DIY Home Build | Ep. 7

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[00:00:00]Ben and Amber here. We bought land in the Washington Forest. And today we are finally going to start framing. We're going to be building up the pony walls in the crawl space, squaring up the sill plates and getting those all installed and then dragging up those big heavy joists. That way we can finally get our floor done. We've lost too much time on this project, but we're finally getting back on track. So, let's get to it.

[00:00:28]It is absolutely gorgeous today. Forms have been stripped. I have not been here since. So, let's go check out what the finished product looks like.

[00:00:38][music] >> [music] >> Looking good.

[00:01:01]Looking nice and straight.

[00:01:05]These are our flood vents. Got a little bit of concrete to knock out there.

[00:01:10]Clean that up. It's all done. Looks great. Couple things I was not expecting were all of these pieces of his forms, I guess, get left in there. So, I might need to grind some of these off that aren't going to be buried underground.

[00:01:26]For the most part, everything looks really level, really solid. No areas that have any giant missing parts or anything like that. So, let's get to work. All right, so we've got all of our lumber here. I'm going to walk you guys through all that stuff soon. These I realize you don't grind off. He said you can just hammer them off. So just quick little tap one way and then the other way. They come right off. So I'm going to go around and do all that. I wish he would have done that, but you know what? Can't complain. He came in, knocked it out quick. So it is what it is. I'll just knock these out. Take me 20, 30 minutes to do.

[00:02:17]All right, so I got all my lumber. I got like three more piles over that way of joist, studs, everything you can imagine. I need to do some rearranging.

[00:02:27]Luckily, all the joists are on top, but I need to do some unstacking to get to my sill plates. And then some of my rim joists and stuff like this are under these beams that weigh like 1,000 lbs.

[00:02:38]So, let's try and move this out of the way strategically so we can get under that.

[00:02:44]For those of you who are wondering, this is a 5 1/2 in by 15 in by 20 foot long glue land beam and was like $700.

[00:02:56]There we go.

[00:02:58]Smooth sailing.

[00:03:17]That is too heavy. I spent the last couple hours cleaning everything up, hauling stuff to where it needs to go, and this is what we got so far. So, I've got a bunch of my super long joists here that I need to haul to the home site.

[00:03:33]And then this is just a giant pack of 2 by six's 16footers that will also need hauled to the home site with a couple joists on top. I'll haul these when I need them, but I need to bring them all the way over here. And then I've got another pile right here. These are just extra 2x six's, 2x4s for wall framing.

[00:03:58]Then I've got some 2x12s pressuret treated. Those will be for the beams.

[00:04:02]I'll build up for the deck. And then I've got a bunch of 2x8s and 2x six's pressure treated. The 2 by six's will be for the sill plates and the 2x8s will be for the deck joists. Then coming over here, this is what I've hauled over so far. So, a lot of that over there. Some of it some uh 2 by sixes for framing, 2x4s, pressuret treated stuff for the deck. And then we got all of our sheathing. We've got all of our beams right here. So, I've got some giant glue lamp beams. Then we've got some joists here, some posts for the deck, and then over here, I think these are a lot of the rim joists, rim joists, and those will are lvls that'll go in place of where some of the rim joists will be.

[00:04:52]And then we've got a bunch of joists here that I hauled over. And then these are my pressuret treated 2x4s to go in the pony walls. will frame up and I'll do all that tomorrow.

[00:05:38]I've got all the seals down for under the sill plate of the pony wall going all across there, too. I do need to put it on these little bumpouts, but I need to drill through those first and figure out where the holes are going to go. And then I'll put it there before I put the wall on. So, pretty good for right now.

