Framing a house by myself, 7 days and under 6300$ (Ep.2)

[Music] before we start i just want to warn about this working method which is effective but can be dangerous when you build in the nordics you want to get the roof on as quickly as possible as we have very unstable weather you usually choose a week when you know it won't rain during this week the floor walls and roof must be installed before moving on i will only build the frame without a floor which means i'm balancing several meters up in the air i've done this many times for me it's no problem it might look dangerous but i know what i'm doing after the roof is on you can insulate and lay the floor without risking the material getting wet remember i do not recommend anyone to build in this way or to be alone on the construction site i feel safe in what i do and want to show you that it is possible to build by yourself if the situation requires it after i put a capillary breaking layer on the wall i lay out a sill that helps distribute the weight of the house against the foundation the sill will be anchored with bolts and the floor joist will later be anchored to the sill you must always have a capital breaking layer between stone and wood you can use roofing felt as an example when i look around at how others build i realize that we in northern europe build very differently we have completely different solutions instead as you will see i have tried having sheet material on the roof and walls but had to replace everything after two years i like the idea as it goes fast but it didn't work for me as floor joists i use a high quality wood called c24 which means that the wood have less knots and is suitable for load-bearing constructions such as floor joists and trusses thickness of the wood is 45 by 220 millimeters or two by nine inches i will anchor everything with angles and fittings but at this point it's just a matter of getting everything straight when everything is okay i will fasten the joist properly i lay out the floor joists using the cc method so that the floorboards and insulation fit perfectly without having to cut anything if you are wondering what the cc method is you can take a look at my video where i build a deck i explain it there [Music] since the floor joist is on the sill no joist hangers are needed strong screws or four inch nails is enough building the frame yourself is cheap the frame that we are building now costs around 6224 us dollars or 6120 euro for a normal sized house the wood right now is twice as expensive otherwise it would be half that if you were to hire people for this the price would go up considerably building it yourself with a little help from friends saves you a lot of money subscribe to my channel and you will be able to follow me throughout the process as much as i like the nail gun i prefer screws so i mix and match depending on what's easiest when i do a step like sawing studs i make sure to saw everything before moving on you save an incredible amount of time by doing as much as possible without having to run back and forth when i build something it goes fast that's because i do as much as i can at every station now it's time to build the walls i will use the same quality of wood but slightly narrower 170 by 45 millimeters or two by seven inches the walls on the long side will be reinforced to hold up the trusses we call that a hammer the hammer band is sawn into the upper part of the wall and is supported by each stud our construction only requires support along the long side if we had a different roof we would also reinforce the short side of the wall and we call that a ross band i'm building the walls with the cc method again so that all the material fits without us having to cut anything i'll show you later how well it works the easiest way to build walls is horizontally when a section is finished we lift it up and start with the next section as you can see i'm balancing on the floor joists we can't build a floor yet because rain would ruin it i'm used to working this way and for me it doesn't matter just like with the masonry the corners are extra important everything must be completely straight before we move on we use a spirit level and supports that we fasten crosswise after the wall is erected we attach the hammer band as i mentioned earlier we attach it to each stud and to the lintel for a super strong construction i will continue with the next section and mark for windows and doors we are not building the frame around the windows yet we will do that later when the house is weatherproof when you use the cc method you have to follow it strictly windows and doors have to adapt to it i am thinking of making a whole video about the cc method as it is important to know when building for those of you who know the method it's easy but not everyone knows about it if i have published it go and check it out it's important you can attach the hammer band before erecting the wall but i lift the walls myself and want to avoid too heavy lifting [Music] let's finish building the walls and then move on to the trusses that i built and put in place myself each truss weighs over 100 kilograms or 220 pounds and we need 11 of them it is possible to raise them yourself with a certain technique that i will show you later [Music] shhh [Music] [Music] now that the walls are ready we can build a temporary scaffolding to be able to attach the trusses i have a real scaffolding on the way but it will take a couple of weeks before it arrives so we have to improvise a bit when i build the trusses i do it inside the wall so that we can raise them with a certain technique the trusses need to be stronger than normal up north as they have to hold snow i make a simple jig so that each truss is identical i also make sure to cut everything at the same time so that all measurements are accurate a little mistake now can cause big problems later so i will be extra careful each stud on the truss has a certain function so if you're going to do this yourself you should get help from an expert the trusses must be able to withstand a lot of weight from bricks and snow all joints are reinforced with nail plates on both sides i can't turn over the trusses myself so i'll attach them to the other side later so how do you lift a 100 kilo truss almost three meters up by yourself well we can use gravity this technique only works if you have no floor and the house has a core wall i'll show you first and explain later i just lifted a truss weighing over 100 kilos three meters into the air with hardly any effort how is that even possible let me explain a truss is usually three angled with three different centers of gravity if we first lower the center of gravity between the floor joist and the core wall with the help of a rope the center of gravity is on the right and left side of half the truss as you can see most of the weight is on the heart wall the right side of the truss now weighs the least of all three points we can then easily move it over to the right wall now that the truss is between the two outer walls the center of gravity has moved up on the triangle which means that the weight of 100 kilos has perhaps been reduced by half and the truss can be easily swung up with the help of a long stick and a rope i can easily raise the last bit myself the only thing i need to think about is having a stop behind the two trusses so that it doesn't go too far i also need to attach the rope to one of the joists so that the truss does not tip over this is a little dangerous if you do it by yourself i'm not recommending it i just want to show that it's possible these trusses look a little different from traditional trusses here in sweden we have a house type called a one and a half story house i don't know how it is in the rest of the world but in sweden it can be difficult to get permission to build two-story buildings in areas like these so we use the roof and make one store out of it i'm not allowed to build a two-story house here but a one and a half story house is fine [Music] [Music] and as usual i use the cc method here as well you will see later how everything fit without us having to cut anything here you can also see how strong a truss construction is the floor joist on the truss has a span of 7 meters or 23 feet i can throw up boards and walk there without the floor bending i will of course reinforce the floor joists with a beam and core wall later but still i need room to swing up the trusses so i collect the last ones here and slide them into place later [Music] there you go a house framed in a week by a man who just saved a lot of money what remains before i can move on is to attach all the angles and nail plates i also extend the trusses to make them look better in my next video we will weatherproof the whole house before the rain comes we will seal the roof and cover the exterior walls please subscribe to my channel and thumb up the video if it was helpful it helps me reach out thank you for watching [Music] 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Channel: Mindsparx

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Id: 4nRz0D0bNmg

Length: 22min 4sec (1324 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 20 2022