of lumber thinking they have hit on a sure-fire way to save me time & money. When you try to explain how timber framing sticks will go off if they are left lying around in the sun & rain, and how much effort it takes to keep timber correctly stored, and how often you will have to move it around the yard if not used quickly, they simply don't believe you.
The story of not really doing told you task or job on the site resonated with me. I went to work 500 miles from home in Bedford, Iowa building wind turbines for Barnhart Crane and Rigging. I showed up all by my lonesome to the laydown that the first day eager to work. My boss was not the kindest or most personable. She sent me out to one of the tower sites and just dumped me off with a crew and some papers. I tell you that was the most unproductive day I've had. The crew and that site were all out of wack as well. Later while working that job I was switched to another crew (Base/Rotor Crew) and they really seemed to be well oiled and with some time I picked up what I needed to do or where I could be doing something. I ended up quitting that job because my boss wasn't letting me work for the crew that I had come to work with and for the fact that I hated working 500 miles homes from home while I felt undervalued as an employee. Barnhart and many of the people I worked with are awesome and would love to do business with them again, but it is amazing how a boss can ruin an experience to such an extent.
The most enjoyable part for me on the one house I built from scratch was doing the Take-offs. Well...writing a $10,000.00 check or 2...that was fun. Don't get to do that very often in life. I didn't have any formulas to use, I counted and measured every inch of material from the Prints and added 5 to 10%, depending on what material it was. The only place my calcs were off was in electrical wire, drywall mud and paint. New drywall sucks up paint like a sponge and texturing walls takes a lot mud.
I've worked with a lot of different layout guys from different regions, they all had a different "accent" or variation when it came to how they marked layouts and symbols. After a while not only could I understand them all but I could tell who marked it. Of course this has been of benefit as I progressed into doing my own layouts and it true I use different short hands based on the project and who will be building although I don't actually do this particular part of the process anymore. :)
Things are coming along nicely guys, have you came across the festool hk cross cut saw, become very popular across the pond. Very useful tool, just saying. All the best.
I use diagonal nails for the base plates, just as you do. You try to get the nail at a perfect 45 so it exits into the deck exactly at the layout line or a bit before. I commonly use an alternative. I use brick ties. I stitch them down right after the layout lines and plate marking. Nail one end down into the deck, wrap the other end 90 degrees up onto the bottom of the bottom plate. Sometimes before the plate marking., and on smaller walls, perhaps after the wall is assembled,,, I can still use a flat bar to lift the base 1/8th of an inch to slip the wall brick tie under. ESPECIALLY for exterior walls and tall gable walls. I want a tie that is bullet proof when I lift that wall. Need to pull the wall in a fraction after it is up? Hook it with your claw hammer and lift the tie at the midpoint. Need to move it out a fraction? Hammer a few corrugations flat, it pushed the wall out. Left or right? the tie offer little resistance to small adjustments. Dirt cheap and always available. Most floor finishes , carpeting, leave them there. Need to remove them after,, a sharp wood chisel will cut flush to the wall with one or two strokes, or a friction blade in a die grinder, either way just a few seconds. And you touched on it,,, Two men can make the work much faster, easier. I always use two when the equation is 1 + 1 = 3. There are many jobs on new construction like that.
I recall my first day working as a hod carrier, tending two masons on a CMU building. They were already on the first platform of scaffolding, and I was having a heck of a time shoveling mud up to their boards. If you move too slow, the mud slides back off the shovel toward you, and if you move too fast, or turn the shovel at the wrong moment, well, no telling where it will land. One of the masons was very patient, and kept trying to help me figure it out, but the other guy was pretty impatient. My arms were turning into jelly from all of the different work, and this guy was getting on me about being too slow and not keeping him fed, so I was trying to hustle and toss up heavier shovels full of mud. He turned to scold me about something just as I was heaving up a big shovel-load of mud, and I managed to completely fill his big rubber boot. He stood there for a moment, looking down at the boot full of mud, and I'm sure wiggling his toes in it a little, and I was ready for the explosion, and the end of my carrier as a hod carrier, when he laughed and yelled "Lunch!" Things settled down just a little after that, and I slowly got better at the job.
Irwin red chalk bain of my life. Sweeps off after a day LOL. Great video Scott. Great framing gun. I have the same one. Never drops a nail never jams. Awesome gun.