[00:05:57]Thinking about to call it for a day. So, see you tomorrow. Good morning. Didn't wake up as early as planned. That night quil knocked me out last night. But I need to go to the hardware store. I need some more pressuret treated 2x4s. I cut myself pretty short because I did not expect the whole stem wall to be as high as it is. I also ordered this like over 2 months ago, maybe 3 months ago. And by the time they delivered it, we expected to be done with the foundation, but obviously weren't. So, I need about 24 more eight-footers, I'm thinking. Amber was requesting that I give her a shout out in her own 30-second segment because she hasn't been getting enough screen time, according to her. And on the last video, I accidentally left out some footage of her doing work and she thinks people think that she isn't doing anything to help. So enjoy this 30 secondond segment of just Amber.

[00:06:53][music] >> I got this.

[00:06:59][music] [music] [music] All right, I'm going to go around cut all my sill plates first for the pony walls.

[00:07:21]Then we'll drill the holes for the anchors, set those in place, and then I'm going to toenail all the studs on.

[00:07:27]So, we'll do that next.

[00:07:48]>> [snorts] >> Okay, so sill plates on all squared up in line with that one over there. Had to cheat the sill plate a little bit my way because the anchor bolts are too far on that side of the footing. And unfortunately, this footing needs to line up with that footing. Those anchor bolts are pretty centered, just not these ones. So hopefully that's fine.

[00:08:38]So I'm going to build this full wall first. So that way I can at least get one up and see if there's any problems I run into before I just do it all at once. So, let's do this whole wall first. It's going pretty quick. I'm glad that this is going quick. I ran a string line here over my footing all the way across the other side all over the footings. And what I'll do is I'm going to mark my 16-in on center studs. And then I'll go up with my tape measure to the rope line and that will tell me my exact height of my stud because the wall is a little bit wonky in some areas. So there might be like a/4 in difference in height and the stud's going to need to make up for that. The main thing I want is a very flat top plate. That way that all the joists from side to side lay flush exactly on it. None are going to be bowed up or gaps underneath. So, this will be the best way to get that all squared away.

[00:10:07]All right, I've got my header in place.

[00:10:09]Got all my studs. Now I just need to cut my top plate and then level these out and nail them in from the top. And then we'll have this pony wall done. And I'll put on the double top plate once I've got my sill plates on. And I'll square all that up on the edges so butts right in there real nice, doesn't move.

[00:10:47]>> [snorts] >> All right, this looks great. Very happy with the result.

[00:11:04]Okay, so first pony wall is done. Alls it needs is the double top plate and then screwed into the sides of the stem wall. I've got the giant middle one to do an exact replica of this one on the other side and then these two little bumpout ones, but I think I should be able to get it done by today. Okay, I'm gonna drill into the concrete and set the anchors that should have been here in the first place. The anchors I got are 5/8 inch. I meant to get/ inch. So, I'm going have to return those and get some new ones. So, probably make a trip to the hardware tomorrow unless our local one that's close by has it, but I'm not sure if they'll have something like that. They're more of like a smaller place that isn't going to have too many things like that. So, let's get to it.

[00:11:52]And then what you'll do is you'll vacuum that out. That way there's no dust in there and the anchor sets nice. These anchors you don't actually need epoxy.

[00:12:00]It's a threaded rod with like this bulb at the bottom. And when you drop it in and tighten it, that bulb expands and then it gets locked in the concrete. And then this right here is a [snorts] hammer bit. Not only does it drill, but it also goes up and down and hammers the concrete. So you can have it just hammer or you can have it do a combo of both or even just drill. So, this is a really nice tool. I'm actually kind of glad I got to get one of these because I'm sure it'll come in handy.

[00:12:42]Both holes drilled right there.

[00:12:47]both holes drilled over here. So, these are the anchors right here. These are 5/8 or too big. I need to go return them for a half inch. But you will set it down in there like this. And see how this bottom bar is wider and then this piece is here. So, as you tighten it, it'll drag the anchor up and then this will expand and then it won't come out of the hole.

[00:13:26]like a glove.

[00:13:36]I want to talk about these little 3x3 washers that are required for me.

[00:13:42]Two things. The local hardware store sells these for 50. Galvanized 3x3 half inch screw. 50. Home Depot sells them for $5.50. When I bought 50 of them at first cuz that's how much I assumed. I was about almost half short. It's like 250 bucks. Go to local hardware store.

