The house next door...or how to NOT build a house

[jdurand]

No drone video today, just slides. I added music to bounce it up a bit.

[jdurand]

I was on the roof cleaning off all the bits of our tree they cut down to make the house. So, these are manual drone pictures...me humming while snapping pictures with my cell phone. I normally don't carry it but haven't been discussing doors with our Russian people so took it with me.

[IntheGroove]

I am wondering why there is no seismic hardware in the construction of that house.

[jdurand]

Hadn't thought of that, maybe every wall is skinned with wood to brace it?

I found out why they didn't skin the walls before putting in place, while cleaning outside they were putting in a small wall section over a passage. They lined up a bunch of guys and with much grunting and retrying, they got it into place where two guys on a scaffold pushed bolts through to hold it. It appears they never advanced to the builders class where tools and ropes were introduced. With just a couple of ropes my wife and I with one or two of them could have put that in place with no grunting.

The rain started, POURING so hard my freshly cleaned gutters overflowed with the downspout blowing out a firehose worth of water. Supposed to continue for a week to 10 days... hope they didn't leave tools in The Pit. How does glue-lam do when soaking wet?

[Frank S]

How does glue-lam do when soaking wet?

A lot depends on the quality of the OSB used in the web

[jdurand]

A lot depends on the quality of the OSB used in the web

The Pit Crew is working today, I see they put up a big tarp (barn door, horse...).

[jdurand]

The Pit during a break in the rain

[Frank S]

I wonder if that is going to be a roof top sun deck when they are finished

[PDXsparky]

Wow, I expected a 2 story house. And that roof is strange looking. Of course it will leak even with a drain installe

[jdurand]

Today's feature is wet wood and a mystery steel beam. Any idea what that lone beam is for?