I guess I never had a problem with red not lasting. Perhaps it’s your line. I’ve found some lines don’t hold onto the chalk very well, as soon as you let go of the line you get a dust cloud in the air and nothing on the substrate.
Probably the best th-cam.com/users/postUgkxYGamVaHfdHiPlAQaLa7zkwR02OKpGYDU on building a shed is hardly found ever . And Ryan takes the mystery out of different types of foundation options, etc. He even shows how to build shed with different designs. Very comprehensive, covering different roofing materials, siding, etc.
Im a Civil Engineering Student from germany; we build our residential completely different and ill probably never hammer in even a single nail in my entire carreer. Still i find myself watching every single of this videos and i will do so until the house is sold and the moving truck arrives. Scott is a natural teacher, i love the music, the calm mood and the splendid production quality as well as the sheer amount of knowledge and detail. Thank you a lot for this format, its the youtube content i look forward to the most!
In UK as a construction supervisor I make my engineers bang in nails, pins datum points all the time
I am from England and i framed in California for 3 years..... great time and learnt from some amazing journeyman framers. Wish i had paid more attention to be honest.... oh and i wish i had youtube back then so i could have learnt faster.
Phosphomannomutase In what ways is residential building done differently in Germany?
The way Scott is framing this house isn't the only way it is done here. Scott is doing what is called "Stick" framing. Building everything on sight. Another way homes are built here (Usually less custom and lower priced homes.) Is "Panel" built. For those the walls are delivered pre-built in 6'-10' (mostly 8') lengths or panels. They are numbered/labeled. Instead of a normal blueprint you use basically an assembly drawing. You snap out all the lines and label them like A-1 or whatever and that is the corresponding wall panel that goes there. The house gets assembled (not built as I see it) by connecting the panels together where they go. There are also houses pre-built basically fully finished in (usually 2) sections delivered then attached together.
Edit: If you can get some experience building houses you should. I have always thought all architects, engineers, inspectors etc. should be required to have some actual on the job experience. What works on paper doesn't always work or doesn't work as good or efficient in practice. Sometimes a small change in design can greatly decrease the amount or difficulty of labor involved. Saving manhours saves money! A lot of times those labor saving design changes can only be noticed by the people doing the labor.
Also it is very common to find errors in blueprints. Numbers and dimensions not adding up. Like a house has an overall size but you start snapping lines for wall layouts. You get to the last partition wall and realize the room is supposed to be 14'6" wide and you only have 14' left. Sometimes it may be ok for the room to be a little smaller but sometimes its not and you need to figure out where to take the 6" from. Maybe all from 1 other room maybe a little from a few. Sometimes its an issue on who makes the decision. Someone that has been through that would probably be more careful to have the numbers work on buildings they designed. Or they may add a small detail that takes a relatively long time to build for just a little bit of noticeable improvement.
@@samcarver317 Our residential is mostly big hollow concrete bricks, "glued" together with very thin special mortars , with rockwool panels attached for insulation. The floors are reinforced concrete poured on site. Stairwells are prefab reinforced concrete. There is some trend to wooden construction, especially prefab as you mentioned (Fertigteilbauweise), but not necessary with a focus on cheapness, more like ecology, comfort and energy efficiency (requirements for insulation are quite harsh, as is our winter :) ). My University actually requires every aspiring civ eng to work twelwe weeks in construction doing manual labor before they can start their degree. So i spent a summer roofing for no pay, carrying tiles, cleaning the site and manning the elevator. Hated it to be honest, but gave my respect for the men doing those kind of jobs a whole new dimension. Really made me thankful for the opportunity to get a degree that enables my butt to be planted at a desk all day
@@Addystiffler thats right
This Country needs more men like you. Ready to work, Ready to stand up for whats right.
As a 19 yr old budding carpenter. Your story seriously resonates with me. Took a while to find a crew that was willing to teach me and put me to work. Glad I found them. Productivity is key
I value my time and consider watching you an excellent use of it. I can't pay you any greater compliment. Thank you.
'The man that never made a mistake on site never made anything at all'
Top notch content as always Scott.
The house is looking well squared away.
