I am not a builder (just a guy who likes building science) but I have shared this channel with at least two people. The distance between the typical small town builder and what I see in these videos is like another universe. Start factoring the cost and it is further still. I am thankful I have local guys I can call for my own house who really care and take pride in their work. Every trades person I know talks about how hard it is to get good people. I love my job but if I had to do it all again, this is a neat world you share. Please keep it up and thank you!
I'm teaching mmyself to build. My dad was a builder but I joined the military and didn't get to learn what he knew. Dude, your channel has taught me a lot. I'm currently turning my shed into an office and workshop but I'm trying to build it with techniques used in high-end homes. Keep up the good work. We need people to pass down their building knowledge.
Matt, I've learned so much from watching your videos. I do wish there were more videos about construction in colder climates and maybe idea of cost of some of these projects.
Hey Matt I am enjoying your videos. I was a sales person for many years of New Homes and enjoy learning what is new in the trades. Now I am a residential appraiser and it is helpful to know what is going on in new contruction. There is value in understanding new construction and being able to explain it. Thanks for all you do. Appraisers need to know this too.
I appreciate your sentiment at the beginning of the video. I intend to pass down what knowledge I have throughout my career. It’s people like you who make the industry better!
Thanks Matt. The more I watch your videos, the better I am able to quickly tell if the contractors I deal with have any idea of what their doing or not. I really appreciate your explanations of best practices, building theory, and current thinking and technologies.
Two firsts for me in my 30 years of experience is: 1) Lunch Trash Only lidded garbage can, and 2) bringing storm water inside the home and distributing it on the other side of the house and down a hill. This might be the best build I have ever seen.
Ive been in the commercial roofing for 5 years now and between my commercial training and watching your videos are helping me do my own house thanks for that look forward to more videos
Thank you Matt for so much helpful information. I just received my GC license about 6 months ago and meeting a client this coming weekend to go over my first build. I want to build a brand, and your knowledge is invaluable to the newbies like myself. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!!! Honestly, your videos are good for even a homeowner to watch. I am just a homeowner and I dabble in owner building a tiny bit. But, this is good information to know even if you are just getting started buying your own house, or have been a homeowner. For anyone that does any sort of DIY instead of calling someone every time there's a problem. But, it also has helped me to make informed decisions on my house and the new one we are building. The wisdom is priceless and I thank you for it. I can't afford a custom home or anything, but I knew enough from watching shows, including yours, to look for more quality in houses. The best "canned" builder I could find does a cement block house, but adds R7 to the walls and R38 to the attic. They are also going to allow me to bring someone in to air seal the attic floor and have a variable HVAC system +D installed. I had to work through all those problems in our current house when we bought it with the air sealing and extra dehumidification controls on our standard A/C. It will be nice to have a much more comfortable house. I also learned how to install my own mini split in my 2 car garage. Your videos got me thinking about it. Our current house is 1212 sq. ft. and having an extra area with A/C for doing projects and exercise has been very valuable to my life. It's a 1 ton Pioneer mini split I put in with the help of a friend. I think it was only about $1,100 with permits and all. I put R13 in the attic (since we have a floor up there), R8 on the garage door, and air sealed. What took 2-3 hours to cool off now takes about 40 minutes in the summer in Florida with that small change. You talking up mini splits got me to knowing about them! This one can ramp down to 3,500btu and maintains the temp perfectly. I have not seen a difference on my electric bill using it. Anyhow, I am using the knowledge you have given on our current house and I'm applying it to our new house we are building so it will be healthy and confortable. Later on down the road, maybe I can retrofit exterior insulation to help with comfort because while R-7 is the best I could find a builder do, it's not much and I was dumbfounded that most builders either don't insulate cement block or they throw a 3/4 inch foam board up. Such a dumb idea. I don't get that...
Wow. That skylight is prime. That floor-to-ceiling window - wow, that was some good choreography. That staircase is solid. Great video! Shout out to Joey - hope you're feeling better!
Matt, very genuine. This video became a maintenance and repair manual for the owners. You do this for all your jobs and hand it to you clients? It complete the as-build set of drawing.
As a building inspector in Oregon, I enjoy seeing how things are built in other parts of the country. I see your plumber still has their test equipment in.
I live in the UK and seeing how things are done in states is fascinating, we tend to be a. very traditional brick construction here, there is very little timber framing here, the states have a much more varied climate through regions and the variation in construction techniques is as a varied.
Wow. Impressed by the design and quality of the build so far. Even the wall blocking is level and clean. You can tell the construction crew took pride in there work. You don’t see this on the rapid built homes by me. Makes me want to take my own DIY projects up a few notches.
matt. im 23 and starting my own business just wanted to share my thank you cause ive learned so much from your videos that cant be learned in school from going above codes.
That roofs drain is gonna make some knarly noise. I’d probably sound proof it, perhaps with saf’n sound. Matt every video I watch of you, you inspire me to expand my masonry business into a home building business. Your videos are priceless.
I like watching your videos and always come away a little smarter than when I started but today...man that tip about putting the pvc on the table legs to make it a counter height table...thank you Sir. That tip is the bomb! 👍
I owned a house like this for 2.5 years. No overhangs, flat roof that was terrace, exposed bump out windows, etc. Constant maintenance is needed. I'm talking about caulking 4 times a year. I'll never do it again.
@jason chalanick this is something that I just cannot get my head around,why you guys in America rely on caulking to keep out water and the elements? Surely y,all are capable of overlapping the materials correctly so that keeps the water at bay and then you just seal for a belt and braces approach. For example if we were cladding the building in timber here then we would return it around the reveal and that return would bed tight up to the window frame against a thin bead of silicone sealant but we are not relying solely on the sealant. I guess that your window designs don't help with the way you tend to have a face frame around them which the cladding then just butts up to which leaves a wide open joint that needs to be sealed,if your sealant fails which it will as timber expands and contracts then the water is going to get in,it just doesn't seem to make sense.
I know you dont direct your videos to the homeowner but videos like this or videos even a bit more specific on "this is what I'm looking for when I walk through and why" "this is how we deal with this problem" etc. Are fantastic for the DIY level or the level of homeowner working with a builder.
