Ep 9 Building a Large Dream Garage: Permanent Bracing and Final Framing

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:00]What's up, guys? Welcome back to the channel. So, previous videos, we got that roof done. We got the sopet fascia done. And now we're going to go back to because we've got a lot of mud around this job site. Uh doing things that we can do. That's kind of part of construction. You got to just figure out what you can do and keep moving forward.

[00:00:16]You'll notice these girts run long past our columns. That's because all of our garage doors, um they go down just past the concrete, which means we need some framing to extend down there as well.

[00:00:28]So, we will actually be adding a fourth ply to all these doors that will bring it out to this dimension here. And then we've got a lot of blocking to do. So, we have five garage doors that we need to finish up. The other problem is, and I don't know where I can show it, maybe this one right here. This concrete actually extends past where our our block is going to be for the door. So, I also have to go through. And actually, this is a little bit better one to see to know exactly what I'm talking about.

[00:00:58]We've got to run a fourth ply right down this column. So, this concrete is just long. We know that. So, I also brought uh my big um MX Fuel cut off saw.

[00:01:09]Hopefully, I should be able to get in there from both sides, make a nice clean cut so we can extend that fourth ply down like we need to. So, that's the first thing that we're going to do today. We also have three walk doors we got to frame. And I think after that, we will have all of our framing done because we're close to getting house wrap on this thing and starting to put steel up. So, let's go ahead and get this all done so we can do that cuz I want to see what textured matte white steel looks like. And I know Greg does, too. So, let's go.

[00:01:39]So, all of these doors are going to require a 2x8 to get ripped down to seven and an eighth because all of our columns are also ripped down. So, the first thing actually we got to do is this whole pile and then those all got to get ripped down. So, we got a lot of ripping to do. Greg brought the saw out, the new Hilty without a battery. It's okay. I hope two batteries is enough. We got I figured 200 foot on the last battery. 200 ft maybe. I don't know.

[00:02:04]We're going to find out really because we're going to be ripping pretty hard here for a while.

[00:02:18]That is kind of nice, man. It's almost like there's a big brain idea. Big brain idea.

[00:02:30]Okay. All you Hey, I'm going to stop us after this one because we should probably cut our garage doors down into our and then rip them. But we're not wasting all this time, right? cuz we don't need all this lumber.

[00:02:49]>> You'll get that on these.

[00:02:52]>> See, you can't even.

[00:02:53]>> Yeah, it's not.

[00:02:53]>> It's done.

[00:02:55]>> That's how you test your blade.

[00:02:56]>> It's the ultimate test. That's how you know if the if the blade is >> worth keeping or not.

[00:03:01]>> Spinning it the wrong way.

[00:03:06]>> That's an eightfooter. Okay.

[00:03:08]>> Okay. So, >> the rest will go this one along with the uh >> Yep. Those will get cut for uh tops for headers. Nice job.

[00:03:21]Greg, go grab some tape.

[00:03:25]Give me a second.

[00:03:37]If you're curious why the heck are you cutting all this waste off? was because we used all the lumber for windows that we were going to use on doors.

[00:03:46]Thankfully, we were able to be efficient enough somehow. I I don't know. Um because I think we still have enough lumber. So, I don't know how it worked out. Greg, are we clogged at the bottom of this saw?

[00:04:01]No.

[00:04:31]Heat. Heat.

[00:04:41]Who knew that YouTube commenters would be so right? It's so much nicer having a stand and an outfeed, dude.

[00:04:50]So nice.

[00:05:03]Hi-ho. Hi-ho. It's off to work we go.

[00:05:08]Actually, we're already at work, buddy.

[00:05:09]Hi-ho. Hi ho. Where we going?

[00:05:21][applause] There ain't no way a fresh saw comes out with a one bar or something cuz I have only made like one cut.

[00:05:27]>> It was full. It was full.

[00:05:28]>> Oh, come on.

[00:05:29]>> Three bars. I had three bars. There's no way this was full. It had three bars, bro. Well, come on.

[00:05:50]>> Dang. You want mine? Dang. Yeah. Double them up. [snorts] It's like splitting a rock. Yeah, a rock.

[00:06:14]Nice.

[00:06:17]Sometimes root strength is what you need.

[00:06:20]>> Yeah, it's better than any tool out there.

[00:06:22]>> It's better than wits.

[00:06:31]OKAY.

[00:06:40]I don't know if it matters or not, man.

[00:06:42]I don't think so. I just want to do the best work I can for >> double check our height, I guess. And >> 14. It should be 14, right? should be 14. Okay. I hate the fact that I have to do this, but it's just one of those things that can either think about it or just do it and get it get it over with.

[00:07:23]>> [music] >> All right, I got to come from this side and finish. Ooh, sure. It'll be all right. I'll get most of it.