I'm in the IT field as a network engineer on an enterprise grade contract where nothing is supposed to go down (like 99.9% uptime kind of environment with lots of redundancy), and even within my own team we have a saying of "if you haven't broken something, then your not working."
Well said
I "never" made a mistake. I never broke anything, except the rules. Well, I also broke my leg twice and all my front teeth once.
@@shawnsumpter8633 It's not a mistake till they pour the concrete.
The humility you show by telling the story of your start as a young, green carpenter's apprentice made my day. I really enjoy your videos, they teach me a lot. You're a true tradesman, but more than that, you're one helluva good person. May God bless you and your family 🙏.
I feel compelled to say that I am honored and grateful to be able to witness true craftsmanship as its displayed so well in your videos. Thank you for your time and effort in providing outstanding content for us all. Thank you for your insights regarding the treatment of those new, eager and willing new hires working their hearts out and looking for guidance from the old timers. You are an outstanding teacher and leave us all better for watching and learning from you. All the best, today and always.
Thank you very much Superingman - means a lot!
You have helped me immediately, I have built a deck off the back of our house, another deck and built an island on it for our grill, smoker, flat top grill and Ooni pizza oven. I have also built a 4x8 wood shed with a lean-to-roof, all of this without the full knowledge of how to do it. I now know how to frame with precision, layout both a common rafter and hip roof, whereas before I did not have the knowledge. Your video on the 1800 ft cinder block wall showed me how to do a small 8 foot long and 5 foot high cinder block wall, properly.
There is nothing as valuable and doing it right, accurate. You have a very refreshing outlook on working, I enjoy your program.
Scott's comment at the end of this video about 'teaching the new guy' reminded me of my 1st summer job as a 'carpenter's apprentice' on the big Albany NY South Mall construction site in 1966. I was more of a 'mule' than apprentice. The foreman just had us young guys pulling 4x4s from concrete slabs using 6' crow bars all day long. Got strong physically, but almost zero carpenter skills. Learned what I could pretty much on my own. Would have loved to have had a boss like Scott back then !
AMEN about accurate layout lines. My house has 2 bathrooms, the toilets are back to back. The wall between them was laid out one inch off. The toilet in one bath has an extra inch of space behind it. In the other bathroom the toilet is tight TIGHT against the wall. When I had to change to low-water usage toilets, it was difficult to make one fit. The plumber used an offset toilet flange and wax gasket to make it work. Fortunately the re was enough fudge room. Thanks for the videos. Jon
This series has more information in it than any construction management program in any college I’ve ever seen.
Love the way you build,I am a carpenter,30plus years building in so.and cal.love your vids on efficiency
I’d love to spend a week with you guys and learn off of you. What a wealth of knowledge
The time spent explaining what and how you are doing the things you are is a gift to everyone who is afforded the opportunity to watch these videos, I would like to truly thank you for each video. Scott as you have said on multiple occasions, through the series so far, regional differences may be out there however you are giving "noobs" and professional builders alike a vocabulary to start conversations. Those conversations may be as simple as clarifying why something is done a certain way or as powerful as providing a reason to select construction as a career. Keep up the good work!
The guy who taught me the most was few in words and most of them were expletives, LOL He taught me to observe and learn for myself and always stay busy, these two things have taken me far and not just in work but in life. He was a hard-ass but a true master of carpentry, I hated him when I first started work all those years ago but now I couldn't thank him enough, what he taught me has given me an edge above most others. The day he nailed my lunch box to a deck was the day I knew I had his approval, took me like 5 years, LOL
My first job on a site I worked for a guy who didn’t like to be asked what I should do. Lasted a month or so made a lot of mistakes that could’ve been avoided with some teaching. Now in my new job I get to ask questions and learn, can say I have been at least twice as productive, gotten along better with the guys on site, and have spent a lot less time tearing out mistakes compared to before. Just goes to show, a little bit of time invested in teaching saves a lot of time correcting ignorant mistakes.
I'd like to be the guy that follows u on the job site and plays the banjo
We gotta get that guy a better chair.
carson holmes I was taught to run when I hear banjo music
That's a fantastic non sequitur!
@@carsonbh Oh, it follows, closely to the rear ;-)
You are in for a world of trouble. He worked A LOT to be that guy hahah
The IRC requires anchor bolts be placed in the center 1/3 of the sill plate. It looks like you are notching more than half of the plate to fit over the anchor bolts and that definitely wouldn’t fly where I live. Anyway, lots of awesome info, love the video series!