Excellent point, would be nice to see a *Follow Up* video on a resolution, No? Matt you could add those resolution videos to *"Extra Footage" video value package*
So, do you mean that this was valuable for a Homeowner/Buyer OR that you'd like a second version that's geared towards people who aren't pros? I generally talk to a Pro audience on this channel. Appreciate the feedback. Matt
It's useful to a homeowner, but tips about what to look for in quality work and where common mistakes by trades would be even more helpful. People watch these videos in order to have a better idea what they are looking at as they have a builder do construction for them.
My opinion, stay with *Pro's, adding Value+ Vid's* Source Materials, Company Contact Info. Adding FYI value package for homeowners, *Good Industry Practice* Stay away from *Low End flippers*
Matt Risinger as a homeowner, woodworker and diyer who has been interested in building and been enjoying your content, even the highly technical pro stuff, I’d be interested in the occasional less pro homeowner geared walkthrough for things to look out for in builders. Yes please.
loved your format / presentation style. ive spent 40 + yrs in residential construction in New Zealand and loved my job, Totally agree with your comment about water its a builders main enemy . with that in mind flat roof with drainage through the buiding envelope is a design only an archietect could dream up. the debate on what material or system used is academic. At best we can only lengthen the time before an insurance claim is made. New Zealand building industry had a hugh disaster few years ago, got labled Leaky Home problem. huge financial remedial costs, thousands of claims. It was a major nation wide disaster. all parties blamed each other, architects had designed homes not appropriate for the climate, eg styles for warm climates no eves , low roof pitch etc builders relied on sealers rather than expensive flashings. our industry has been flooded with new products, techniques, systems usually to save construction time but not time tested for reliability. lack of well trained buiders due to fewer apprentices in preceding years. A perfect storm occured no one could forsee . untold heart ack and financial loss to home owners, some fought in court for many years for restitution. I personally over saw the repair of a few dwellings. As Builders or associated trades i think its inportant to consider what if , Weather Patterns are changing every where. eg we construct to area codes, what if the snow load triples. Bracing elements are meet but wind speed or uplift forces quadruple. Back of my head is our main enemy Moisture, Can that water get away and leave no evidence it was ever there, from simply mould growth to total flood damage.
Regarding the PVC roof drain leaders: Depending on the temperature in the cavity, you might think about lightly insulating the pipe. In Florida, we have to insulate drain leaders run through plenum space or they will condensate in the winter. Beautiful house!
Jesse Smith Came to the comments section to post this. This is a very common practice for commercial construction here in Wisconsin. Also done for sound attenuation.
Matt, great walk-thru. Always interesting to see what others do/think. One thing I'd recommend with internal roof drains is to standpipe test them. Last thing you want is a leak. And consider oversize pipe , with large sweeps to account for the inevitable debris that will make it's way past drain grates on the roof. Also, roof drain piping can be surprisingly noisy - I'd use cast iron in living areas in customs in your price range. Not a fan of that make-up air filter - nobody is going get out a ladder and replace filters every 3 months - it will get forgotten about and get clogged. I'd let the main house HVAC do the filtration - at least there's a chance filters get replaced on a somewhat regular basis (although few people seem to do any maintenance - most seem to run their HVAC until it fails and then the repair guy might replace a filter - hence why I'm no fan of really tight homes - too much maintenance to keep up with to keep the home safe)
Matt I try to run my standpipe on an exterior wall with it's own wall cavity that's sheared & water proof. Even though it's inside plumbing, it's secluded from any damages to the interior. Also placing scufer exit on the bottom of the exterior walls work well. Any water damage is confined. Matt, Nice content Using parapet walls hides *Solar panels installed on the roof*
I was really surprised to see the roof drain not ran in cast iron. Of all the DWV piping to use cast on, that'd be my first choice, especially in a house with $150 a pop recessed LED lighting. I think they could spring for a small stretch of cast iron there. Another thought, maybe they went with schedule 80 PVC, which would help, but I'm not sure it's as good as cast in this situation.
@@buildshow In the mid-Atlantic, our thunderstorms chill the interior cast iron roof leaders, and we have to insulate them because of the surface condensation (sweat). Plus the new local codes require us to use scuppers along with the roof drains. Some say it's needed for when roof drains are clogged with slush/ice or debris. And we can get significant snow loads, so a backup can be catastrophic.
This was a very good video in regards to explaining what we are looking at. You did mention "differential movement" (I think it was) with the rafters you had to fur out. What exactly does that mean? Love the "Lunch trash" can idea! I like the idea of recessing the bathroom floor to meat the hardwoods. The electricians work looks great! Never seen an internal roof drain, that is pretty cool. The curved skylight in the master bedroom is nice! Best video I have seen from you so far.
Good information and detail tidbits. Currently remodeling a 70's house that needs all flooring stripped down to the pillars in the crawl space. Been looking at the different floor trusses. Also trying to plan the complete gut on the kitchen.
I am not a builder but I try to never miss a show. I am mesmerised by your content and navigation through the products. I am glad you talked a little about make-up air as it has been a question for me for a while. With the super tight houses you feature I am wondering how exhaust is handled. In particular kitchen exhaust fan (touched on in this video), bathroom exhaust fan (especially when venting warm humid air to a cold climate), and finally fireplaces. I would love some content to understand how you balance the tightness of the houses with the needs to exhaust unwanted air types.
Matt I’d like to see a video on low voltage wiring for sound and data. What cabinet for termination and how to future proof cat 7 , multimode fiber etc.
That table trick is one catering uses all the time. Those lifetime tables are meant for sitting, not standing so you need that extra height on job sites.
Great video. Job walk on a quiet day is terrific. I’m still scared of internal drainage, but your point about the plumber doing it is something to consider. Thanks.
Great Video Matt and yes a Big Shout out to all the workers Great Job you make me want to go back and start building Sealed houses All of you guys have given me great Ideals, I use to Build new homes in Austin Tx in the 80's and I always Thought we should Seal Every Crack but I worked for a fast Builder and Never got to seal a house I always knew it would be worth the effort and Money cost, Thanks for the Vid-Shilo M.8-14-20
Thanks. I loved seeing this. Some people call this level of detail OCD. I just call it a minimum expectation. If we care about the little things. The big things take care of themselves.