[00:07:50]That's really it, I guess.

[00:08:09]>> I think we're deep enough, my guy.

[00:08:10]>> Yeah. Good enough.

[00:08:13]>> Yeah.

[00:08:17]Worst case, can always bring the grinder in if I really wanted to, but I don't think we have to worry about it. Let's go ahead and throw that post in there.

[00:08:25]See how we did.

[00:08:33]Didn't want to go up on the bracket.

[00:08:35]You were on the bracket already.

[00:08:38]>> [panting] >> As tight is good. Hold it.

[00:08:54][music] >> A little.

[00:09:05]>> Let's get a freaking lift over here.

[00:09:06]>> A little lifted right there. Ah, my ankle. You You know what you need to do?

[00:09:10]>> We need to take up drumming.

[00:09:12]>> Yeah, that'll help strengthen your ankles.

[00:09:35]Oh boy.

[00:09:46]Okay. Two for the other side. I wait.

[00:09:49]Oh, shoot. I didn't know we were missing those.

[00:09:50]>> Mhm.

[00:09:52]>> I didn't even see those two holes missing.

[00:09:54]>> Yep. I remember those.

[00:09:57]About lost the building because of it.

[00:10:03]Good thing I had this right angle drill.

[00:10:10]Or is it Greg just a regular impact?

[00:10:15]>> What?

[00:10:17]Or is it a clutch drill?

[00:10:24]>> A drill? And there's an offset one, but I don't I've never used it, I don't think.

[00:10:28]>> Yeah. What's that?

[00:10:30]>> Why is it offset? Like what does that mean?

[00:10:32]>> Well, duh. So you can get really close.

[00:10:34]Uh, I see you know [music] Heat.

[00:11:14]Heat.

[00:11:33]Oh yeah, we're good.

[00:12:09]Good enough for the girls you were with, huh? Yep.

[00:12:14]Heat. Heat.

[00:13:08]There we Oh.

[00:13:33]All right. gonna get the uh 350 rotary set up because now that the garage doors are basically done, Greg's wrapping up that one. Um I'm going to go on walk doors. Walk doors, there's nothing to frame them to. So, it's just an opening in the wall that the concrete will be poured through. You can see one back there by Greg, one over there, and one up front. So, we have three walk doors.

[00:13:53]We need to find the exact elevation so that we can set them perfect when the concrete's poured. It's, you know, you're not sloping up to the door. It's not going down to the door. So, I'm going to get my grade board or my grade rod set up. Uh, find zero, which I think my zero is over there in one of those columns. And then we'll get some uh temporary supports underneath where my doors are going to go so we can get them framed.

[00:14:19]So, 40 and 12.

[00:14:22]We're going to go 40 and 1/2 plus inch and a half plus 3 in 43 and 1/2. So 21 and 34 is center which means 10 is edge maybe and 53 and a half. Okay. So we're going to have to move this a little bit.

[00:14:45]Yeah, I already knew that these are not probably perfect openings, but short of cutting them and then having a bigger gap on one side, not the way to go.

[00:14:58]It's actually not even big enough in the first place.

[00:15:02]Crap.

[00:15:11]There's 40. We're going to maximize this.

[00:15:16]Okay.

[00:15:18]and H.

[00:15:28]Okay. So, so we're an eighth inch. It's going to be tight at the bottom, but I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to give myself an eighth inch as we go up.

[00:15:44]So, it'll just tweak a little bit. No big deal.

[00:15:48]Life will go on.

[00:15:58]Okay.

[00:16:19]That really ain't that bad. Anyway, let's go. 40. Oh, come on. 40 and a half.

[00:16:42]Nice.

[00:16:50]Just for for the heck of it, how far off are we?

[00:16:56]40 and a quarter. That's actually not too bad. That'll be fine.

[00:17:10]I need something.

[00:17:35]So, this doorway should be 3/4 of an inch lower.

[00:17:48]I can live with that. I can live with that. Which way am I going? That one's a little bit low, but that's okay if they shoot grade.

[00:18:02]We should get a block. Okay, it'll definitely go. And I'm going to leave it snug like that because there's a chance the wi the [music] wood may dry out just a hair because of how humid it is.

[00:18:21]Yeah, we're going to run with that.

[00:18:26]So, this is just to support this door threshold cuz there's no concrete, but the concrete will get poured through that'll anchor the door in. And uh and then this this won't go anywhere.

[00:18:40]43.

[00:18:48]That's probably going to be tight. Yes, it is.

[00:18:54]Wait. Come on, Kyle. It's a new me, dude.

[00:19:08]That lift of concrete right there.

[00:19:12]Keep kicking me out.

[00:19:15]Keep going. You can do it, man. You can do it.

[00:19:32]I think it'll go.

[00:19:38][music] Okay. And this side good.