[00:14:00]50 bucks. Today I had to go back there after I found out all the anchors and they got the exact amount. I needed 39 more. They had exactly 39 left. This doesn't get better than that.

[00:14:26][snorts] All right, [music] I've got two more to put here. I don't know why, but the plans call for two king studs, and then I need a third because I'm too far on my 16.

[00:14:59]So, I'm going to put those on after I do the header. That way, I can hit the header in from the ends here. And then I'll run my top plate and hit all those in. So, maybe another 30 minutes. And I shove the other wall up, too.

[00:15:49]>> [snorts] >> This wall is almost done. I just need to add the top plate and nail those studs in from the top and we'll move on to the next section. It's like 400 p.m. Not going as fast as I expected, but I think I'll finish all the pony walls today.

[00:16:06]So, maybe not the sill plates, but I'll get all the pony walls done for sure.

[00:16:12][snorts] >> [snorts] >> There's another elk on our property. We haven't seen them much, but for some reason this week, they've all been eating the bushes over there. Whatever's over there, it's definitely drawing them around. We like it. We want them to keep coming.

[00:16:39]Check it out.

[00:16:55]All right, this one is officially all done, nice and level.

[00:17:07]So, now that I've done the middle one, the hardest one, and the one over there, I'm going to knock this one out. And then I can't really start on these two until I go get the anchors tomorrow. So, I'm thinking I'll have enough time to do this one today and then maybe start on the sill plates since I'm not doing these two little bumpout ones until I have the anchors. And the sill plates will probably go pretty quick. We'll see. I know it's a lot of squaring stuff off, but maybe I can get a good chunk done today and then finish them up tomorrow. All three pony walls are in.

[00:17:38]That one went up real quick because I've had much more practice doing these two.

[00:17:43]All of them look great. They just need a couple final touches screwing in the ends top plate. But before then, I need to run my sill plates all around and get those all squared up. It's like 6:30.

[00:17:57]Been doing this since 7 this morning.

[00:17:59]So, I'm probably just going to go around and put the uh pink seal on all of the stem walls. And then tomorrow, I will start with the sill plates, getting those all squared up. I think that'll take a little bit of time doing all the measurements, the 345s and stuff. And then I will knock out those two pony walls real quick. So, I'm thinking it'll take me 3 days to get all the joists up, not two. Um, but yeah, it was a nice day. I'm glad that I got this knocked out.

[00:18:44]I also got an extra right here because the plans call out them being no more than 12 in from the end. First foundation guy, I don't know, he's thinking it's almost 2 ft out, but luckily he can do this.

[00:19:03]All right, now everything's up. got up these two little side pony walls, all three middle ones. I'm going to go through and drill two bolts in the side of each end stud to hold it into the wall. And then we're wrapping that up.

[00:19:16]Moving on to the sill plates.

[00:20:13]This is the best when your generator in the Jeep and extension cord make it exactly to the distance you need to be at.

[00:20:41]Okay, it's all in.

[00:20:46]Little wonky there in the middle, but everything's secured on the sides.

[00:20:51]I'll just adjust that middle part under the joists and also use the top plate to try and straighten it out, but it's never going to be perfect.

[00:21:11]Everything with the pony walls is all done except the top plates. Now we need to do the sill plates on top of the stem wall. I laid down this seal. Realized I should not have done that yet cuz I'm going to need to chalk stuff off. So, the diagonals should be the exact same.

[00:21:27]They are on point. They are 3/16 bigger than they should be each way, but everything's still square with the foundation. Just means that it's a little bit beefier than what it should have been. So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to use that far back wall as my reference. And then I'm going to do the three, four, five method to get my walls going perpendicular to it. And then when I get to this back wall here, this is where I might have to shift the sill plate a little bit so everything's squared up. As you know, I'm a master at geometry, so I'm sure I'll be here till midnight tonight doing this, but let's see how it all goes.