Have you ever experienced condensation problems on the roof drain piping? We usually insulate them for both condensation protection and noise mitigation.
definitely had this problem. Waht is your preffered way to insulate? I've seen the sleeve insulation stuff get wet from condensation and turn into a gross sack of water before.
@@hosmerhomeboy We have been able to use fiberglass wrap or armaflex, depending on the size. Most of the time this is retroactive work, so access is a driving factor. Like any insulation, quality of installation is the key. If not tight or properly secured, it will condensate inside the insulation.
My problem with internal roof drains is that they are a thermal bridge, so in the winter time you will loose heat by heating the cold water and air that goes through the drain unless you insulate them. If you do insulate them the water might freeze and plug the drain, at least in theory because I only used internal roof drains on industrial buildings where thermal bridges were not a big concern.
Just read Catcher in the Rye for the first time ever. I finished it, but my point is now I can watch Matt with my undivided attention. I haven’t gotten Covid yet....knock on wood (or an lvl)!
I don't envy the guys having to finish up in that curved skylight! Also, I can't imagine "cheaping out" and not insulating that place, considering the $$'s that were spent on every other detail. Heat or cold, you need to keep it out to make your HVAC perform at it's optimum. I'd be interested in having that conversation.
I am so curious to see how the drywall and finishers will get to that curved ceiling to wall area with the windows. (I promise, I am not meaning to come off as snarky... I'm totally curious) Thank you for all the videos!! It is great to see how others around North America are building residences! ~ Joe Sirilla, Sirilla Design Group
I really love these behind the scenes looks, hopefully Joey feels well soon! In the mean time this is very interesting. You don't normally get to see youtubers filming process like this.
That house has so many great details that I can’t say which one is the best, very well built home the quality is in those small details that you didn’t mention yes I watched it twice and even stopped a few times to get a better look very very nice built Matt yours people do great work
Couldn’t help but notice that you mentioned the trim carpenters starting “in a few months” and you’re about to insulate. How does your schedule look - on any house? How do you navigate it? Very curious to see, and I’ve commented mentioning it before.
Look up gantt chart☺ Also part of being a good GC, foreman, etc. Is management of the time of the contractors we are like a conductor of an orchestra and it takes yrs of practice and knowledge.
For a massive project like this, I think he plans for like 1.5-3 years to complete. I'm sure his drywall crews will take some time to get a perfect finish, plus maybe do exterior, flooring and other jobs before trim is done.
Three months from start to finish is possible if all the subs can show up at the right time. Six months is more like it. This house is small, should be fast.
Just got over that flu stuff. Condolences to your video guy. Love the content. I'm planning on building in another two years or so and have learned so much about how I want to build from your channel over the last year or two.
Great walk through. This is the type of video I watch over and over. Break it down like and NFL film room. Would love to see the bottom of the cantilever as is on video.
I like the look of the modern style big window box houses and no overhangs... but I hate having all that glass. No matter how well insulated, they are never as good as an insulated wall, especially in Texas heat. They turn your house into a magnifying glass and you into an ant. Not only that, but you have to actually clean those big bastards.
Its actually worse to have glazed east and west sides, as the sun is lower in the morning and evening. At noon, the sun is high in the sky so the south elevation doesn't get much direct sun in the summer, compared to the winter when you want more sun.
Matt, buddy, I know you probly don’t have many issues with using advantech 1 1/4 and glue nail,but, as long s you nail you will always have a failure somewhere. Is it worth the $250 savings in materials to have a squeak at some point. All it takes is someone missing an inch of glue close to a joint and your gonna have a squeak. It does sound to me like the one you found probly is the truss but I couldn’t believe I heard you say glue and nail instead of glue and screw and had to rewind. BTW: I am a retired custom builder that was doing many of your techniques 25 years ago to whatever point I could because we were severely lacking the products we needed in the industry to go to the extent you do. Thank you for the walk thru Matt, your doing an awesome job my friend!!!
Best wishes to Joey for his complete recovery. Matt, your audio came through splendidly. Please tell us how you remediated the squeaky floor (@17 min) as you had two suspected causes. I love all the details, but dislike the flat roof. "Hot... Texas" (sun is mitigated by radiant barrier) but there is no attic to buffer the house from incident Infra Red (IR) heating, so incessant. Moreover, the roof drains through plastic pipe that lacks sweep bends. Roof maintenance crew must be forever especially sensitive to the needs of those deeply-buried drainage ducts, lest any "gorilla" get up there and break said plastic with a snaking tool. I just saw what happened to an old (30 years?) warehouse in Hollywood California where the roof drain failed and the interior suffered big-time damage in a recent Dec 2019 storm.
Every interior roof drain I've seen on an industrial building in FL has been a disaster. They have also been flat roofs, so that might be part of the problem. I hear Mitsubishi makes a decent mini-split, good to know I might be able to get them from the Trane place if I ever get around to that retrofit. How are the thermals with all that glass? I have multiple sliding glass doors I have been looking to replace with triple glazed doors because you can feel the temperature change from about an inch away.
Surprised to see the roof drain vertical piping pvc in a dwelling. My background is commercial/industrial architectural engineering which has included countless apartment and condo buildings over the years. Typically use cast iron for a vertical roof drain in the walls for sound dampening in dwellings. Do the same in office type buildings where sound could be an issue. Of course, the sound may be an issue on rare occasions during heavy rain storms. Maybe there are plans to use sound attenuation batt in the chase wall. Cool looking house
@@ChrisGilliamOffGrid - Understand! But clients with a custom built home don't care to hear rushing water in the walls during downpour rains. I know c.i. sucks, I was a electrical contractor for many years and hated rigid conduit.
Question on that fresh air intake in the kitchen, in a passive house that would come in through an erv, if it's brought in from the outside like that are you conditioning it at all? Or does it just get mixed in after it's in the house?
That system is dumping fresh air into the vent hood and only it will only run while the vent hood exhaust fan is running. If the supply and exhaust fans are properly balanced (note the black in-line duct fan to the right of the filter box), you have a virtual closed loop that drafts the smoke/steam rising into the vent hood, with little impact on the room air.