[00:19:59]What is it? 316 high.

[00:20:02]>> How's that possible?

[00:20:03]>> Quarter inch high.

[00:20:04]>> I didn't cut these jams, but that's the same header as this header here.

[00:20:10]I mean, it's not much, but it's a lot when you're looking at >> It's a lot when you're trying to plum up a door. Here, grab my uh grab my >> door.

[00:20:18]>> A door. Can you grab my guard?

[00:20:33]Thank you.

[00:20:35]Okay.

[00:20:45]It's like rocky. So I don't know.

[00:20:48]>> Eighth.

[00:20:49]>> That no way.

[00:20:51][laughter] >> What?

[00:20:54]316. says, >> "Is it because we're way out here with this board versus like where right there?"

[00:21:00]>> Now it says 16th.

[00:21:01]>> See? Zero.

[00:21:02]>> Yeah, cuz it the concrete must change as it comes out.

[00:21:05]>> Uh-huh.

[00:21:05]>> Yeah. Okay, I'm good with that. There.

[00:21:10]Then we're just going to get some wind blowing on that sucker.

[00:21:19]Go right there.

[00:21:32]I don't understand.

[00:21:36]It's like something is way off square.

[00:21:44]What does it need?

[00:21:48]I mean, that's that's good enough.

[00:21:52]Okay, it's good enough.

[00:22:00]>> Good enough for the girls we run with.

[00:22:02]>> Nice work.

[00:22:04]>> All right, drop top. All right, I'll leave this to you.

[00:22:08]>> Ah, you're good to go. I'll go get the last one done.

[00:22:28]what?

[00:22:30][snorts] Oh, duh. That's simple. Simple.

[00:22:34]Just not square. That's a You know what?

[00:22:36]That's a great That's a great thing to share. Uh you guys see how my laser is perfect up the inside of this door jamb.

[00:22:47]It's perfect right where I want it. But what was throwing me off is right here.

[00:22:52]Look at it. I'm a quarter inch away. I'm like, "Oh, so you would think I just have to crank this board cuz it's out of square, but it's not. It's like perfect." The reason is, and this is something you have to be so careful of when using a laser to plum things, is I'm not really concerned about this instance right here, but my laser is at an angle. So, it's off. It's like this way. So, it's shining like this instead of straight, which means it's off up here. And it's really just a just a simple lesson in like being careful because if your walls aren't plum, so if this wall right here was not plum and I was trying to level it and it was leaning away from me, if I'm not perfectly square to my wall that I'm plumbing up, and this seems like simple probably to a lot of you, but it can catch you off guard and mess you up. So, always try to make sure your laser is as square to your uh the thing that you're plumbing up. Otherwise, you can run into this right here where it could be off a/4 of an inch in this 8 in depth and it looks like I'm pretty close. So, it's just you always got to be careful. So, I'm not actually worried about this. I'm just looking to square it off of my lumber here, which I would call pretty good.

[00:24:20]I don't like the saw at all.

[00:24:44]>> [screaming] >> This door here is uh some pretty good movement here cuz there's really nothing tying it together. A lot of times when our girts go from column to column, it kind of extends further and it's just got a little bit more kind of sturdiness to it. And because I'm on a corner, I don't really have an eyeball. Um I think I think when we did this originally, I put some marks, but I can't I can't see them on the wall. If you guys remember when we did our layout, I I went around with the laser and put some marks there. but I cannot see them anymore. So, what I'm going to do is just I'm just going to screw myself a block on each corner and put a string line across. And then I can just get a simple measurement. So, just take a suck it in, pull it out.

[00:25:58]Oh no, I lost [screaming] it. That's no good.

[00:26:03]I went too deep. There we go.

[00:26:12]Been meaning to wanting to use this new streamline guy sent me. Got a little business he started. I like to support the little guys. No. Uh, no. Not making any money. Velour fast line reel. I think he said he's got it on Amazon. And I think the perk of this Hey, it just looks cool.

[00:26:33]But B, if I can ever find the end once you get it ran out.

[00:26:41]And then it's got the nice little tip so you can just put it on a drill, impact, whatever, and wind it up, which I don't need to wind it up right now. I just messed it up. But also, it's got these nice little spots to run your excess.

[00:26:58]That's pretty nice. Seems well built.

[00:27:00]Time will tell. So, don't don't come at me if the thing breaks in the first day.

[00:27:04]I just got it myself, but I think they're pretty affordable and way better than hand winding up a string line.

[00:27:13]Okay.

[00:27:19]>> Rope.

[00:27:19]>> I'm not I went way too loose.

[00:27:26]The freak.

[00:27:29]Well, there's no there's like no play, so I don't know how far I can get away with, you know.

[00:27:36]>> Okay.

[00:27:46]>> Just over.

