Here is a dumb one!!! The otherday, my coworkers and I, siiting down at luch time, where talking about Extreme Make-over Home Edition, have to watch what ever the wifes watching!!!! And most of us where saying that is it impossible to built a house from scratch in ONE week, that’s foundation, framing, drywall with mud, and paint, plus all the fine carpentery, even the grass, trees and flowers…….!!!!!! Just having 100 plus workers in one place a just unthinkable!!!!Has anyone vere seen it in person??
My guess it’s just TV editing at it’s best!!
Fred
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Houses have been built in under 24 hours, from pouring the foundation to finish painting, carpet, appliances, etc.
I think they built a house for a family here in my town a year or two ago
But it took them a week
The show contacted builders and contractors and asked them if they wanted to volunteer their services and they found 100's of tradesmen to participate
Yes, they did one a couple miles from us in MI. The MI guys were proud because they beat the time frame laid out for them.
They did one of those Extreme houses here in Iowa and it's my understanding that they did it in the one week time frame.
Hell the record for a Habitat for Humanity complete house is something well under one day, I was thinking that it was somewhere nearer to 4 hours, cant remember anymore though.
Doug
Hell the record for a Habitat for Humanity complete house is something well under one day, I was thinking that it was somewhere nearer to 4 hours, cant remember anymore though.@@@I can't even get my concrete to dry in four hours.However, been on a few Habbie blitzes. Fun. Tiring. Nice shot of the roof sheating going on under big renta-floods. Last one had the walls prebuilt offsite before and trucked in. Unload flatbed. Some assembly required.The ToolBear
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we got concrete mixes that will hit 4000 psi in 90 minutes, talk about a hot mix.
we got concrete mixes that will hit 4000 psi in 90 minutes, talk about a hot mix.@@@Lot of working time there? <g>After this last Habitat side walk, I am wondering about air-entrained mixtures. Said to reduce or eliminate the bleed water and speed the finishing. Never used any, so ??? I think the Habbie tendency is to under cement and over water. On a hot day we had several hours between floating and troweling.The ToolBear
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I'm thinking that the concrete must have already been done in order to accomplish the build in under one day. Not sure though, I wasnt there!
Doug
I'm thinking that the concrete must have already been done in order to accomplish the build in under one day. Not sure though, I wasnt there!@@@Lots of prep work that probably should be counted. Slab, utilities, underground, pre-fab walls done off site, etc. all should really count.The ToolBear
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You use fast-setting concrete, start building the stud walls while the concrete is setting, use hot mud on the drywall, fast drying paint, etc. And everything is very tightly orchestrated.
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Sorry fred, but they do it. We have a house just done about 60 miles from me, it was done in a week. House and a gym. It will be shown in Nov.
these shows drive us nuts ...
and for the same reason all the custom car shows drive my buddy nuts.
he's a mechanic / bodyman ... always yells "no matter how many people U have things still gotta dry!"
he's got a friend who travels to Cali alot. Car guy ... always goes to Boyds shop for a visit.
Said one of the cars they showed being a rush job and done in a week ...
was there being worked on for one full year.
that's a little bit of editing there!
I always thot that concept was weird ..
Hi, I'm a billionaire ... here's a million dollars. Make me a custom car ...
but certainly don't take your time and get it right.
I want it next Tues ...
make it happen.
rush absolutely everything ... gotta turn out better that way?
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
but certainly don't take your time and get it right.
Yea no sh!t, every damn show is the same thing, gotta have it done by next Tuesday or the world comes to and end. Just show me the build and stop all the soap opera BS. Funny how they always seam to make it on time.
Hell if I was going to plop down big money I want them to take a reasonalbe amount of time to get the damn thing done right!
Doug
Our HBA just completed a habitat blitz, 2 houses in one week. The concrete work is done and the walls are panelized and they worked through the night on a couple occasions
As Doug mentioned they did a extreme home here in central Iowa. they did build the house in a week but there is a ton of preplanning done and there are often some loose ends that are not done at show time that aren't shown
I know the trim contractor who worked at the local extreme home. He said there is a lot of prework
I worked for a company who did it a few years ago in the philly area.
I had left the company a year before the project thank god.
The enconomy was still good and all the contractors jumped on board, but it was brutal, from what everyone described. (all the contractors)
Spent tons and tons of money to build house really fast for no good reason.
Contractors did it gratis and most who i asked said it was great but they would never do it again.
3 days I think.
I also saw a video race of 2 homes that were built in I think 24 hours.
Weeks of prep, then they used quick set concrete and framers were building walls in the dirt while the concrete was being poured so they could set walls as soon as pour was done (concrete set in minutes, not hours)
Both teams were impressive but one beat the other, I recall.
The Jehovah's Witness parish near where I live could qualify. They built a nice little church on a long weekend a few years ago.
Have a good day
Cliffy