Are there any protections boards or some other sort of protective surface going over the roofing membrane? It doesn’t look like there’s enough of a curb to add anything on top, but even a little goes a long way to extending the life of the flat roof.
I'd be interested in some parapet videos and maybe a visual explanation of what you did wrong and how you fixed it and what you suggest for best building practices. I'm planning on building a flat roof house that I can use the roof as a entertainment space, so maybe a dozen people and hot tub on the roof. I kind of have a plan on how to go about building it. But the plan for now is to educate myself for another year on building practices.
I'd use steel I beams cuz you DON'T want any roof deflection with differental load variance. Another consideration is your roof membrane duriability i.e. type and use of cat walks etc...You should check with your structural engineer about theses IMPORTANT structural detail$... MJ 43n1
The plan is quad deck system, which is an ICF floor form, then rebar and concrete. That's all engineered, not too worried about that. But if I do Kemper system it's like 30k dollars for just the material and not the labor which I plan in doing my self. As for the parapet walls the original plans from architect and engineer wouldnt have worked, there was zero water proofing. My plan is s ol me type of a metal cap over the ICF parpet. Then blue barrier and terminate to that cap and then put stucco and brick over that.
Hey Matt. Love this walk through! As a first time home owner, I bought a beautiful home but it was already 5 years old and from one of those builders that you pick from a book of styles and they have all of the pre-made building material trucked in and laying on the floor. They installed standard bare minimum hvac and all that comes with that. These videos you do really are teaching me what to look for and what to demand from my future builder on my future house which will be of my creation. So thank you so much, man!! Quick question- when you say make up air pipe, what is that and how important is it to the airflow through out the home? I’m sure I could google the term but I’d rather hear it from the expert, not Wikipedia lol. Take care, god bless and I’m a subscriber for life.
At is basic explanation, its new outside air (preferably filtered) to replace the exhaust. As the buildings get tighter and tighter due to code, the "normal" sources; ie leakage from the exterior, for make up air seen in an older home are no longer available. If you don't have make up air, which replaces the exhaust air from hood vents, bathroom vents and gas furnaces or gas water heaters, the house would be under negative pressure. IE the house will suck in unfiltered air from where it can and will probably do so 24/7. This leads to poor air quality, moisture intrusion as well as higher energy costs. I do home inspections for a living. In a typical 1960s-1980's house with a gas furnace, the HVAC closet ceiling only has 1/4" by 1/4" mesh with the exhaust exiting through it and then through the roof. That is the same as leaving a window open. I live in south Texas where it is humid. You better believe that the hot attic/outside air is going to get in there and condensate along the walls and HVAC cabinet and then mold grows. More so when you have AC leaks, which are common. The make up air in this scenario is unfiltered. We want to control make up air. There is the constant push for better and better air quality and improved energy efficiency. If you have air leaks, you also have moisture intrusion from humidity. Matt's builds take it to the extreme, but his clients can pay for it because that's what they want. I see this on typical new construction, on a smaller scale, where the make up air is brought in to the main HVAC return with a damper to only pull in air when needed. Ideally you would also run it through a dehumidifier in my area where humidity stays above 70% for most of the year. This stuff gets super complicated real quick.
I like your videos. Great idea for the make-up air, triggered by range hood. Wouldn't it be good if this was integrated into the whole-house ventilation system, then you have the filtering, access and even energy transfer?
Hey Matt, I'm from Louisiana and we lost our house during Laura . I'm extremely interested in insulation over here in Lake Charles, La. We don't have much time but we would love for you to make us more energy efficient.
I am not a builder (just a guy who likes building science) but I have shared this channel with at least two people. The distance between the typical small town builder and what I see in these videos is like another universe. Start factoring the cost and it is further still. I am thankful I have local guys I can call for my own house who really care and take pride in their work. Every trades person I know talks about how hard it is to get good people. I love my job but if I had to do it all again, this is a neat world you share. Please keep it up and thank you!
I'm teaching mmyself to build. My dad was a builder but I joined the military and didn't get to learn what he knew. Dude, your channel has taught me a lot. I'm currently turning my shed into an office and workshop but I'm trying to build it with techniques used in high-end homes. Keep up the good work. We need people to pass down their building knowledge.
Matt, I've learned so much from watching your videos. I do wish there were more videos about construction in colder climates and maybe idea of cost of some of these projects.
Hey Matt I am enjoying your videos. I was a sales person for many years of New Homes and enjoy learning what is new in the trades. Now I am a residential appraiser and it is helpful to know what is going on in new contruction. There is value in understanding new construction and being able to explain it. Thanks for all you do. Appraisers need to know this too.
Matt, your TH-cam channel is 1000% you giving back to what others did to you in the past, keep it up!
I appreciate your sentiment at the beginning of the video. I intend to pass down what knowledge I have throughout my career. It’s people like you who make the industry better!
I love open stud walk-throughs. Reveals the mystery of what's in the walls. 🤘
You're a stud 😍
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Me, too. I'd almost prefer to live in an only-framed house.
I like to take pictures of the open walls and hand them over to the homeowner in the binder with all the appliance manuals. It’ll come in handy later.
Thanks Matt. The more I watch your videos, the better I am able to quickly tell if the contractors I deal with have any idea of what their doing or not. I really appreciate your explanations of best practices, building theory, and current thinking and technologies.
Two firsts for me in my 30 years of experience is: 1) Lunch Trash Only lidded garbage can, and 2) bringing storm water inside the home and distributing it on the other side of the house and down a hill. This might be the best build I have ever seen.
I am absolutely stunned at the quality of build and attention to detail.
Ive been in the commercial roofing for 5 years now and between my commercial training and watching your videos are helping me do my own house thanks for that
look forward to more videos
Thank you Matt for so much helpful information. I just received my GC license about 6 months ago and meeting a client this coming weekend to go over my first build.