[00:27:46]>> Yeah, just over inch and 96. Just over inch and a half.

[00:27:50]>> I'm pretty good.

[00:27:50]>> I'm like, >> okay, yours got to go in a hair, >> but mine's actually like pretty spot on right there. So, I must have moved it pretty good.

[00:27:59]Do you like it?

[00:28:00]>> 916.

[00:28:01]>> Okay.

[00:28:18][snorts] We did it, dude.

[00:28:23]That's a long day for me. So, I think what we're going to do is I need to get clean lumber, fresh lumber, lumber that hasn't been sitting out here getting rained on and uh we've kind of picked through and we've got framing and our our our permanent bracing to do our X's.

[00:28:38]I got actually a cool app that I've been waiting to use. So, I'm going to do that and do our kickers. So, let's keep this rolling into that and we'll get all this framing done because I think after this we're gonna be ready to house wrap and start putting steel up, which is really exciting.

[00:28:52]>> Weather pending.

[00:28:52]>> Weather pending. Yeah. Greg says, "Well, I got to trust Greg. He's had really good weather." So, let's keep this running tomorrow. Let's get that framing done and we'll get on to our steel.

[00:29:15]Got to do this every once in a while with the old girl. She gets a little gets a little growly, man, when it gets gummed up with dirt and other things.

[00:29:24]Somebody before I bought this, they put grease all up and down this boom. I cleaned it the best I could because grease is a bad thing. You would think that's good for being nice and smooth.

[00:29:36]The problem is grease attracts dirt. So, you got to do, according to my maintenance guy, a nice dry silicone so that doesn't attract dirt. But I don't know how long it lasts compared to grease.

[00:29:50]I just know that when I see the wear points, I probably need to do more.

[00:29:57]All right, guys. Time for permanent bracing. Went and picked up some nice fresh clean lumber just cuz I didn't want to deal with anything that had warps, twists, bows, cracks.

[00:30:09]Oh, we got to run that a couple times.

[00:30:12]Give us some RPM.

[00:30:25]That'll work out.

[00:30:28]It's okay. See, might have just been a sticky part. It's all that grease that's still in there. Cool. So, permanent bracing. Um, man, this is usually something that takes me a lot of time because I have to do a lot of math. I got to figure out the angles. I got to figure out my dimensions. I got to all this stuff. But I had a follower and I wish I could remember his name. Uh because actually, was it Phil?

[00:30:52]>> Phil?

[00:30:52]>> Yeah, I think something.

[00:30:53]>> I think it was I will know here very shortly because I'm going to pull something up.

[00:30:57]>> He made me a app, but not really an app.

[00:31:00]It's more like just a website with uh a bunch of um calculations and drawings.

[00:31:06]I'm going to show it to you because I think it's pretty sweet. Check this out.

[00:31:08]And hopefully you can see it here. I'm going to hide his name because it actually is here. His name is Phil. He made me this web page where I can put in the height of my wall, the width of my post spacing, what kind of lumber I'm going to use, and how many X's I'm going to do. Like, you know, if we want to use three, boom, it shows me the three three X's, and then it gives me all of my measurements that I need to cut for my X bracing without having to do any math.

[00:31:38]Now, Phil, I appreciate you, but I'm going to do at least the first one with my math and your math and see how it turns out. But what's really cool is he actually goes through and shows all of the math. So, he shows on this site how this is figured up. And the real big problem is when you cut your your space in half, this dotted line, your point, you can't just do a 354, you know, uh, Pythagorean theorem to figure out that dimension for the diagonal because from this point to this point is not a straight line.

[00:32:13]It's actually offset by the dimension that is derived from the width of your material and the angle. So he goes through all that, shows it. Very cool.

[00:32:22]And I'll have to get his permission to kind of share this and pass it around and maybe make something for people because this Greg will also be used for our kickers. So when we go do our permanent roof bracing, I'll be able to use the same app to get that dimension.

[00:32:35]>> Pretty cool.

[00:32:35]>> If it works, this is going to be Phil will be my number one.

[00:32:40]I was going to say fan, but that's the opposite. I'll be his number one fan. So you'll be a stand.

[00:32:45]>> Yes. All right, let's go ahead and get it figured out. So first, Greg, let's get a a dimension. I might need you to help me because I don't know that I can get up here with my tape. If only we had like some [laughter] >> a broke man can't get broke again.

[00:32:59]>> If only we had like >> Oh, wait. Hey, give me your give me your uh give me the LDM. Check this out, man.

[00:33:06]>> We got a wind tie right there on the top of our board.

[00:33:08]>> Yeah. Why are we doing this, though?

[00:33:09]>> Well, you know, it's always good to >> Okay. 20 foot 9 516.

[00:33:19]So 20 foot 9 516. All right. And our width is 83 5/8.

