Rassd71 Project - sheathing & trusses

[rassd71]

Hey Everybody,
I thought I would start to split this up as the pics are taking too long for a LOT of people to load. So now I'm going to break it down into smaller groupings per thread.

So, there has been some progress since my last post. Last week we applied the OSB to the sheer walls on the exterior. Which, I'll be honest just made me madder with every screw. Originally there was no wood in the entire structure. But the engineer convinced me we had to have wood roof decking. So, I agreed. But then the engineer changed the x bracing on the walls to wood sheer walls. So, now I have 1/2 OSB struc 1 on about half of the exterior walls. But because we are going with stucco, I need to fir out around all the doors and windows and the other studs so that the lath is all sitting on one plane. At this point, I might as well have just built a stick house.

oh well, here are the pics...

and the sheer walls have to be held in place with a #10 1-1/2 self tapping 'wafer' head screw, every FOUR inches around the perimeter and every six inches in the field!

An example...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/sheath3005.jpg



A shot of one of the exterior walls...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/sheath003.jpg


And the pile of wood that most of has to go up on the roof...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/sheath004.jpg

... oh, and now that the trusses are up, I have to put the sheathing on the roof this week!


OH, and the trusses are up!


Here are the stacked ready to go trusses...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/trusses2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/trusses3.jpg


The crane lifting the second one, and here you can see the boxed out gable end...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/trusses10.jpg



the main room looking towards the door...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/trusses39.jpg


looking around in the rafters....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/trusses40.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/trusses41.jpg


and the last one being placed...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/trusses55.jpg

[txanne63]

Amazing--Robert.

From a dream a few years ago---till the walls going up!

You are just some kind of man--I admire the hell out of ya---Way to Go!!!

simply amazing

annie

[longshot]

good on ya Rassd

a little osb is not to bad. lookin good bud

ls

[rassd71]

lol, uh huh. Every piece of wood I put on my 'steel' house just frustrates me! Or, at least it did. Now I don't care. I just want to get past the sheathing so I can get onto some of the fun stuff, power and plumbing!


sorry for the lack of updates. The whole house has been sick now for over a week. The sheathing is going slowly. But we were able to get enough up so the framer could finish the 'california fill'... or tying in where the little roofs meet the main roof. But we haven't been able to get back up to get any more done since. Rae had her 3rd bday on Thursday and came down with an eye infection on Friday and now has a double ear infection to go with that!

So, here are the latest pics...

where Terri and I started...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/sheathing003.jpg

Terri in the rafters...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/sheathing00319.jpg

The first 'California fill'...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/sheathing00326.jpg

the other fill...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/sheathing00327.jpg

So, we basicly got two rows of sheathing across the front and the beginning of the third so the framer could take his crew home and we can get this done at our own pace. Which lately has been a little slower!

[IrishDoc]

Still awesome, not to worry about a slow pace... it hits everyone one a huge project like that... ... how you liking them metal 2 x 4's ? i have been considering them over conventional wood...

[Eagle]

WoooHooo Robert!

A "new" high guy(and gal) thread...
right "up" my alley, like "up" in the air : )

Lookin' good, Man!
Love the pic of Your Wife, Terri up there in the sky, too...HaHa!
A High Gal! Give Her a 'high five' from me! :D

Like I said...I'm missin' all the fun...do wish I was down the road to help Ya run that sheathing. We'd have a blast together...I can tell by Your smilin' faces! ;D

Thanks for sharin' !

[rassd71]

We'd have a blast for sure!

Once we're healthy, the pace will pick back up. Right now, I'm the last one that's really sick with a sinus and ear infection and strep to boot! After this course of antibiotics, I'll be much better!

[longshot]

take your time bud you dont want this to boomerang on you and put you back in bed.

ls

[rassd71]

Well the past couple of weeks have been rough to say the least. My whole family has been sick with all manner of infections and I of course had to get a triple dose with sinus, ear and throat! But, now that the drugs have done their job, we've been able to get some serious work done. As well, my uncle Louie decided it was time for him to head back to Texas. So, it's been my wife Terri and I up on the roof laying the sheathing. And I have discovered a tragic flaw in my psyche, I'm evidently afraid of heights. Well that's not 100% true, I'm afraid of falling. And I don't trust this 1/2 OSB under my weight to be all that stable. So, it's been slow going.

However this week we had help, on Monday, my Dad (John) came out for the day...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/Sheathing1009060031.jpg

... and helped and with the aid of a third set of hands, we got the starting course and a second course done on the back side of the house...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/Sheathing1009060036.jpg

However, even in this pic you can see how the trusses are not 'traight'. Or more specifically that they do NOT go perpendicular to the facia. So, NOTHING really lines up right. Oh, and they change as they go up, many have an 'S' curve to them. But with the first two courses, we were able to use a heavy duty ratcheting tie down to pull them straight. However, after the 2nd course, there is a horizontal brace beam that keeps them from adjusting. So, then the cust got creative.

So, on thursday and friday my new friend trevor was paid labour and we were able to get the rest of the full sheats up on the front and the back of the house...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/Sheathing10121306001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/Sheathing101213060013.jpg

In this pic you can really see the relationhip of the sheathing to the trusses...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/Sheathing101213060018.jpg

I used an anglizer tool to get the first angle, placed the sheathing, chalked a line and then cut them on the roof to fit. Definitely the best way to do it, but I couldn't find another solution. Trevor offered to drive through all the walls and report his truck stolen. But this just didn't solve the problem, it would only delay it. And I don't need any more delays!

And lastly the shot of the roof as we called it a day...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/tukwut/Sheathing101213060019.jpg

So now the peaks are left and the remaining angle cuts on the fills from the small roofs joining the large, and then it all has to be screwed down a million times! So, we should be done with the sheathing some time this week!


YAY !


Obviously, that will warrant another update.


Until then, wish us luck!

[SPIKE]

I have not been on in a while, but it is good to see the progress you have made.
I feel your pain with the truss situation. It really is a shame that a hired contractor can not even install trusses that are straight and evenly spaced. All it would have taken them was a little time to square and plumb, then add a few braces to keep every thing secure. Making it work will be okay, but it sure can be a pain ......

What guage is the metal that was used for the trusses? I recently aquired 52 24ft. 6inch 18 guage pieces of metal that was left over from a job. They will come in handy for something, just not sure what, yet.

SPIKE

[rassd71]

The roof truss gauge is part of the problem. I thought we were going to go with a heavier gauge for the trusses, but it's all the same 20 gauge. Which for the walls is good, but with the trusses having a span of 47 feet, it should be 16 gauge! Structurely it's fine, it's all well engineered, but if it was heavier, it would have been easier for them to work with, without damaging.

We still have about 2/3rds of the back half of the roof to finish screwing down. Then we can call for inspection.