I want to build a brand, and your knowledge is invaluable to the newbies like myself. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!!! Honestly, your videos are good for even a homeowner to watch. I am just a homeowner and I dabble in owner building a tiny bit. But, this is good information to know even if you are just getting started buying your own house, or have been a homeowner. For anyone that does any sort of DIY instead of calling someone every time there's a problem. But, it also has helped me to make informed decisions on my house and the new one we are building. The wisdom is priceless and I thank you for it. I can't afford a custom home or anything, but I knew enough from watching shows, including yours, to look for more quality in houses. The best "canned" builder I could find does a cement block house, but adds R7 to the walls and R38 to the attic. They are also going to allow me to bring someone in to air seal the attic floor and have a variable HVAC system +D installed. I had to work through all those problems in our current house when we bought it with the air sealing and extra dehumidification controls on our standard A/C. It will be nice to have a much more comfortable house. I also learned how to install my own mini split in my 2 car garage. Your videos got me thinking about it. Our current house is 1212 sq. ft. and having an extra area with A/C for doing projects and exercise has been very valuable to my life. It's a 1 ton Pioneer mini split I put in with the help of a friend. I think it was only about $1,100 with permits and all. I put R13 in the attic (since we have a floor up there), R8 on the garage door, and air sealed. What took 2-3 hours to cool off now takes about 40 minutes in the summer in Florida with that small change. You talking up mini splits got me to knowing about them! This one can ramp down to 3,500btu and maintains the temp perfectly. I have not seen a difference on my electric bill using it. Anyhow, I am using the knowledge you have given on our current house and I'm applying it to our new house we are building so it will be healthy and confortable. Later on down the road, maybe I can retrofit exterior insulation to help with comfort because while R-7 is the best I could find a builder do, it's not much and I was dumbfounded that most builders either don't insulate cement block or they throw a 3/4 inch foam board up. Such a dumb idea. I don't get that...
Wow. That skylight is prime.
That floor-to-ceiling window - wow, that was some good choreography.
That staircase is solid.
Great video! Shout out to Joey - hope you're feeling better!
Matt, very genuine. This video became a maintenance and repair manual for the owners. You do this for all your jobs and hand it to you clients? It complete the as-build set of drawing.
As a building inspector in Oregon, I enjoy seeing how things are built in other parts of the country. I see your plumber still has their test equipment in.
I live in the UK and seeing how things are done in states is fascinating, we tend to be a. very traditional brick construction here, there is very little timber framing here, the states have a much more varied climate through regions and the variation in construction techniques is as a varied.
Wow. Impressed by the design and quality of the build so far. Even the wall blocking is level and clean. You can tell the construction crew took pride in there work. You don’t see this on the rapid built homes by me. Makes me want to take my own DIY projects up a few notches.
The staircase was amazing, plus the skylight in the master bedroom was very unique.
As a GC in SF myself, I can truly say how good it is to see an orderly cared for job site! Well done project!
matt. im 23 and starting my own business just wanted to share my thank you cause ive learned so much from your videos that cant be learned in school from going above codes.
Enjoyed this more than most. More 30min+ walks please!!
That roofs drain is gonna make some knarly noise. I’d probably sound proof it, perhaps with saf’n sound. Matt every video I watch of you, you inspire me to expand my masonry business into a home building business. Your videos are priceless.
they are using pvc pipe which could have thicker walls depending on the schedule you pick and is very quiet.
I like watching your videos and always come away a little smarter than when I started but today...man that tip about putting the pvc on the table legs to make it a counter height table...thank you Sir. That tip is the bomb! 👍
I owned a house like this for 2.5 years. No overhangs, flat roof that was terrace, exposed bump out windows, etc. Constant maintenance is needed. I'm talking about caulking 4 times a year. I'll never do it again.
You have to do caulking 4 times a year?! Holy crap...
@@jashroy yes. Southern and Western half of the house in Charlotte would kill the caulk. Sun all day and no overhangs to protect them
What type of caulk was used?
@jason chalanick this is something that I just cannot get my head around,why you guys in America rely on caulking to keep out water and the elements? Surely y,all are capable of overlapping the materials correctly so that keeps the water at bay and then you just seal for a belt and braces approach. For example if we were cladding the building in timber here then we would return it around the reveal and that return would bed tight up to the window frame against a thin bead of silicone sealant but we are not relying solely on the sealant. I guess that your window designs don't help with the way you tend to have a face frame around them which the cladding then just butts up to which leaves a wide open joint that needs to be sealed,if your sealant fails which it will as timber expands and contracts then the water is going to get in,it just doesn't seem to make sense.
I know you dont direct your videos to the homeowner but videos like this or videos even a bit more specific on "this is what I'm looking for when I walk through and why" "this is how we deal with this problem" etc. Are fantastic for the DIY level or the level of homeowner working with a builder.
Excellent point, would be nice to see a *Follow Up* video on a resolution, No?
Matt you could add those resolution videos to *"Extra Footage" video value package*
So, do you mean that this was valuable for a Homeowner/Buyer OR that you'd like a second version that's geared towards people who aren't pros? I generally talk to a Pro audience on this channel. Appreciate the feedback. Matt
It's useful to a homeowner, but tips about what to look for in quality work and where common mistakes by trades would be even more helpful. People watch these videos in order to have a better idea what they are looking at as they have a builder do construction for them.
My opinion, stay with *Pro's, adding Value+ Vid's* Source Materials, Company Contact Info.
Adding FYI value package for homeowners, *Good Industry Practice*
Stay away from *Low End flippers*
Matt Risinger as a homeowner, woodworker and diyer who has been interested in building and been enjoying your content, even the highly technical pro stuff, I’d be interested in the occasional less pro homeowner geared walkthrough for things to look out for in builders. Yes please.
loved your format / presentation style. ive spent 40 + yrs in residential construction in New Zealand and loved my job, Totally agree with your comment about water its a builders main enemy . with that in mind flat roof with drainage through the buiding envelope is a design only an archietect could dream up. the debate on what material or system used is academic. At best we can only lengthen the time before an insurance claim is made. New Zealand building industry had a hugh disaster few years ago, got labled Leaky Home problem. huge financial remedial costs, thousands of claims. It was a major nation wide disaster. all parties blamed each other, architects had designed homes not appropriate for the climate, eg styles for warm climates no eves , low roof pitch etc builders relied on sealers rather than expensive flashings. our industry has been flooded with new products, techniques, systems usually to save construction time but not time tested for reliability. lack of well trained buiders due to fewer apprentices in preceding years. A perfect storm occured no one could forsee . untold heart ack and financial loss to home owners, some fought in court for many years for restitution.