[00:33:29]So all I have to do is put these two two numbers in here. So height is 20 ft 9 and 516 inch. The width is 83.

[00:33:49]5/8 inch and we're going to do three braces.

[00:33:56][sighs] So according to this we have a [clears throat] 112 and 2532 which is like 3/4. Am I right? Yeah.

[00:34:07]>> 112 3/4 [music] and we've got a pitch of 10 and 78 pitch or 42 15. Now we just take the Martinez, which is just so nice for this.

[00:34:21]And we're going to go 12 in. Okay. Boom.

[00:34:25]Now, I always have to think in my head, but I think I've already got it figured out. This is going to be the angle we need right here. Let's go ahead and cut one, Greg, and we'll just set it in there and see.

[00:34:35]>> See how Phil did with his math.

[00:34:38]>> Come on, Phil.

[00:34:39]>> Come on, Phil. You can be our hero.

[00:34:48]As long as you don't mess it up, you know. That was a beautiful cut. It was not bad. I'm not going to lie. Sometimes you roll off the edge. 112 3/4. Well, I've been trying something new.

[00:34:59]I I appreciate that.

[00:35:01]This is our This is our first time doing a triple uh trip XX.

[00:35:07]>> Triple X. Not our first time.

[00:35:09]>> Yeah. I've never done a trip X. Didn't we do it down in uh No. No. CPS.

[00:35:13]>> No. Uhuh.

[00:35:14]>> Wasn't a triple.

[00:35:15]>> All right, since you're the man cutting, go ahead and cut that. Let's see how it does. My nerves. I don't know if I can.

[00:35:31]All right. 6' 11 and an eighth, Greg, is where this should go.

[00:35:35]>> 6' 11 and an eighth.

[00:35:36]>> Yeah, that's where it should end up heightwise.

[00:35:40]You went off the bracket.

[00:35:44]So, that down there is going to be a little problem. That looks good. It might be a hair off because we're on that little weld to the bracket.

[00:35:52]>> Correct.

[00:35:55]6' 11 and what?

[00:35:57]>> An eighth is what you said.

[00:35:59]>> Well, that says 6' 7 or that's seven foot. Did I say an eighth or 11? 78. I thought you said eighth, but maybe you said 78. I don't know.

[00:36:09]It says 6' 11 and an eighth. So, oh well, here's the deal. Okay, I'll >> drop down.

[00:36:15]>> No, no, no. Do this because not only is it Okay, the width. Man, that looks nice. Now, from the Okay, we got two things going on. Okay, one, this is 1 and 516. This is two and a 16. So, that is >> Am I correct in saying that's like >> an inch?

[00:36:35]>> Well, wouldn't that be a half inch? No, like five 58.

[00:36:39]>> 58.

[00:36:40]>> 58.

[00:36:44]>> No, it's more than that. It's 3/4. Yeah.

[00:36:46]So, it's 3/4 of an inch lower there, which makes it higher over here.

[00:36:51]>> By 3/4.

[00:36:51]>> By 3/4. So, I mean that mathematically then we're we're good.

[00:36:55]>> So, in theory, this should be 3/4 lower than what we wanted it to be, unfortunately, cuz the things are off.

[00:37:02]So, there you go.

[00:37:03]>> Yeah, makes sense. So, I would say old Phil I'm his biggest fan. He's my hero. Dude, that's awesome. You know how much time I spend every job trying to calculate all those dimensions?

[00:37:15]>> 15 minutes >> at least. And then every every >> all it takes is one >> and then it's wrong and then I'm like, "Oh crap." Not that I've had that problem in a while. I've been pretty smart.

[00:37:25]>> Well, you've had you've had like your measurements or your calculations backwards. Like you've done like the opposite of what you wanted to do and then the angle's wrong.

[00:37:33]>> No, that's happened. It has happened but not a while.

[00:37:51]Man, this this used to be like the bane of my existence. Greg, I got uh Is that hooked?

[00:38:04]12 3/4 sunk in the head.

[00:38:17]>> Mhm.

[00:38:23]>> You know what they say. Good enough.

[00:38:32]Good enough for Oh, little knot.

[00:38:48]So, make sure we don't blow out the back.

[00:38:57]You know, I think it goes without saying, but before we nail these up, we did go around and plum all the walls up one last time just to make sure because as we start adding these bracings, it's it's going to really start to lock down.

[00:39:09]So, Wait, you plummed up the walls?

[00:39:11]>> Wait, I thought you did. I thought you did. I thought you did.

[00:39:15]>> I I didn't. Oh, well, I guess >> he's joking, by the way. He did it.

[00:39:24]Just need to keep it as a separator.

[00:39:27]Keep it off the N.

[00:39:51]Love it, dude. You cannot on a building this tall take a board. And we see it all the time. And hey, it is what it is.

