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This house is a monster plus we are building the exact same house beside it the from walls are 21 ft tall made up of double 2x8s as studs we lift the walls with a zoom boom im glad i found a real framing crew to work with the last guys were kinda some shoemakers man
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Very cool man. Those are some serious walls. Looks like a good size home.
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damn man….. you’re still deck framing it? not balloon framing right?
Man that’s a cool ass job T Man!
PeteW wrote:
damn man….. you’re still deck framing it? not balloon framing right?
I don’t know if you can balloon frame anything to new code anymore. That style of framing is very bad for fires.
Whats balloon framing? Lol or even deck framing lol i never heard these termsPeteW wrote:
damn man….. you’re still deck framing it? not balloon framing right?
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Great work,
I bet the guy that owns the simple brick ranch across the street loves his neighbor to the right. That house is huge in comparison, it makes the ranch looks like it’s the servants quarters,
Nice Toronto, framing has always been interesting to me
Love the size of this!
torontotoolman wrote:
Whats balloon framing? Lol or even deck framing lol i never heard these terms
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Balloon framing is a style of wood-house building that uses long, vertical 2″ x 4″s for the exterior walls. These long “studs” extend uninterrupted, from the sill on top of the foundation, all the way up to the roof.
Deck framing build your walls on the deck then raise the walls build a deck on top of you walls then repeat.
Oh ya no ballon framing anywhere up here haga most exterior walls are 2x6s ecept for these 21 fters those are double 2x8s with 4 rows of blocking because the hightregopit wrote:
Balloon framing is a style of wood-house building that uses long, vertical 2″ x 4″s for the exterior walls. These long “studs” extend uninterrupted, from the sill on top of the foundation, all the way up to the roof.
Deck framing build your walls on the deck then raise the walls build a deck on top of you walls then repeat.
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Ya framing is my fav thing to do i couldnt really picture myself in any other tradr but framing or roofing lol i may not have to school smarts for any ither trade but ya i love framing its great nothing better then building a house or mansion for someone you know framing is one of those things you gotta know to do it propperHatter512 wrote:
Nice Toronto, framing has always been interesting to me
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Ya the funny thing is the 2 houses we are building are bigger then those 2 across the street but ya you should see the house to the left of the one im building its not gonna see sun light again hhahah99_XC600 wrote:
Great work,
I bet the guy that owns the simple brick ranch across the street loves his neighbor to the right. That house is huge in comparison, it makes the ranch looks like it’s the servants quarters,
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How did you get started/into it?torontotoolman wrote:
Ya framing is my fav thing to do i couldnt really picture myself in any other tradr but framing or roofing lol i may not have to school smarts for any ither trade but ya i love framing its great nothing better then building a house or mansion for someone you know framing is one of those things you gotta know to do it propper
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Jasonc wrote:
I don’t know if you can balloon frame anything to new code anymore. That style of framing is very bad for fires.
thats what i thought lol. but i have never seen studs that run that long. lol
Eaxh stud we used where a double 2×8 so 2 put together cut at 250.5 inch so with top and bottom plate those walls where over 20ft up and ever 4 ft we put a row of blocking inPeteW wrote:
thats what i thought lol. but i have never seen studs that run that long. lol
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Ok i was doing flat roofing befor like with a torch and rolls and then after a little falling out with the boss and it got slow in winter i quite and got a job framing and been doing that for over a year but im no wood pusher goffer i was cutting and nailing walls my first day lol i dont play so im good enough to hang with the big guysHatter512 wrote:
How did you get started/into it?
