okie boarder's house

Yes, the 12" is the min. for a standard tracked OH door.

I'm thinking your plans may have changed at some point and I missed it, but from what I remember from about this time last year this thread should be right up your alley.

http://www.riverdavesplace.com/forums/showthread.php?141213-Going-off-the-grid-our-family-story

It's pretty long and grows by 5 or 6 pages a day, but there's lots of pics and it's worth the read if you have some time over the holidays. The guy behind it had most of it on another forum where it happened in real time over the years and he's bringing the condensed version of the highlights to RDP.

Cool, I'll check it out.

Mark,
We still use them when vertical tongue and groove paneling is applied over the gypsum board. Years ago they were also used as fire blocking when the studs ran all the way from the sill plate (first wood on the foundation wall) through all the floors to the cap plate (top wood member at the roof).. This method of framing (balloon) hasn't been used since long lumber lengths are harder to find and the cost is higher. We now use what's called platform framing. Yes, before the wall coving is applied to the walls, you hit your noggin on them!!

I noticed the lack of "fire blocks" as well. I think our last house we built still had them, but, it seems like they are becoming less common.

Coming along nicely! Must be exciting for you and your family to follow the progress! Thanks for sharing with us.

Thanks...glad you're enjoying watching the progress, too.

Try this one!!

http://www.riverdavesplace.com/forums/showthread.php?141213-Going-off-the-grid-our-family-story/page1

Read a bit of it this am, interesting stuff, ambitious project

Sorry about the bad link, the thread is at River Dave's Place in the lounge section and it called Going off the Grid our Family Story. It's stayed on the front page most of the week.

Andy,
I'm surprised they stick built the roof and didn't used trusses. Was there a reason?

Do you get decent amounts of snow fall in your area? Like over 2" in a storm?

No, we really don't get a whole lot of snow. Usually we get one or two storms a year and not much accumulation.

Andy,
Snow loading wasn't the reason I asked about the roof trussing. It's from an economical point. The labor and lumber involved with a stick built roof far exceeds having roof trusses factory made. Too bad it's not a common method down there.

8122pbrainard wrote: Andy, Snow loading wasn't the reason I asked about the roof trussing. It's from an economical point. The labor and lumber involved with a stick built roof far exceeds having roof trusses factory made. Too bad it's not a common method down there.

Pete I asked him about snow fall. Initially looking at the pictures they look to be 2x6's on the main "larger" roof. Without knowing the "run" on that room, but 2x6's seem to be cutting it close on the span tables. Hopefully they can post the ridge I several spots. But I bet theres some bounce in the mid of those rafters when standing up there.
Exciting stuff right there though for you and your family

SWANY wrote: Pete I asked him about snow fall. Initially looking at the pictures they look to be 2x6's on the main "larger" roof. Without knowing the "run" on that room, but 2x6's seem to be cutting it close on the span tables. Hopefully they can post the ridge I several spots. But I bet theres some bounce in the mid of those rafters when standing up there. Exciting stuff right there though for you and your family

I agree. It looks like the max run with a 2x6 and a 20psi load is 12' on 16" with SPF and only a 9' span on 16" with a 40psi load. It sure wouldn't work in a snow load area!

The other nice feature of roof trusses is they don't rely on the wall cap plates to maintain the vertical to horizontal loading. No collar ties ether however all they do is bend the rafters down with a load.

Kinda strange that they are using a gen-set instead of a temporary power pole. In this area a temporary meter is the first thing they set.   It is part of your permits Just seemed strange.

SWANY wrote: Yes Collar ties! Forgot to say that also. Every other at least, but if it was mine and that scenario I would do every single one

I'm pretty sure he said collar ties are going in. These framers seem top notch based on what I've seen. The tie everything together very solidly and seem to do things right.