[00:39:57]I'm not dogging no one. You can't take a board on an angle from there to up there and expect it to really do anything in my understanding, which I think is pretty common. Once you pass 45° on a brace, it becomes weaker. 45 is kind of like the last tipping point. So these are like 41°. And that's that is why we went to a trip X instead of a double X was because the double XX was going to be too steep. and therefore it basically is kind of pointless. So these X's, these triangles, super strong, but you got to stay in that 45 or lesser.

[00:40:37]This is something I never used to do.

[00:40:39]Greg says it's worthless, but I think it's a nice little ad is just putting this support block between the girts instead of relying solely on a toenail here. This gives us another nailing uh spot for a solid nail to connect. And because we're always going to be spaced, I am not going to come through and cut.

[00:41:01]I don't even know what I would do. Maybe I could do some halflap joints with some lumber next time and we'll put those together. That'd be cool, wouldn't it?

[00:41:10]Oops.

[00:41:26]Nice.

[00:41:47]Okay, there we go.

[00:41:53]Should be good. It's probably a good thing we're doing this today because according to Greg's weather, we've got and my weather too, we've got potential EF3 tornadoes in the area tonight. Not great, but what do you do? We'll leave our chains on, make sure everything's hopefully all this framing is done today. No problem. We'll get uh all these corners done, and then we're going to work on our kickers, which are some permanent bracing up in the roof structure.

[00:42:26]All right. So, I thought, you know what, just because a I want to just see what kind of time frame it took me to do this by hand without trying to share with you guys. Cuz normally when I show you, I'm talking and I'm doing all this stuff.

[00:42:40]But, I'm just going to really quickly do a trip X on that corner back there, the old way and with the new little calculator app that Phil sent us. So, bear with me. I'm going to speed this up, but we'll put a little time stamp so you can see how long this actually takes me. And then you can think about the fact that I used to do this on every job and now I will hopefully save a ton of time. So, okay. 12 and 1/2 wid 7 and 1/2.

[00:43:07]So, 32 pitch 47 here. This right here 90 is 487 27 47 46 pitch 9 and a half. 65 inch 74.

[00:43:26]Okay, there we go. So, that is the time it would take me normally. Now, how does that compare to what Phil gives me? So, let me run this on Phil's calculator real quick and I'll show you how quick that is and we'll compare the numbers that I got to what Phil got. All right, so here's what we got doing it by hand.

[00:43:44]Let's go ahead. 20 foot 10 and 1/2.

[00:43:49]Oops.

[00:43:51]That's my Oh my gosh, fat fingers. Width 77 and a half.

[00:43:57]77 half inch.

[00:44:02]Oops. Okay. So, Phil got 108132.

[00:44:07]That is really close to 9/16. That's uh 1832.

[00:44:15]And then the width at uh sorry the angle 44.37 I got 44.44.

[00:44:22]That's probably not too significant. So my problem is when I do my math it's a little bit convoluted and I'm sure his is a little bit more accurate cuz it uses actual like uh math formulas. So there you go. I think my math is fine.

[00:44:36]It's very close within you know fractions of an inch and a couple tenth of a degree. But the amount of time savings right here, I think when I look at all the times I've sat down and done this math, it doesn't take me a long time, but there is more chance for error because all those different steps I have to do to punch in numbers, any little miscalculation can then cause a problem.

[00:44:58]Which means because I do diligence, I usually do this whole thing twice to make sure I come up with the same number twice. This I can very easily see my height, my width, make sure I put it in right, and it outputs. Super simple. So, I just can't stress enough how much time that's going to save me and how awesome that is. So, I'll do my best to see if I can find a way to get this to you guys, uh, people that want it so that they can access this, but I got to talk to Phil first. So, all right, back to work. 108 916 44.44.

[00:45:37][groaning] Hey, I'm out.

[00:46:37]>> [screaming] >> All right, X is done. So, our walls are nice and secure. We could take the chains off probably, but with an impending major storm that Greg tells us all about that's coming today maybe, uh, we're going to leave them on and we'll just leave them on until steel's up.

[00:47:15]It's just kind of a feel-good thing. But that's a lot of sheer strength right there in those triple X's. And now we're going to move on to our final permanent bracing item, which is up in the trusses. We've got to do some what we call kickers, but it basically connects the upper roof structure to the bottom cord roof structure and keeps it from racking around. So, uh, that's what we're going to do now. All right. So, for kickers, that is basically I did one kicker already for you guys to look at.

[00:47:42]And it's that board that goes from the column up there at the bottom of the outside cord of the truss and goes up to the top cord of the first truss in that is at an angle that is going to help.

[00:47:58]We're going to do one on both ends, both sides of the trusses. So, what it's doing is basically locking in with those nice triangles that if we get wind load on this wall, it's not going to push the bottom cord and the wall over because it's actually going to then tie into the top of the truss, the top cord that has a steel roof that then is pinned to the walls and it's help aiding in keeping everything from being pushed by wind.