I personally over saw the repair of a few dwellings. As Builders or associated trades i think its inportant to consider what if , Weather Patterns are changing every where. eg we construct to area codes, what if the snow load triples. Bracing elements are meet but wind speed or uplift forces quadruple. Back of my head is our main enemy Moisture, Can that water get away and leave no evidence it was ever there, from simply mould growth to total flood damage.
Matt, I’m loving your builds! You really should have a show on HGTV
I'm a glazier by trade and im pretty jealous of all that robot talk... so is my back.
Regarding the PVC roof drain leaders:
Depending on the temperature in the cavity, you might think about lightly insulating the pipe. In Florida, we have to insulate drain leaders run through plenum space or they will condensate in the winter. Beautiful house!
Jesse Smith Came to the comments section to post this. This is a very common practice for commercial construction here in Wisconsin. Also done for sound attenuation.
I’m not a builder but I enjoy watching your videos. I just moved into a spec house with a local builder.
Matt, great walk-thru. Always interesting to see what others do/think. One thing I'd recommend with internal roof drains is to standpipe test them. Last thing you want is a leak. And consider oversize pipe , with large sweeps to account for the inevitable debris that will make it's way past drain grates on the roof. Also, roof drain piping can be surprisingly noisy - I'd use cast iron in living areas in customs in your price range.
Not a fan of that make-up air filter - nobody is going get out a ladder and replace filters every 3 months - it will get forgotten about and get clogged. I'd let the main house HVAC do the filtration - at least there's a chance filters get replaced on a somewhat regular basis (although few people seem to do any maintenance - most seem to run their HVAC until it fails and then the repair guy might replace a filter - hence why I'm no fan of really tight homes - too much maintenance to keep up with to keep the home safe)
Matt I try to run my standpipe on an exterior wall with it's own wall cavity that's sheared & water proof.
Even though it's inside plumbing, it's secluded from any damages to the interior.
Also placing scufer exit on the bottom of the exterior walls work well. Any water damage is confined.
Matt, Nice content
Using parapet walls hides *Solar panels installed on the roof*
I was really surprised to see the roof drain not ran in cast iron. Of all the DWV piping to use cast on, that'd be my first choice, especially in a house with $150 a pop recessed LED lighting. I think they could spring for a small stretch of cast iron there. Another thought, maybe they went with schedule 80 PVC, which would help, but I'm not sure it's as good as cast in this situation.
...or insulate those drains. In a big Texas rainstorm it will sound like a sewer running through those rooms.
good point on the noise. Appreciate that...
@@buildshow In the mid-Atlantic, our thunderstorms chill the interior cast iron roof leaders, and we have to insulate them because of the surface condensation (sweat). Plus the new local codes require us to use scuppers along with the roof drains. Some say it's needed for when roof drains are clogged with slush/ice or debris. And we can get significant snow loads, so a backup can be catastrophic.
This was a very good video in regards to explaining what we are looking at. You did mention "differential movement" (I think it was) with the rafters you had to fur out. What exactly does that mean?
Love the "Lunch trash" can idea! I like the idea of recessing the bathroom floor to meat the hardwoods. The electricians work looks great! Never seen an internal roof drain, that is pretty cool. The curved skylight in the master bedroom is nice!
Best video I have seen from you so far.
Your quality workmanship is impeccable and makes me want to move in your area. 👍🏻👍🏻
If I had the money, I’d love for you to build my house!…You’re absolutely the best!…no compromises!…
except for all that PEX. Copper all the way. Mice and Rats can smell the water through PEX and really mess your day up.
I wish all builders were like you.
Good information and detail tidbits. Currently remodeling a 70's house that needs all flooring stripped down to the pillars in the crawl space. Been looking at the different floor trusses. Also trying to plan the complete gut on the kitchen.
I love this walk through. The best part is seeing and hearing how you solved various details. The sound is great.
I am not a builder but I try to never miss a show. I am mesmerised by your content and navigation through the products. I am glad you talked a little about make-up air as it has been a question for me for a while. With the super tight houses you feature I am wondering how exhaust is handled. In particular kitchen exhaust fan (touched on in this video), bathroom exhaust fan (especially when venting warm humid air to a cold climate), and finally fireplaces.
I would love some content to understand how you balance the tightness of the houses with the needs to exhaust unwanted air types.
Get well soon, Joey! God Bless BUILD show ppl!
Matt I’d like to see a video on low voltage wiring for sound and data. What cabinet for termination and how to future proof cat 7 , multimode fiber etc.
That table trick is one catering uses all the time. Those lifetime tables are meant for sitting, not standing so you need that extra height on job sites.
Sweet a change of climate for me, thanks for the video!
Great walk through boss!
Beautiful architecture but even better execution from all your subs
Looks like a shipping container home placed in a 1970's Rancher neighborhood. Good job.
Great video. Job walk on a quiet day is terrific. I’m still scared of internal drainage, but your point about the plumber doing it is something to consider. Thanks.
the fire extinguisher should be mounted to the side of your job box so it easy to find when needed.love the job and the neatness of the job site
I don't think I'm quite your age, but you put out great videos and I've learned a lot. Thanks Matt!
Hi Matt! I'm older than you and I've learned A LOT from you. Thanks! Keep up the great work.
I really enjoyed this, it felt like a more personal conversation. Not that the others are bad by any means, I have learned a lot from your videos.
Great Video Matt and yes a Big Shout out to all the workers Great Job you make me want to go back and start building Sealed houses All of you guys have given me great Ideals, I use to Build new homes in Austin Tx in the 80's and I always Thought we should Seal Every Crack but I worked for a fast Builder and Never got to seal a house I always knew it would be worth the effort and Money cost, Thanks for the Vid-Shilo M.8-14-20
this guy seriously cares about what he does
Thanks. I loved seeing this. Some people call this level of detail OCD. I just call it a minimum expectation. If we care about the little things. The big things take care of themselves.
11:30 is magic. That blocking is invaluable.