I enjoyed this video the most out of the series so far. Framing is probably the most satisfying part of the job.
Bob Ross and Larry Hahn zen. Thanks for your videos.
Congrats Nate, you’re not necessary but you are useful 😜 2:08
Keep up the good work. Love watching you guys build.
Scott - Appreciated your story a lot. I'd say not just kids but anyone new trying to do something new needs to have time given to them to give them the best chance to succeed.
I work in IT and it's chronic how often regular users trying to do their job using technology are not provided with the right information or training. It's easier to fix a problem than to try and explain to someone why and what they should be doing instead. There's lots of factors why this is the case, but the good technicians & managers know prevention is better than the cure, even if it takes more effort in the short term.
Glad you mentioned Southern Yellow Pine as the producers would argue the finer engineering points of difference. Second and third growth yellow pine has tight grain which is dependent on the rain and soil type. Your presentation continues to provide insights. Thanks.
Only SYP we see in my part of the country is green treated "yellawood" is what the tag says. You can get SYP from the yard, if they have it, but you have to ask for it specifically.
Great advice as far as the treatment for the new guy goes I am 100% onboard with the idea saves time money and effort
Square, Plumb and True must be three of the most Essential conditions of assembly. Thanks 🙏 for sharing the build and all of the nuances and insights into the critical thinking 🤔 that it requires to build a quality home. Anyone can see that its easy to build a house, but it takes a true craftsman to build a home. Luv the series! As always, work safely 😎
Love the videos. You guys are a joy to tag along with. Thanks!
You’re saving me a fare amount of heartache with these videos. I agreed to help my dad frame a house but he doesn’t quite have the patience that you have for the beginner. I regret that I never worked for him as a kid like my older brothers did.
It was X's for studs and O's for jacks and cripples in the Midwest and HW for corners if memory serves.
Great video as always, a real pleasure no matter the subject, brought back some fond memories. Thanks.
Solid headers, wow!
New guy..... I don’t understand why I need to do this.
Crew boss.... That’s ok, I understand for you.
Like that one!
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I love it………..can I use that one?
and plus, most folks can only remember 3 things(might be less now)so, yeah, do this, perfectly, and we'll let you do the next thing.
Paul Tacy absolutely!
Well it is always good to know why we do the things we do lol,
That little story at the end was fantastic! I've done a couple small things like that, but nothing that big lol I am not a young man persay, I've learned to wait for instruction and soak in the learning, ask lots of questions. I'm hoping to be taken on as an apprentice, my anxiety constantly tells me I'm just there for temporary labour till he finds someone with experience but I don't let him know that hehe. I'll just keep watching you build and I'll keep heeding your advice. Thanks for another great video filled with useful tips so I don't look like a fool again on the job. My quick 'idiot moment story'
Steve, my boss - "Hang the hangars up and get them ready to install, I'll need the strong nails for them"
Me "Got it"
After a few minutes Steve was talking to the excavator driver and I thought I knew how to get ahead for him, nail in those hangars. Of course I start with the double hangar for the beam and it's a narrow gap to the next joist. But, I manage after some struggle, got 3 nails in the hangar nice and tight in and 2 in the other side before the boss comes back in the basement and looks up......"No, that's not the right hangar for that joist, has to come out" Spent the next 20 minutes peeling out the 3 nails in the tight space.....absolutely brutal feeling, wasted at least 30 minutes of productive time simply because I failed to listen and wait.
I'll be framing out my first house in the new year, I'll study well! Merry Christmas!
exact thing happened here. Boss- "Put hangars on that wall" (time passes) (puts hangars up) "that whole wall wasn't supposed to get all the hangars" communication
@@chubbz981 lol Yup, sometimes it's good to wait for instruction, other times better to ask and look like a dummy then do and look like a big dummy lol
I was taught use bleu line first and red for ( changes) . Love your show and miss my old man also a life long carpenter (1924-2009) who showed me so much, like you do taking the time , Bravo 👍🏻🇨🇦
nice one
SNAPPING BOTH LINES SMART WISE FOR MANY REASONS... THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
Love the music choice in your videos and having the little tidbit at the end is a nice touch.
