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The Home's Exposed Framing System
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The Home's Exposed Framing System
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" I just want to before we talk about the framing get a little bit of the geography of the house it's got its it's sixteen by 32 that's right. And this opening here with us -- all right senator in the house so it'll be a sliding. -- door as an entry that's correct but I've seen on the plants that there's going to be some sort of additional shutter may earn the outside of the out right there's a method of August on dog customary storm bill one of the neat. And then at these big guys are going up overhead right right these are Douglas -- joists for the second block death so this end of the cabin is -- living space right and then over here we got a fireplace right. This is not a conventional fireplaces as an old fashioned count Rumsford style yeah out which is a very efficient type of fireplace because it really. Reflects a lot of heat right radiate the heat that right back into the room its shallow but it will be very high at the road that's why this opening episode that's correct yeah. An enemy thing that we're we're calling the framing. Framing for finished now is this is what we're gonna see on the inside there will be any plaster on the wall this that does that yes the finished product now that it. There was that point in time when you can build a cabin in the woods or anywhere and you didn't have to meet any code requirement about insulation. So -- it was a put up your stud framing. Put on the sheeting boards or whatever it may be a coat of paint and hours yet and how is that ride but now minority -- at this look we have to add rigid insulation on the outside to -- code requirements exactly looking pretty again. If that takes them what time the door like this but reports -- real talent here you know let's look at that were on the end of so any tricks to bring me like I was. Well we're -- between inches on -- yes. And we put into ours on -- blocking. So that would got something to nail our. Beadboard -- to from the outside that's right now using plywood normally Ukraine 1616. Arthur correct it and then what this angle these four. This is a how the wind gracefully see it here on the corner Brian is the use this -- ideas or so ago and that's it was before the invention of plywood needed these and all houses sure it has prevented the wall from racking of high winds and and so -- in the plywood really gives it a strong yen. That's right and when you just have board -- you need the additional wind grace or you know get that story so how do you how do you do this and you put it in there well what we do is just -- place in the Connor. Market out and then I'll let it end."
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" As we take by -- it again. That brings back have been -- into all the other lumber. Are we ready to raise it up yet we just employees nail salon and nails there who says that once we square this while an attack. To tack it into brown and make sure that nobody painted not that is glance sure we're building OK so can we raise it now that. All right. -- Okay who is an abrasive on a corner temporarily. We don't have to worry about get a level on -- coming up. No authority gets they would grant them --"