Would of liked to see glass , stairs , and roof installations . I’m glad you are back on the JOB ! Almost gave up on you with all the road trips .
Have you ever experienced condensation problems on the roof drain piping? We usually insulate them for both condensation protection and noise mitigation.
I left a comment before I read yours. In Florida we absolutely have to insulate them inside plenum space or they will stay wet all winter.
definitely had this problem. Waht is your preffered way to insulate? I've seen the sleeve insulation stuff get wet from condensation and turn into a gross sack of water before.
@@hosmerhomeboy We have been able to use fiberglass wrap or armaflex, depending on the size. Most of the time this is retroactive work, so access is a driving factor. Like any insulation, quality of installation is the key. If not tight or properly secured, it will condensate inside the insulation.
@@TheSteelArmadillo thank you very much. noted.
My problem with internal roof drains is that they are a thermal bridge, so in the winter time you will loose heat by heating the cold water and air that goes through the drain unless you insulate them. If you do insulate them the water might freeze and plug the drain, at least in theory because I only used internal roof drains on industrial buildings where thermal bridges were not a big concern.
Just read Catcher in the Rye for the first time ever. I finished it, but my point is now I can watch Matt with my undivided attention. I haven’t gotten Covid yet....knock on wood (or an lvl)!
I wish I had half the intelligence and knowledge you have. Amazing. Nice work!
Good thing you had that job box on site with a couple papers in it
I don't envy the guys having to finish up in that curved skylight! Also, I can't imagine "cheaping out" and not insulating that place, considering the $$'s that were spent on every other detail. Heat or cold, you need to keep it out to make your HVAC perform at it's optimum. I'd be interested in having that conversation.
Sooooo many awesome details, well done once again Matt. Would love to see you present at the next FHB Summit!
I am so curious to see how the drywall and finishers will get to that curved ceiling to wall area with the windows.
(I promise, I am not meaning to come off as snarky... I'm totally curious)
Thank you for all the videos!! It is great to see how others around North America are building residences!
~ Joe Sirilla, Sirilla Design Group
They spray water on drywall and put slight pressure as it curve its pretty neat
I really love these behind the scenes looks, hopefully Joey feels well soon! In the mean time this is very interesting. You don't normally get to see youtubers filming process like this.
Your a huge help im 22 years old and just got my Massachusetts csl
That house has so many great details that I can’t say which one is the best, very well built home the quality is in those small details that you didn’t mention yes I watched it twice and even stopped a few times to get a better look very very nice built Matt yours people do great work
Great build. I think I’m starting to see where architects make the big bucks...in the unconventional and unusual.
Couldn’t help but notice that you mentioned the trim carpenters starting “in a few months” and you’re about to insulate. How does your schedule look - on any house? How do you navigate it? Very curious to see, and I’ve commented mentioning it before.
Look up gantt chart☺ Also part of being a good GC, foreman, etc. Is management of the time of the contractors we are like a conductor of an orchestra and it takes yrs of practice and knowledge.
For a massive project like this, I think he plans for like 1.5-3 years to complete. I'm sure his drywall crews will take some time to get a perfect finish, plus maybe do exterior, flooring and other jobs before trim is done.
Three months from start to finish is possible if all the subs can show up at the right time. Six months is more like it. This house is small, should be fast.
Awesome to see this walkthrough. I am surprised there's no outlet by the toilet for a bidet though. Especially a fancy house like this.
very cool with the filtered incoming air. I've been looking for a solution like that for my home office/shed.
Just got over that flu stuff. Condolences to your video guy. Love the content. I'm planning on building in another two years or so and have learned so much about how I want to build from your channel over the last year or two.
Thanks Matt ive learned a lot from you and your guests. I appreciate it.
23:28 What's up with that green trash can with the holes❓
On some commercial building lunch rooms we use18 or 16 gage steel plates the length of the cabines instead of woo blocking . a lot faster to install.
Great walk through. This is the type of video I watch over and over. Break it down like and NFL film room. Would love to see the bottom of the cantilever as is on video.
I like the look of the modern style big window box houses and no overhangs... but I hate having all that glass. No matter how well insulated, they are never as good as an insulated wall, especially in Texas heat. They turn your house into a magnifying glass and you into an ant. Not only that, but you have to actually clean those big bastards.
i would be willing to bet there isn't very much on the south side
Its actually worse to have glazed east and west sides, as the sun is lower in the morning and evening. At noon, the sun is high in the sky so the south elevation doesn't get much direct sun in the summer, compared to the winter when you want more sun.
Would love to know how you plan on finishing those stairs..thx!
Awesome to see things before the drywall goes up.
Great job! Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Top notch work.
Shouldn’t internal roof drain piping be insulated and have a clean out midway through?
I would think using large radius turns would be a great idea too...
Man, late post. I was beginning to thinking something was wrong! Glad you're alright!
Love your style Brother! Keep on pleasing God and you clients!
Matt, buddy, I know you probly don’t have many issues with using advantech 1 1/4 and glue nail,but, as long s you nail you will always have a failure somewhere. Is it worth the $250 savings in materials to have a squeak at some point. All it takes is someone missing an inch of glue close to a joint and your gonna have a squeak. It does sound to me like the one you found probly is the truss but I couldn’t believe I heard you say glue and nail instead of glue and screw and had to rewind.
BTW: I am a retired custom builder that was doing many of your techniques 25 years ago to whatever point I could because we were severely lacking the products we needed in the industry to go to the extent you do.
Thank you for the walk thru Matt, your doing an awesome job my friend!!!
Don Pfeiffer what’s also odd is I remember a past video he said he’d screw. Or maybe my memory isn’t correct.
Who else can’t wait to see what we’re building today
This is actually a ghost message not even really here👻
A a ron lol
By the way, I love all these videos.
Really has helped me inspect homes I may be interested in buying
Huge window walls with no overhangs in TX. Architects don't pay the energy bill.
Lol, the person who has the money for that house can afford the energy bill. It is also a tight house so it may not be as bad as you think.
Great to see more job walk throughs
Best wishes to Joey for his complete recovery. Matt, your audio came through splendidly.
Please tell us how you remediated the squeaky floor (@17 min) as you had two suspected causes.
