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Framing the Mashpee Home with Pressure-Treated Lumber

Bob meets with Wes Lohr, the general contractor for the River Hill homes, as his crew sets the sill and the first floor deck to frame the new house. Lohr shows Bob how the sill is constructed of pressure-treated lumber set on top of a sill sealer that protects the wood from wicking moisture in the concrete foundation. The pressure-treated lumber is drilled to receive the sill posts from the foundation, then bolted down to hold the decking tight to the base. The deck for the house is built of 2X10 kiln-dried lumber and 3/4-inch tongue-and-groove sheathing. The sheathing is first glued then nailed to the joists. Bob marvels at the speed of modern construction with a first floor deck and walls that can be completed in a day. Lohr estimates that the structure of the house and the roof will be complete in five or six days, with two more days of work to shingle the roof.
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Framing the Mashpee Home with Pressure-Treated Lumber

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" Wes lohr as the general contractor building the houses is with us now -- Bob I don't -- a minute ago we were looking at pouring off the top of the foundation. The concrete in one of the other house sites here and this one has already been done how long did you wait to let the concrete."

" Well this foundation is cured for seven days and and we got started this morning. First step is to come on in and we square the foundation make sure it's all the dimensions OK and I everything -- and then we put down sill sealer. At the sill sealer is so -- the foundation is at all uneven. Our battle to pick up somebody else beyond even -- I -- nice tight seal to the pressure treated lumber here. Between the top of the foundation and the pressure treated lumber itself this basically still exists now why do you use pressure treated Brazil. Well -- any warned that comes in contact with the foundation because it is a porous and it's a very material. It's cable of working water right so we like to use the pressure treated wood anywhere close to the concrete excellent. And then the rest of the lumber that's -- and his. This is all two by ten kiln dried lumber. For the back. So -- clock and course these are all the points where. The tops of the bolts with all the bulbs that war -- embedded into the concrete during the pouring that you last -- and we drill holes to -- treated lumber. It would put the washers and bolts and -- have -- the secure."

" Now this is essentially a 24 foot by 364. Brake -- it. And what's the product that music we're just learning about -- three quarter inch tongue and groove. Enough for a product. And -- we glue it down first and then it's they'll ring shank nails. West of this really demonstrates is. How fast modern construction really is -- Did you guys started. This morning and or five hours later you framed the first floor -- your sheeting in plywood. Exactly she's able to get at least a few of these main walls up. The guy from Florida to the rest of the walls. And that means an operation like this on 24 by 36 foot house is going to be up and ready within western airport -- We're probably looking at about five to six days before we got the respondent odd couple days -- back to put the shingles on. And I will be looking good. -- what happens here you've got areas where you don't quite. And again. Well here's where understandable four by eight sheet stopped and off anywhere else we have to put pillars we rip them down to fit in there perfect -- the -- of -- Tilt at all great."

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