[00:22:27]Okay, it's like 700 p.m. I got this whole back wall, the bumpouts, and then these two stem walls that come in to support the interior walls done. This will be my point where I go off and measure everything else because this wall is perfectly straight and exact distance it's supposed to be. The diagonals also are exact. So the stem walls should be pretty in place. I used the 345 method on these little bumpouts.

[00:22:58]And then also these longer stem walls.

[00:23:00]Now these stem wall ones don't really need to be exact because no matter where it lands, it's only going to be carrying the load of one joist under it. So that one doesn't matter too much, even though it does line up. These bumpouts are pretty small, so it's really easy to line those up as well, too. The hard part's coming next where I need to get this wall and that other wall all the way down to the opposite corner and they kind of bevel in and then go out that way. That will take a lot more measuring, more angles, but at least I'll have my main wall to measure off of parallel distances and then also the cross diagonals. So, let's finish putting on this last sill plate on this wall and we'll see how far we get with the other ones today.

[00:23:55]All right, easy parts done. Let's cut these next perpendicular walls. Okay, so what I did is I measured the exact width of this board right off of this corner.

[00:24:06]Got my chalk line. Then I measured the exact distance from this corner to that corner. It all lines up same as this one. Diagonals are all good. So then I got my chalk line there. And then this is where the edge of the board will land right on this chalk line. So right now I'm just going to get all my anchor locations.

[00:24:27]Drill those out.

[00:24:31]And then since I've only had to line up the sill plate with the very edge of the other wall, I'm going to do something a little bit different with this one to make sure that everything lines up when it comes to installing the gasket. I think that's what it's called, the seal, the gasket, something.

[00:24:53]2 58 >> [snorts] >> All right. So, now I'm going to flip this over and then install this gasket on it. That way I can line it up exactly with my chalk line and this thing's not scooching over on any of the edges.

[00:25:50]Okay. And as you can see, lines up perfectly with the chalk line. So, this will be great. Whoa, long on my edge.

[00:25:57]How to cut that.

[00:26:08][snorts] Okay, that's all I'm going to do today.

[00:26:19]I'm about halfway done with the sill plates. I'll throw on the double top plate on these pony walls tomorrow once I get these side sill plates up and then we'll zigzag through here and get all these finished. I think that probably take me like half the day tomorrow to knock out the rest of that stuff and then I'll drag all the joists into place and then maybe the next day after that I'll actually cut joist and start setting them and blocking them and doing all that stuff that the plans require.

[00:26:50]So, it's been a long day. Been out here for like 12 hours, 8:00 p.m. I'm disgustingly dirty, covered in dirt and concrete and dust and chalk and wood. Ripped my shirt.

[00:27:09]Time to go eat and go to bed. See you guys tomorrow. All right, I'm on my last three little sides. I've been squaring everything up along the way. As you can see here, I measured an inch in with my chalk line from the edge of this board.

[00:27:24]And then I went to the opposite board over here. Inch in. And everything is lined up perfectly. I've been referencing that back wall the entire time for all my diagonals, those two back corners, and then the parallel or perpendicular distance off that back wall as well. And everything's lined up really good.

[00:27:50]>> [snorts] >> 20. Good.

[00:28:33]Okay, so I've got all my measurements on this wall and the opposite wall. And then this board, I've got exactly where the board needs to be. Chalklin lined it. I just need to cut it when I have the final width to wedge one in there.

[00:28:46]This board's going to line up perfectly with this wall. That board's got a little bit of an offset on the wall. So, I chalk line that one and it'll square up when we're done. So, let's get these three installed and move on.

[00:29:07]Big knot on that one.

[00:29:10]All right, this staple method has been fantastic.

[00:29:30]All right, since this one's lined up with the edge, just got to line it up with the end of that board.

[00:29:39]All right, let's get the other side on.

[00:29:43]All right, we got one more left and then I'm going to throw on these top plates and we're going to wrap up this bottom portion of the foundation.

