| Raising the Walls: Framing the Second Floor and More |
From "Home IQ"
episode DHIQ-105 |
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In this final segment of our "Raising the Walls" episode, you'll see the Oberg home starting to take shape!
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After framing on the first floor is complete, work on the second floor begins. Using the same framing techniques introduced on the first floor, walls for the second floor exterior go up. Viewers see the start of the roofing, concrete basement floor and the interior walls go up. In addition to framing the house, the carpenters will be building and installing all of the interior walls and other elements such as staircases, fireplaces, tubs and hanging all of the exterior doors and windows.
During this framing stage you can really see that the "skeleton" of the house is starting to take shape.- After framing the first floor, the space joists for the second floor are set, and with the same techniques introduced on the first floor (see previous segment), the exterior walls of the second floor are raised (figure A).
- The Oberg home is 1-1/2 stories, and in the area where there is only one story work begins on the roof. This bridge beam (figure B) is the uppermost part of the roof, and is where all the roof rafters are then tied in.
- Once the larger portions of the roof are complete, the smaller sections of the roof, known as the dormers (gables that hold the windows) are assembled (figure C). Within days the majority of the second floor and roof are completed.
- As the work continues overhead, down in the basement the crew pours the concrete floor (figure D). The basement floor must be complete and hardened before workers can continue framing over this section of the house.
With the roof framed and covered, the framing crew works on the interior of the second story (figure E). At this point in the process, the framing looks complete, but it isn't. In fact, there are still a few weeks of work ahead. The crew will be building and installing all the other interior walls and other elements such as staircases, fireplaces and tubs, along with hanging all the exterior doors and windows.
On a house this big and complicated, the framing crew will be on the job for approximately six weeks. In the next episode, the construction of the roof continues and you'll see some new technologies that keep the Oberg home safe from ice and water.
RESOURCES :
Joists Information
SpaceJoist® TE, LLC
Website: www.spacejoist.com
Rigid Foam Insulation
Owens Corning
Website: www.owenscorning.com
Dupont Tyvek®
Website: www.tyvek.com
GUESTS :
Anthony Grisolia
Systems Integrator
Ibacos, Inc.
Website: www.ibacos.com
Brad and Lynn Oberg
Homeowners
Company: IBACOS (Brad)
Title: Co-Founder/Chief Technology Officer
Website: www.ibacos.com
Henry (Hank) Swierczynski
President
Hendolhurst Homes
955 Markman Park Rd.
Baden, PA 15005
Phone: 724-935-5658
Fax: 724-935-0884
E-mail: buildm@zoominternet.net
Greg Allen
Site Supervisor
Hendolhurst Homes
955 Markman Park Rd.
Baden, PA 15005
Phone: 724-935-5658
Fax: 724-935-0884
E-mail: gcrbs@adelphia.net
Eric Newhouse
Systems Integration Designer
IBACOS
Website: www.ibacos.com
Bruce Dickson
Project Manager
IBACOS
Website: www.ibacos.com
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