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The first wall of the River Hill affordable home in Mashpee, Massachusetts, is framed, sheathed, and ready to secure to the rim joist where it meets the foundation.
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Manhattan Remodel & Cape Cod Affordable Project
Foundations and Framing (HA1513)
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It’s all about structure in this episode of Bob Vila’s Home Again. Bob’s back on Cape Cod at the Mashpee home site where the foundation forms are set and ready for the concrete pour. Bob meets with project supervisor Joe Valle to discuss how building materials lead to affordability in homebuilding. Valle explains the specifics of the concrete pour as it takes place. Then it’s on to the framing for this single-family home, as they install the first-floor deck and frame up the first wall. Bob goes through the entire framing process with contractor Wes Lohr as the the first wall is pieced together — from the sill and top plates, to the jack stud and headers. Together they map out the position of the studs to accommodate doors and windows, and configure a wall that matches the plans. Then they sheathe the entire wall with LP oriented strand board (OSB) exterior sheathing, which is specifically engineered to make nailing it to the studs easy and foolproof. Bob looks at nailguns and how they have revolutionized the building industry. And, at last, the first wall is complete and together they raise it, brace it, and fasten it to the foundation.
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| Bob's back at the Mashpee site where he meets with developer Joe Valle to discuss the foundation that is being poured. Valle explains that the excavation work for an average ...
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| 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 ...
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| Bob joins General Contractor Wes Lohr as they frame the back wall of the affordable home in Mashpee, Massachusetts. Lohr walks Bob through the framing process as the deck is ...
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| Bob continues framing the affordable home in Mashpee, Massachusetts, with General Contractor Wes Lohr. Lohr begins by squaring the wall, which is done by taking measurements from corner to corner ...
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