I found my first framing job in the paper. I called the add and the guy said come on up. I asked what tools I needed to bring. He said bring your bags. Not knowing what this meant, I put on dad's carpenter belt and a raincoat (Portland area) and headed to the job. I showed up at the job and the guy asked where are your bags? I lifted the rain coat to show my dad's carpenter belt. They got a laugh. I staged 2x4 all day long.
That night, I bought my first set of bags at home Depot. When I showed up the next day with a set of bags, they knew I'd be around a while.
Thanks for sharing your story at the end of the video.
Biggest lesson i learned as a helper on a framing crew was that face pattern on the framing hammer is one hell of a thumb tenderizer especially the second time! Getting in a hurry hurts!!!!
Thanks for the story at the end, I work with a guy like that but I'm always try to lean and grow.
*In my Life, I have noticed... I learn more from a "mistake" than from other methods! The mistakes stick with you and you don't make them again!*
*A bad decision today will come back to haunt you tomorrow!*
*Thanks for Sharing your Knowledge and Experience!*
Love your videos, long time viewer, way before the house was even an idea... Love the house series for real... Making comment to help with the whole TH-cam engagement deal... best of luck!
I am French and I just discovered your chain and quite frankly it's interesting to see how you made your houses, we in France 90% of houses are concrete.
In South Africa we use concrete or brick and cement too. I always wondered why they prefer timber homes in America, it's so much more complicated.
@@EvrSpd I have always said that if they make them out of wood it is for a question of speed and cost. (maybe I'm wrong)
@@Amir-gb6ef You are not wrong. Cost mainly. In the US, in areas prone to hurricanes, their mostly concrete.
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My house is a mix of baloon and timber frame, studs 30foot long are totally common, but then again they are 3x5's. Building has changed a lot in 200 years!!
Red and green are the best colors to use. My green lasers are by far the best layout tool I
Use!
I grew up framing/forming/trimming houses with my dad in south Louisiana off and on well into college.
Watching this project has been a lot of "oh that's why he did that."
Things make a lot more sense when it's not being yelled at you in 100+ degree high humidity weather.
Definitely feel your pain
Absolutely can concur, LOL
@22:00 ish that's a podcast setup!please start one and bring on old friends in this field.And talk construction...That would be epic.
Kepp up the good work..I work at a lumber yard and fabricate panels for concrete work.bridges carports u name it..oh wow watch till end u have a podcast beautiful
Great video! As I’ve said before the music is outstanding! Masterfully executed!
I got my first scrap AKA reclaimed lumber from a construction job site at Stanford University, and it turned out to be mainly Doug Fir. Was lucky enough to get a long piece of white oak, as well.
I used to layout stud lines in red and drywall in blue. Corners & openings would be in indelible ink. End of wall and doors would be projected out of the wall to catch being off or twisted. Doors would also have swing posted. Often room number labeled at the door too. I also had what I called my layout buddy. It was 3” square steel shims welded together 4” tall. Took a strand of post tension cable picking eye as a handle
Loving all the characters getting into the frame! ;)
Good video, and great series overall. I’ve learned quite a bit. Thanks for sharing!
I've enjoyed watching and learning from your videos. Thank you
To see someone start on the very bottom on a crew and see them years later rise to be the best, is heart warming. Myself and my brother started on a concrete crew, we were tool cleaners, wheel barrow pushers, we did what nobody else wanted to do. I left after 1 year, my brother stayed and became a master at all phases of concrete work. I drove from Houston to Atlanta to pick him up and go to Tampa for Christmas. When I got there he told me he had to work one more day, and said I could help on the crew and make a few bucks. I was totally amazed, he was in charge of over 30 men, and was a great boss to his men. He had found a job that he loved and made a fortune doing it. One of the last things I saw him do before leaving was help in cleaning the tools for the crew. He would tell me, every job on a crew is important, even cleaning tools. So get to cleaning, and we can head to Tampa a little quicker..Yes Sir. He was a good man, passed away 8 years ago.
Great story, thank you for sharing this!!!
