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Framing the Back Porch
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Framing the Back Porch
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" Back at our project in studio city the concrete work continued. Once all the concrete had been poured. We waited 24 hours port secure. Before removing all the form work and once that was out of the way. Construction could begin for the new court system for the porch the first step of course was to put down a two by six. Sill plate which is vaulted. Into the rods in the concrete. Now what we're standing on is essentially what will be the back porch of this house you can see that it's it's a framed structure like you would do in any interior situation we've used two by eights. And in the middle. Since the span is about twelve feet we've added blocking. Cut to fit which actually stiffens all of this two by eight steps so that it doesn't jiggle around too much the perimeter is an unusual detail. Because the architect wanted to do something special with the flooring material we've added. A ribbon on the inside which essentially gives us nailer. For a two by twelve piece of redwood it's gonna be a band of decking all the way around the perimeter and here we've put blocking to accomplish the same purpose. But that that the design calls for that two by twelve so that it marries into these twelve by twelve basis. Of the columns and looks like one continuous. Ribbon -- band of redwood around the whole thing. The columns are in a beautiful columns that could certainly carry a roof load. But they're not adequate in terms of the California building code earthquakes and all the -- you'll notice that we've got some very. Customs deal work up there as well as some steel columns inside piece -- took up with Courtney again over on the other side and we'll talk about how this gets done. Okay Courtney notices the steel column that we have to put in each and every one -- right code requirements right right. But before we attach and well that we got to give up the wooden column up over the top fortunately it's not too heavy that there. A little -- on -- night. Nicely dressed ponderosa isn't ponderosa it's read what it is that -- in his and the the bottom capital ponderosa. OK. Yeah. That. On capitol. Itself. But these crowds and made these drugs here to protect this is just to protect the column while you're welding contractor. Clamped together. And this spacing here was put this underneath enjoying itself. He stood you don't -- and -- in between there you could start the thing I'm tired you're here we're I want to pass onto -- floor. Yeah this is just. A way of -- it on both ends to make sure that we're in the right position you know when the big the big timber goes in the incident nor hair or anything else. Okay I'm getting get out of the way I don't like to watch welding the."
" We'll just tack -- corners. To make share it you gotta move."