I love all the details, but dislike the flat roof. "Hot... Texas" (sun is mitigated by radiant barrier) but there is no attic to buffer the house from incident Infra Red (IR) heating, so incessant. Moreover, the roof drains through plastic pipe that lacks sweep bends. Roof maintenance crew must be forever especially sensitive to the needs of those deeply-buried drainage ducts, lest any "gorilla" get up there and break said plastic with a snaking tool. I just saw what happened to an old (30 years?) warehouse in Hollywood California where the roof drain failed and the interior suffered big-time damage in a recent Dec 2019 storm.
Every interior roof drain I've seen on an industrial building in FL has been a disaster. They have also been flat roofs, so that might be part of the problem.
I hear Mitsubishi makes a decent mini-split, good to know I might be able to get them from the Trane place if I ever get around to that retrofit.
How are the thermals with all that glass?
I have multiple sliding glass doors I have been looking to replace with triple glazed doors because you can feel the temperature change from about an inch away.
Surprised to see the roof drain vertical piping pvc in a dwelling. My background is commercial/industrial architectural engineering which has included countless apartment and condo buildings over the years. Typically use cast iron for a vertical roof drain in the walls for sound dampening in dwellings. Do the same in office type buildings where sound could be an issue. Of course, the sound may be an issue on rare occasions during heavy rain storms. Maybe there are plans to use sound attenuation batt in the chase wall. Cool looking house
You know us plumbers really hate cast iron.😟
@@ChrisGilliamOffGrid - Understand! But clients with a custom built home don't care to hear rushing water in the walls during downpour rains. I know c.i. sucks, I was a electrical contractor for many years and hated rigid conduit.
Question on that fresh air intake in the kitchen, in a passive house that would come in through an erv, if it's brought in from the outside like that are you conditioning it at all? Or does it just get mixed in after it's in the house?
That system is dumping fresh air into the vent hood and only it will only run while the vent hood exhaust fan is running. If the supply and exhaust fans are properly balanced (note the black in-line duct fan to the right of the filter box), you have a virtual closed loop that drafts the smoke/steam rising into the vent hood, with little impact on the room air.
@matt risinger 17:09 looks like a one inch hole in the framing. missed air seal?
As a custom home builder in hot Texas, why aren’t the walls of your projects 12-24 inches thick to fully control thermal environment? Thx
Are there any protections boards or some other sort of protective surface going over the roofing membrane? It doesn’t look like there’s enough of a curb to add anything on top, but even a little goes a long way to extending the life of the flat roof.
I'm not even a builder but I've learned so much! Thank you! (I'm going to build a shed/home office in my backyard.) :D
I'd be interested in some parapet videos and maybe a visual explanation of what you did wrong and how you fixed it and what you suggest for best building practices. I'm planning on building a flat roof house that I can use the roof as a entertainment space, so maybe a dozen people and hot tub on the roof. I kind of have a plan on how to go about building it. But the plan for now is to educate myself for another year on building practices.
I'd use steel I beams cuz you DON'T want any roof deflection with differental load variance. Another consideration is your roof membrane duriability i.e. type and use of cat walks etc...You should check with your structural engineer about theses IMPORTANT structural detail$... MJ 43n1
The plan is quad deck system, which is an ICF floor form, then rebar and concrete. That's all engineered, not too worried about that. But if I do Kemper system it's like 30k dollars for just the material and not the labor which I plan in doing my self. As for the parapet walls the original plans from architect and engineer wouldnt have worked, there was zero water proofing. My plan is s ol me type of a metal cap over the ICF parpet. Then blue barrier and terminate to that cap and then put stucco and brick over that.
Love the videos Matt, looking at some land myself in the near future and wanting to build on it some great ideas from your videos!
Electrician is Rick Power, Plumber is Kelly Waters, Roofer is Mark Shingles. Good people and easy names to remember
Hey Matt. Love this walk through! As a first time home owner, I bought a beautiful home but it was already 5 years old and from one of those builders that you pick from a book of styles and they have all of the pre-made building material trucked in and laying on the floor. They installed standard bare minimum hvac and all that comes with that. These videos you do really are teaching me what to look for and what to demand from my future builder on my future house which will be of my creation. So thank you so much, man!! Quick question- when you say make up air pipe, what is that and how important is it to the airflow through out the home? I’m sure I could google the term but I’d rather hear it from the expert, not Wikipedia lol. Take care, god bless and I’m a subscriber for life.
At is basic explanation, its new outside air (preferably filtered) to replace the exhaust. As the buildings get tighter and tighter due to code, the "normal" sources; ie leakage from the exterior, for make up air seen in an older home are no longer available. If you don't have make up air, which replaces the exhaust air from hood vents, bathroom vents and gas furnaces or gas water heaters, the house would be under negative pressure. IE the house will suck in unfiltered air from where it can and will probably do so 24/7. This leads to poor air quality, moisture intrusion as well as higher energy costs. I do home inspections for a living. In a typical 1960s-1980's house with a gas furnace, the HVAC closet ceiling only has 1/4" by 1/4" mesh with the exhaust exiting through it and then through the roof. That is the same as leaving a window open. I live in south Texas where it is humid. You better believe that the hot attic/outside air is going to get in there and condensate along the walls and HVAC cabinet and then mold grows. More so when you have AC leaks, which are common. The make up air in this scenario is unfiltered. We want to control make up air. There is the constant push for better and better air quality and improved energy efficiency. If you have air leaks, you also have moisture intrusion from humidity. Matt's builds take it to the extreme, but his clients can pay for it because that's what they want. I see this on typical new construction, on a smaller scale, where the make up air is brought in to the main HVAC return with a damper to only pull in air when needed. Ideally you would also run it through a dehumidifier in my area where humidity stays above 70% for most of the year. This stuff gets super complicated real quick.
Brandon Castle thanks. Appreciate your input
I like your videos. Great idea for the make-up air, triggered by range hood. Wouldn't it be good if this was integrated into the whole-house ventilation system, then you have the filtering, access and even energy transfer?
Hey Matt, I'm from Louisiana and we lost our house during Laura . I'm extremely interested in insulation over here in Lake Charles, La. We don't have much time but we would love for you to make us more energy efficient.