Hey Scott, I hope to one day have the opportunity to build a home for my family and do so with my boys. I've moved my family overseas and miss the joy of construction. If you see this I want you to know that your channel is really a great source of instruction and entertainment and I enjoy being able to show my sons what we'd be doing if we were Stateside. Blessings to you brother. Your channel reaches places further than you may realize. All the best.
One can always tell what kind of man it is who made a video. The good ones, that care, respond. Kudos.
I enjoy watching this so much! Wish I lived near to learn. So much knowledge
Dug furr is nice but my preference for framing is southern yellow pine out of the standard lumber. LVLs are now my go to for conventional framing, they never have any crown, twists or any other problems solid lumber has.
21:05 Hahahah, the boss is coming in to check out the work 😉
Do you ever talk about sun damage? Maybe not in this series but what steps can outdoor workers take to help protect their skin from the sun over time in a career like this and heat(Such as people in the sourth)? That way they do not get skin cancer or skin damage over years of working out doors rapidly aging their skin. (I'd love for your input in this in a future video.) Thanks!
Hi, I live in the UK and most of our houses are brick-built. I have seen an increase of wood-built and a lot of building the interior walls with wood and putting a brick outer skin on later ( something I hate because the wood interior gets soaked with the almost constant rain and then they brick all that water inside causing rot and dampness) I have been in "new builds" where you can see all the mold coming through even after only 6 months. I have built two houses with my son, mainly because we could control the materials that went into the buildings but also because I enjoyed seeing something good being built and gaining knowledge.
Then they weren't built properly. There should be a vapor barrier (best type depends on climate) between wood sheathing and bricks (and ANY exterior facade). Where I live (interior Central Florida) and much of the coastal Southeast, all homes built since the 60s/70s have been built of concrete block or (increasingly common) tilt-up/precast concrete slabs. This is mainly due to the high humidity most of the year and, in the last couple decades, increasingly higher wind load codes (120-140mph for most of Florida, up to 160mph around Miami, and 180mph in Florida Keys).
Poor workmanship and poor uses of materials is the biggest reason for all construction failures.
@@afh7689 Thank you for letting me know, I will pass on the information. People are sinking their life saving into these houses, thinking that they are getting well-built houses and ending up with something they can't sell or live in.
@@scruffy6151 I agree totally
I love the UK I spent time in Ely and Cambridge recently, really neat part of the world. I saw a couple houses being built out of bricks as well.
When I started framing, I hardly knew which end of the hammer to hold. Thankfully, I had a patient, kind foreman that taught me. I was blessed. I know a bunch of guys that had to dodge hammers and speed squares when they messed up.
Haha round our crew we call it "The Olympic hammer toss." we had an apprentice cut a rim joist 100" short. Poor guy 100 inched himself. However we did learn that day, that anything an apprentice accidentally screws up doesn't fall on the journeyman anymore that's all on the apprentice. Hes still catching hell for it today.
I like watching your videos you do great work! I like how you explain the things you are doing .
I always use Black chalk, its waterproof, easy to see, and doesn't smudge or come off
I saw this and may not be good for this job but keep it in mind.. Spray your chalk lines with clear laquer and rain etc. will not wash them away. Great tips as always from you..
A colored spray at key reference points, intersections, critical centerlines is more visible...chalk dust can wear away but the higher contrast spray paint spot will hold the line as free of paint where the chalk was....lasts as long as the paint holds up, through rain, snow, work dust, etc.
Learned that from a high end custom csbinet maker that did commercial wall to wall expensive wood work. The Dutchman's tip was invaluable in my later work.
Depends on your paint and your chalk, TheChancellor, but great tip
You do a great job of explaining the building process. Very enjoyable.
I use a burke bar at work a LOT and actually use one for like everything lol i never owned one though till just now i broke down and bought one at lowes. Im pretty excited actually because i already know how great a tool it is its one thats pretty indespensible and has so many uses
The guy sitting on the resin chair, sunglasses, sun hat, I would like to apply for his job.
Love to see a wall go up soon Man, love you and your work. Until you post we will just hang around and wait
Love the story you gave at the end. I'm going through my apprenticeship at the moment and find your videos incredibly informative. We work in the metric system over here so when you talk of feet and inches etc I get lost so have to pause the video, get my calculator out and convert your measurements to my system and then carry on watching. Luckly buggers who get to work under you. If I lived in your neck of the woods I'd turn up at your site and say "teach me, i'll work for free and figure out how to live later on". Thanks for your time to make these videos.