[00:48:23]Okay. So the problem with this is it's not just a cut and dry one measurement.

[00:48:27]Like when I do the the trip XX or whatever, once I get my height and my width, I just calculate it. Every one of those posts is a different measurement.

[00:48:36]And on this build, because we have those weird doorways that are not traditional like spacing, actually the first post in on all four corners is different in one regard or another. So, what I have to do is luckily with um Phil's little app, once I know the height of my uh truss at that exact location, which is pretty easy, just to kind of give you guys an idea, coming in the second truss, I know all my trusses are 7'6 on center, which means that second truss is 15t on center. Okay. So, from the edge of my truss, which is back a inch and a half, I'm going to go 14t 10 in 1/2.

[00:49:17]messed up. Okay, that's my run on my triangle. Okay, so think about it like this. I'm going to come in. I got a post here, post here, and we're just going up the truss. And I'm trying to find right here this guy. Okay. So, I'm going to come in from the edge of my truss, which is the edge of my column. 14T 10 and a half. All right. Now, I know that this is a 412 pitch. So, I can just go that's that's my run. 412 pitch. Okay, that gives me a diagonal and a rise of 411 12. So from here to here, this is 4'1 11 1/2. The only thing I have to consider is that I have a 15 and 1/2 in heel. So I need to add 15 and 1/2 in.

[00:50:01]Okay, that's how you can figure out this dimension here to the bottom there. And I'm going have to do that at each column. But not to confuse you, I actually have to find the center and then go off two and a quarter because I'm not actually putting the board at the center of the post. I'm actually on the edge of the post, which is two and a quarter back. So anyway, my phone is crazy right now. So I'm going to go do that math real quick. Luckily, when I know this dimension, I know that my trusses are 8t on center. I can easily know that dimension and I can just go back into the double X. Even though I don't need a double X, I still need one X. So I can just put in the rise. Oops.

[00:50:37]the rise at each post location, the run, which is the distance between my two trusses, and it will give me the exact diagonal, which is how I figured out the first one, and it was perfect. So, I'm going to do that. We'll get those installed, and uh kind of wrap this up.

[00:50:51]So, this is the last basic framing uh that we have to do. So, this is a great great milestone day. And then my width is actually going to be 7 foot 6 3/4 That's going to give me 99 and 2132 or 5/8.

[00:51:23]Huh. I feel really bad about that, Greg.

[00:51:25]I just watched all the sawdust go out of this and go right into your tool bags.

[00:51:30]>> I'll blow it off, man.

[00:51:34]>> [snorts] >> Hey, did you guys know that the RR Buildings framer tool belt, this beauty right here, it's available if you haven't haven't been paying attention, you know, uh sold quite a few of them, which is awesome. On the second order, uh been getting great feedback. I want more feedback so we can continue to make them even better. Uh so we're making slight changes as we go to try to just keep making it better. Like I'm still wearing the originals. I don't have any problems. I'm just looking at when you guys wear them and you say, "Hey, you should really think about adding this."

[00:52:06]Like we're maybe thinking about if people really want it. We got a hammer sleeve. Maybe, you know, adding a sleeve for a cat's paw or something. Um, you know, just looking for feedback. So, I'll put a link down below if you are so inclined and really looking for a good set of bags that are going to last a long time, be comfortable, look good, all that good stuff. Mo most importantly, they're going to function really well. Uh, check them out. But anyway, Greg, sorry about the sawdust.

[00:52:29]I'll I'll take care of it. Okay, buddy.

[00:52:31]My bad, dude.

[00:52:43]OKAY.

[00:53:02]15 in. That's horrible. Greg, what's a good bicep size?

[00:53:05]>> It's a good bicep size.

[00:53:06]>> Yeah.

[00:53:07]>> 16 in.

[00:53:10]>> Did you say that? Cuz you heard me.

[00:53:13][laughter] What's yours?

[00:53:15]I think I was just 15. I can't tell though.

[00:53:17]>> Oh, really?

[00:53:18]>> It's really hard to tell. Yeah.

[00:53:20]>> Let's do metric. That'll be a bigger number, [laughter] >> right?

[00:53:23]>> Okay. You're about >> You're not even on the high point.

[00:53:25]>> Okay. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Right there.

[00:53:26]>> There you go.

[00:53:27]>> Okay.

[00:53:28]>> So, you're like 14 in. Do you want to see it? Just Or do you believe me or no?

[00:53:31]>> No, I believe you.

[00:53:32]>> Yeah, it's 14 in. Okay, do mine. I can't I can't do mine.

[00:53:34]>> Go ahead.

[00:53:36]>> Give it Give it the old flex.

