I guess I can say I’ve seen it all now. Took this photo yesterday at a property a friend just rented. It’s built with 8′ x 8″ PT pilings every 12.’ Then a monolithic concrete floor and foundation was poured. CMUs were laid up between the pilings. On the floor and between the pilings it’s 2″ X 6″ framing 16 inches on center. The framing is filled with pieces of 2″ x 6″ laid flat and stacked. This is half of a barn 48′ X 50′ so this room is about 24′ X 50′ and the whole thing is built like this. The place is wired for outlets and lights but has 2 complete and separate sets of wires run to each box. One for 110 and one for the generator. I can’t even imagine the time it took to cut and fit all those thousands of pieces. In addition, inside the larger room is a smaller room, maybe 10 X 20, with just frame walls infilled with 2x’s. Apparently it was all built as a hurricane shelter but never finished.
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Looks beefy.
Anything less is garbage. We now have the true standard for fine homebuilding. Is he putting vinyl siding up...I hope!
Blows off too easy in a hurricane, I'd go with dryvit.
I kinda like the idea of getting a fresh new siding every couple of year s without the hassle of having to strip the old stuff and haul it away.
Never thought of that, good idea.
Too true. I kind of liked the idea of vinyl as an easy to clean siding until Hurricane Charlie. We spent the next 18 months replacing vinyl soffit and siding all over southwest Florida. We had one house where it blew off all 4 sides. I wouldn't take it as a gift now.
You think you are funny? I saw at another site a house with 4 layers of siding, the last 2 were vinyl! Wonder if they knew that you can paint vinyl?
Decades back in this small community when lumber was cheap and plentiful a fireman built a number of homes using 2x6s laid flat and stacked.
Don't have a pic but several are still in use. I'd heard adding new receptacles and lighting was a horrific job.
I can't imagine. The guy that did this hand toenail each stacked piece to the studs with an 8 penny nail. The whole thing is so confusing since it was so much work and so poorly built. The stud wall has a double top plate. The floor above has clips from the joists to the upper plate but the upper plate is face nailed to the lower one.