As always, glad I watched! Two things:
1) This is the only channel that I really enjoy reading the comments on.
2) Anyone else think his fuzzy little mic should have googly eyes?
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I'm a bricklayer from Ireland and have been involved in a lot of aspects of the building trade and I still enjoy listening to this man speak about the building game. Very clear and positive language used. It's refreshing.
Always interesting thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍🇦🇺🚜
I'm still that kid at age of 31. Don't have many solid trade skills beyond a general but solid foundation. My dad has taught me all kinds of things and I do my best to learn them.
Great story to end this episode with! 👍
Thanks Scott you help me a lot with your videos
Superb series! Keep up the great work.
When I was a first year apprentice framer I hated wearing that yellow helmet, and all I could do is move lumber and keep generators oiled and gased. I wish the union would better train the journeymen to harness the drive of apprentices, as you mentioned. Love the videos.
Mate you are today's Larry Haun, I'm glad you're making these videos. They're both great and full of skill and tips. Cheers from Australia
Great story at the end!
I love this series because it shows every aspect of building a house. Thank you for doing it and for putting it up on TH-cam. Excellent - well done.
I too love the music, sounds great!
In the early 70's, I had a job working framing a two story 50 unit apartment building and was enthralled by the layout guy. He'd show up in the morning and start pulling lines and laying out and cutting the lumber we hauled to him and then we'd nail the walls together. But he drove the entire build and seemingly without plans. Everything was marked and all we did was nail them. (BTW, there were no nailers on site. All hammer and nail.) Still enthralled but that job was only a temporary fill-in for me. Love your work.
Thanks Clyde!
I am just now learning about your podcast and catching up. I am however fully caught up on your TH-cam channel and didn’t realize there was an issue with the rock wall. I for one would love a detailed video about what the problem was, how it was discovered, and how it was resolved. Everything on your channel is such a great learning experience and correcting mistakes should always be a learning experience. Thanks for all you do.
My farmhouse here in Ontario built in the 1930's had cheaper trim on the second floor. They used douglas fir instead of butternut. The fir is now so hard I have to drill it before nailing. Worked on a 1910 school in Collingwood where the joists were douglas fir. Incredible wood.
it really is!
@@essentialcraftsman Dade County Pine, in Florida, was like that too. Super hard, tight grained wood. Couldn’t drive a nail in it without pre-drilling. No longer available though except through demo and salvage. All chopped down probably back in the early ‘50s.
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thanks for all these terrific videos and your storytelling style. the podcast is fantastic!
Man, I envy you all that lovely Douglas Fir! Here in Scotland, I recently paid £1,000 per cubic meter ($37 per cu. foot) for Douglas Fir in 5 inch x 3 inch x 13ft lengths. We grow a lot of timber here, but it grows fast loose grained and a lot of it ends up at the pulp mill.
Great to hear you talking about only ordering what you can easily use at each stage. My various family always nag me to order a year's supply of lumber thinking they have hit on a sure-fire way to save me time & money. When you try to explain how timber framing sticks will go off if they are left lying around in the sun & rain, and how much effort it takes to keep timber correctly stored, and how often you will have to move it around the yard if not used quickly, they simply don't believe you.
Over here it cost around $1400/sq yard to build a family home. Wondering what the typical build costs are in your area?
The story of not really doing told you task or job on the site resonated with me. I went to work 500 miles from home in Bedford, Iowa building wind turbines for Barnhart Crane and Rigging. I showed up all by my lonesome to the laydown that the first day eager to work. My boss was not the kindest or most personable. She sent me out to one of the tower sites and just dumped me off with a crew and some papers. I tell you that was the most unproductive day I've had. The crew and that site were all out of wack as well. Later while working that job I was switched to another crew (Base/Rotor Crew) and they really seemed to be well oiled and with some time I picked up what I needed to do or where I could be doing something. I ended up quitting that job because my boss wasn't letting me work for the crew that I had come to work with and for the fact that I hated working 500 miles homes from home while I felt undervalued as an employee. Barnhart and many of the people I worked with are awesome and would love to do business with them again, but it is amazing how a boss can ruin an experience to such an extent.
