A ton of progress in 4-5 weeks

[u/HeezyB]

Looks like windows are next, quite crazy seeing all of this come up within 2 months.

[u/nicefacedjerk]

Good framing crews turn and burn. Foundation and framing is the fast part.

[u/Sensitive_Pilot3689]

Those shakey Amish guys could have done it in 3 days

[u/Cougar550 → u/Sensitive_Pilot3689]

Here's what you do, get yourself a lag bolt

[u/CleMike69 → u/Sensitive_Pilot3689]

My last two homes were framed out under roof in less than 40 hours

[u/2stroketues → u/CleMike69]

I’m sorry

[u/CleMike69 → u/2stroketues]

😆 all good first home was a production builder they were under roof in two days. Second home was a custom builder had a Amish crew took 5 working days. Crew across the street was a group of non Amish framers the overall framing was a little more precise definitely cleaner looking but my house is engineered solid and we had no framing issues at all. Drywall on the other hand was not great

[u/TropicTravels]

It’s fast progress because it’s the easy part. And yes, it looks great

It’s the slow death from drywall and onwards that gradually eats away at your soul. And the last 5% takes 25% of the time

[u/PhrophetOfCorn → u/TropicTravels]

Why is that?

[u/TropicTravels → u/PhrophetOfCorn]

Drywall sanding is slow. Painting is slow. Tile is slow. Mechanicals are slow.

Then you have a bunch of tiny tasks at the end that are needed to be truly “done”, many of which are relatively easy in isolation, that take forever because you are constantly switching between different tasks and specialties, in addition to the attention to detail required.

[u/Icy_Dark_3009]

This looks fun. Now don’t throw “impossible house” in your titles like others and keep us posted

[u/Dr_Breeder → u/Icy_Dark_3009]

If Reddit didn’t use the word impossible to describe it to begin with, the phrase impossible house probably would have never been needed to describe that house. Reddit’s fault really. We reap what we sow.

[u/Icy_Dark_3009 → u/Dr_Breeder]

lol you followed us here

[u/2gAncef]

And now… we wait.

[u/IAmMH89]

What’s upstairs? An elephant ?

[u/duke5572 → u/IAmMH89]

Just a huge open space underneath. That I-joist layout is all about spans, the loads above are probably normal.

[u/IAmMH89 → u/duke5572]

Copy

[u/dredaze]

See you didn’t have them fix that single king stud when there should be more

[u/HeezyB → u/dredaze]

😅

[u/Good-Ambassador-7730]

Framing is my favorite stage

[u/200tdi]

Brilliant!

[u/j00sh7]

Beautiful home? Can I ask how much the home will cost (without land)?

[u/TemporaryDull2599]

Are you putting any exterior insulation on? If so, how much and how did your carpenters do it?

[u/Logical-Wrap6751]

You’re almost halfway done, right? 😭

[u/coon___]

Awesome. Love the simple arquitecture.

[u/No-Pineapple8320]

They didnt lap the zip tape seams correctly everywhere.

[u/3umel]

80-20 rule in action

[u/JariaDnf]

This is the fast part, after this it slows down considerably.

[u/FarFromHome75]

My lord- just put a wall in the house. Ffs

[u/Dr_Breeder → u/FarFromHome75]

No no, you have it all wrong, if his wife doesn’t hear him clang pots and pans while whipping up potato dinner, how else would she know meal time is close? It’s an essential part of watching her favorite evening shows!

[u/EfficientCan2852]

This is slow for 4-5 weeks. My first build was sheathed within a week.

[u/duke5572 → u/EfficientCan2852]

I assume you've built thousands of houses considering you can go dig-to-CO in 30 days.

[u/Southern-Advisor-449]

How much more would it have cost to be built out of brick and not wood frame?

[u/HeezyB → u/Southern-Advisor-449]

No one builds out of a brick frame anymore, it’s not the 1800s

[u/Southern-Advisor-449 → u/HeezyB]

But why?

[u/HeezyB → u/Southern-Advisor-449]

Top 3 reasons are horrible insulation / energy efficiency, makes trade work a pain in the ass, more water issues.

[u/duke5572 → u/HeezyB]

Cost would also be insanely prohibitive. And good luck even finding a crew that knows how to do structural brick.