[00:53:37]>> I'm trying.

[00:53:41]>> Wow. You're like 15 and a quarter.

[00:53:42]>> Okay. 15 and a quarter. Now, let's uh We already know my calves were like 16.

[00:53:47]Yeah. I just figured I'd bring this out so I could try to, you know, get more accurate measurements when I'm uh checking things. So, seems efficient.

[00:53:56]>> Like now that the boards are kind of like warped and stuff.

[00:53:58]>> Yeah. It's been a while since we've gotten the lumber, it's not as straight, so I can >> Yeah, that makes sense.

[00:54:01]>> Yep. The really the thing I haven't figured out though is how to be more efficient at this.

[00:54:08]>> All right. So, our last um kicker, which is the the post that is one in from the peak, we get at 12 and like uh just over 12 in pitch. So, when I said remember we want to keep it at a 45 or less, that's pushing it. So now that we're going to the peak post, which is the tallest post, I can't just go between one truss.

[00:54:29]I'm actually going to go a full two trusses in. So I I'm going to go to a long piece of lumber and we're actually going to double X this. And the reason we're going to do that is cuz we want to add a little bit of rigidity because just a 20ft board kind of spanning 20 ft can have some, you know, it's not going to be very strong. We could probably do like a whole T- nailer and whatever, but we're just going to double X it. I don't know. It seems seems like the way to go.

[00:54:53]Where'd that come from, Greg? I have no idea.

[00:54:55]>> Double X.

[00:54:56]>> Yeah. Why do we ever double X it? Just stronger. Huh?

[00:54:59]>> It has to be better than one.

[00:55:01]>> So 8 and a16th.

[00:55:04]>> So we're back down to a pretty good.

[00:55:06]>> As that song goes, two is better than one.

[00:55:09]>> Well, it takes two to tango.

[00:55:11]>> It takes two to make things go right.

[00:55:14]>> Go right.

[00:55:38]Get it up.

[00:55:38]>> Okay. Let me just balance it on my head here real quick.

[00:55:40]>> Yeah. Balance it on your head.

[00:55:41]>> Screw in it.

[00:55:42]>> Get a screw in it.

[00:55:43]>> Put a screw in this.

[00:55:44]>> Just put a screw in it. But wait till it's up.

[00:55:47]>> Okay. [clears throat] Okay, take it up.

[00:55:49]Flush on the bottom. And I'm perfect right up here. I love it, dude. Look at that, man. That cuts good.

[00:55:57]>> I wouldn't say this side's that great, but that the top.

[00:56:06]And then I'm going to pound a 20 in there. It's close. Mine's literally perfect, just so you know. Mine's close.

[00:56:21]Yeah.

[00:56:23]Up a little more.

[00:56:25]>> Do whatever you want, my guy.

[00:56:34]>> Perfect.

[00:56:35]>> That's better.

[00:56:36]>> That's not the middle though. You want to be more this way.

[00:56:39]>> Yeah, I know. Middle's over here.

[00:56:40]>> I know.

[00:56:41]>> Oh, you're just moving it for me.

[00:56:46]No, I mean like >> definitely want it to be like kind of at an angle, but I don't know if you'll get that. It's >> good thing we got all these trims in our way.

[00:56:54]>> That's what I'm saying.

[00:56:54]>> You know, >> let me just get above the trusses real quick.

[00:57:01]>> Mhm.

[00:57:02]>> Then I'm just helping you.

[00:57:04]>> Yeah, this is you just Okay, hold that.

[00:57:10]>> Looks pretty money to me, my guy. Close enough.

[00:57:13]>> Good enough for the girls we run with.

[00:57:16]>> Take her up a little bit.

[00:57:24]>> So, wait. I want I want to be on the inside of that mark then.

[00:57:27]>> Yes. That's why you listen to me next time when I'm talking to you and you say, "Oh, >> I guess I was wrong. Kyle, me all about Kyle."

[00:57:39]>> It's not about me. It's just about doing it right. Kyle wants Kyle gets All right, guys. That wraps up on this job. Basically, all the framing for the shell of the building. We will have interior framing to do, but that won't be until we're ready to do our actual interior after it's insulated. So, this building is basically now ready for finishes. We got that roof on. We got the building plum uh framed up where we want it. And the next thing we're going to do is start getting our weather barrier, our house wrap on so we can start putting up trims and steel. I'm excited for that. We're finally going to get to see what textured matte black and textured white look like. And uh hope you guys, you know, want to stick around for that. So, make sure you hit that subscribe button. Haven't asked you to do that in a while. Doesn't cost a thing. And hey, you know, help small channels like mine uh continue to grow.

[00:58:55]So, I appreciate it. Thanks for hanging out with us. And let's cross our fingers for some good weather tonight and no tornadoes. We'll catch you guys on the next video.