Dude I subscribed just because your playing bluegrass. Love the videos
The most enjoyable part for me on the one house I built from scratch was doing the Take-offs. Well...writing a $10,000.00 check or 2...that was fun. Don't get to do that very often in life. I didn't have any formulas to use, I counted and measured every inch of material from the Prints and added 5 to 10%, depending on what material it was. The only place my calcs were off was in electrical wire, drywall mud and paint. New drywall sucks up paint like a sponge and texturing walls takes a lot mud.
Old, retired, and worn out now, but still enjoy learning something new each day. Thanks for your understandable explanations of the building trade.
I've worked with a lot of different layout guys from different regions, they all had a different "accent" or variation when it came to how they marked layouts and symbols. After a while not only could I understand them all but I could tell who marked it. Of course this has been of benefit as I progressed into doing my own layouts and it true I use different short hands based on the project and who will be building although I don't actually do this particular part of the process anymore. :)
You guys are great 👍🏾 such good quality
Things are coming along nicely guys, have you came across the festool hk cross cut saw, become very popular across the pond. Very useful tool, just saying. All the best.
it's such a pleasure to listen to you talk and story tell. thank you, keep up the great work!
I use diagonal nails for the base plates, just as you do. You try to get the nail at a perfect 45 so it exits into the deck exactly at the layout line or a bit before. I commonly use an alternative. I use brick ties. I stitch them down right after the layout lines and plate marking. Nail one end down into the deck, wrap the other end 90 degrees up onto the bottom of the bottom plate. Sometimes before the plate marking., and on smaller walls, perhaps after the wall is assembled,,, I can still use a flat bar to lift the base 1/8th of an inch to slip the wall brick tie under. ESPECIALLY for exterior walls and tall gable walls. I want a tie that is bullet proof when I lift that wall. Need to pull the wall in a fraction after it is up? Hook it with your claw hammer and lift the tie at the midpoint. Need to move it out a fraction? Hammer a few corrugations flat, it pushed the wall out. Left or right? the tie offer little resistance to small adjustments. Dirt cheap and always available. Most floor finishes , carpeting, leave them there. Need to remove them after,, a sharp wood chisel will cut flush to the wall with one or two strokes, or a friction blade in a die grinder, either way just a few seconds.
And you touched on it,,, Two men can make the work much faster, easier. I always use two when the equation is 1 + 1 = 3. There are many jobs on new construction like that.
I can't tell you how many questions of mine you answered in this video! P. S. I love the podcasts between you and Nate!
I recall my first day working as a hod carrier, tending two masons on a CMU building. They were already on the first platform of scaffolding, and I was having a heck of a time shoveling mud up to their boards. If you move too slow, the mud slides back off the shovel toward you, and if you move too fast, or turn the shovel at the wrong moment, well, no telling where it will land. One of the masons was very patient, and kept trying to help me figure it out, but the other guy was pretty impatient. My arms were turning into jelly from all of the different work, and this guy was getting on me about being too slow and not keeping him fed, so I was trying to hustle and toss up heavier shovels full of mud. He turned to scold me about something just as I was heaving up a big shovel-load of mud, and I managed to completely fill his big rubber boot. He stood there for a moment, looking down at the boot full of mud, and I'm sure wiggling his toes in it a little, and I was ready for the explosion, and the end of my carrier as a hod carrier, when he laughed and yelled "Lunch!" Things settled down just a little after that, and I slowly got better at the job.
Interview with Phil the plumber here th-cam.com/video/HH6iu-d-7dI/w-d-xo.html thank you all for watching and for the steady support and feedback!
Great story great advice thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Belay my last. I see you listed the music. Great.
Irwin red chalk bain of my life. Sweeps off after a day LOL. Great video Scott. Great framing gun. I have the same one. Never drops a nail never jams. Awesome gun.
I would consider myself lucky if that chalk line lasted a whole day, lol. It blows away as soon as I come near it with a circular saw.
I guess I never had a problem with red not lasting. Perhaps it’s your line. I’ve found some lines don’t hold onto the chalk very well, as soon as you let go of the line you get a dust cloud in the air and nothing on the substrate.
@@christophergruenwald5054 You’re right. It needs to be cotton line. Regular ‘dry-line’ (polypropylene) doesn’t work very well at all.
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