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Nice work TMan! Those walls look really heavy. I’ve helped my dad on smaller one story houses, but nothing to that scale. Awesome work
Ya my boss would pick them up with a strap around his forks on his zoom boom he lift them me and a next guy would get the into place and nail em in befor that we cut all the 2x8s and nail them together and built the wallsNaluRash wrote:
Nice work TMan! Those walls look really heavy. I’ve helped my dad on smaller one story houses, but nothing to that scale. Awesome work
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Tman, you keep impressing with all of your skills. It always feels good when your on bigger and better things and it pushes your abilitys to higher standards. Before you know it, you’ll have your own biz. Congrats Tman
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Ya man and im learning a lot more already this is probably the most expensive house i got my hands on and ya in a few years i wouldnt mind opening up my own framing company forsurejrsalas wrote:
Tman, you keep impressing with all of your skills. It always feels good when your on bigger and better things and it pushes your abilitys to higher standards. Before you know it, you’ll have your own biz. Congrats Tman
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Great looking project Toronto, how long you figure you will be on site? Are you strictly rough framing or finish work as well? I bet your new Makita Coil nailer is kicking some ass on this job
Who’s the builder of those homes. You are contracted out right?
Ya under contract im not sure the builder but my boss and his guys have done a bunch of houses for him this house would be number 8 for this builder and the house beside it will obviously be number 9 soo ya i geuss the builder likes his work lolRCWARD wrote:
Who’s the builder of those homes. You are contracted out right?
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We do back framing aswell but we aint no finish carpenters lol prob 2 more weeks on this house then start the one beside itMikeyB wrote:
Great looking project Toronto, how long you figure you will be on site? Are you strictly rough framing or finish work as well? I bet your new Makita Coil nailer is kicking some ass on this job
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Thats a big house whats the square footage??
Im not sure my boss said it to me but i forgot maybe something like 1700 sqft but dont quote me on that its a big house for a rich italian prob some mob ties but ya the house is big but those front walls are just crazy bigJustin Hernandez wrote:
Thats a big house whats the square footage??
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You got to love the mob..lol
A monster house is correct! That’s some serious framing! Gonna keep the tools busy.
Oh ya my guy runs a gas compressor were firering nails all day long and cutting none stop i got to use the milwaukee fuel 6.5 circ saw i cut a bunch of 2x8s i was impressed but i will say not as smooth at cutting as a worm drive i found the gaurd didnt ride the wood nice also but its so light but it did bog down a few times but all in all i thought it was nice i wouldnt mind ripping it but i ended up using the worm drive morebothuhead19 wrote:
A monster house is correct! That’s some serious framing! Gonna keep the tools busy.
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torontotoolman wrote:
Oh ya my guy runs a gas compressor were firering nails all day long and cutting none stop i got to use the milwaukee fuel 6.5 circ saw i cut a bunch of 2x8s i was impressed but i will say not as smooth at cutting as a worm drive i found the gaurd didnt ride the wood nice also but its so light but it did bog down a few times but all in all i thought it was nice i wouldnt mind ripping it but i ended up using the worm drive more
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Nice, I love the cordless capability but sometimes when electricity is available, gotta go corded for nonstop power!
Ya specially when ypur using the new skilsaw mag 77 worm drive shit is so lighy and just flys threw wood i was up on the roof today sheeting it so i was doing the cuts and its greatbothuhead19 wrote:
Nice, I love the cordless capability but sometimes when electricity is available, gotta go corded for nonstop power!
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torontotoolman wrote:
Ya the funny thing is the 2 houses we are building are bigger then those 2 across the street but ya you should see the house to the left of the one im building its not gonna see sun light again hhahah
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Lol
torontotoolman wrote:
Ya specially when ypur using the new skilsaw mag 77 worm drive shit is so lighy and just flys threw wood i was up on the roof today sheeting it so i was doing the cuts and its great
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Yeah I heard the mag 77 worm drive is quite the beast! How’s the house coming along now?
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This house is a monster plus we are building the exact same house beside it the from walls are 21 ft tall made up of double 2x8s as studs we lift the walls with a zoom boom im glad i found a real framing crew to work with the last guys were kinda some shoemakers man
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Looking good man! I really do miss framing houses like this. Not that I don’t love running my own show, it was just a fun and rewarding job framing houses. You’ll be on your own in no time! Keep up the great work