[00:30:31]Okay, [snorts] all the seal plates are finally done. That took a lot longer than I thought, but it's cuz all the extra measuring and stuff. At least I know everything is now 100% square.

[00:30:42]Everything will go on super smooth with the floor. Now I'm going to throw on these top plates. Go to the hardware store because my tripod broke and I need super glue. All done for today. Finished all the pony walls, all the sill plates.

[00:30:55]Started laying out the joists and unstacking them, but they're like 150 ft down the driveway. And it's a pain to carry 26 ft boards or joists after you've been out here for 12 hours. So, I stopped short. Going into town to grab a bruski. It is much needed. My hands hurt. My back hurts. I've [snorts] been giving it a lot these past couple days.

[00:31:19]But tomorrow, I'll have all these laid out by midday. I already went around and marked the sill plates 16inch on center.

[00:31:27]And then I'm hoping I can start nailing those in, figuring out where stuff needs shifted or shimmed to make sure it's all elevated properly. and then just do the rim joist crawl space access blocking.

[00:31:41]Not sure if I'll finish all that tomorrow, but I got to head out of here and I'll be back next week with my family. So, tomorrow will be the end of this video. Next video will be next week when we come in. Got subfloor, start putting up walls, and then yeah, from there we'll have a roof soon, maybe in a couple weeks. So, see you tomorrow.

[00:32:04]Too much long way too [music] much time on my own. Too much time. Spend way too much time on my own for [music] long. I spend way too much time on my own. Too much time. I spend way too much time on my own.

[00:32:41][music] Got all the joists laid out. That's about all I'm going to do for today. I have to go across, measure them all, cut them. Then I need to install the rim joist going around first. And then we're gonna start from that corner down there.

[00:33:07]Do one at a time. Attach it to the sill plate. Attach it to the rim joist.

[00:33:11]Measure 16 on center. And then we'll just go down all the way. But that is a job for next week. Carrying all these 150 ft down the driveway and getting them set in place by myself. Kicked my butt. And I've got like a 2 and 1 half hour drive home. I got to pack everything up, put stuff away, and I'll be back out here in a couple days with my father and brother, and we are going to frame this whole house. They'll be here for a little over a week and a half, and we're going to knock out as much as I can while they're here. Should be pretty quick. I think when they get here, we'll knock out laying all the joist and subfloor in one day. Then it'll probably take us a day, maybe 2 days to set up all the exterior walls.

[00:33:55]And then hopefully by then the trusses are here. We can get those set. We'll sheath everything. I think some of the small walls will sheathe in place and lift them. And we should be able to lift most of the headers as needed except for this giant one. I'm afraid it's going to be too heavy. So I think I'm going to rent one of those crank lifts from Home Depot. And we'll kind of push it up there. Two people on each side on a ladder. And then we can kind of lift it into place with the wall already up. So, we'll see how that goes. We'll figure it out. Another thing we're going to do is we're going to paint the exterior of the foundation so we can seal that up. And then I've got to get some wash drain rock. Come around and slope all this to I think right here. We'll do it out to the low part of the land. And then I've got my 4-in perforated drain that'll go all the way around the foundation and then slope down there. And then we'll back fill all this, kind of smooth out the grade, slope it away from the house as needed. So when we have the excavator here, we're going to do the drain rock, get that all set. We're going to back fill. And I think down the driveway in that other area, we are going to dig the culvert and knock that out while we can as well. The septic guys, I think, will be starting end of June. So they're going to come out here. They're going to cut a bunch of trees down over here, unfortunately, and put the drain field, the tanks in for both the ADU and the home. And I'm a little bit scared because I'm not sure how bare it's going to look there. We're hoping that some trees will be left, but we'll see. We'll see how that goes. Unfortunately, quite a bit have to go for the septic system.

[00:35:35]Yeah, it's looking great. I think that I made a lot of progress for 3 and 1/2 days and I still can't believe the foundation took 10 weeks. You know, going to have the whole house framed up in two. We appreciate you again tuning in. We're back [music] weekly uploads.

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