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Post more, MB...

I've been working out in the rain since June... It has been a rainy summer and a very rainy fall.

Dave,
I'm not working on your house right now, as I am off working on another project. I'm sure the trophy room will be done right.

I'm uploading more pics.... it's a very slow process

Yeah, that's painful...

On a serious note... aren't you going to use plywood on the walls in the trophy room and cover that with sheet rock? Seen too much stuff fall off walls and the plywood eliminates that... and it is fairly cheap.
art

Dave... A little bit different perspective

Bill, I heard from Big Momma that you are bringing down a certain someone with you... Tell her to bring down her friend who is a guide and was pictured in that fishing magazine, and we'll call it even for the pictures. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

BTW, I'm pretty sure the lower pic is your master bedroom/closet/bathroom. Then, on the right side of the pic is a bathroom and the laundry room? It's fun looking at these pics trying to remember what is what.

Yep, good guesses....thanks for the extra pics...

Art, we are going to plywood the trophy room walls. Interesting that the wall between the trophy room and the house is visible in this upper picture..and doesn't show a staggered stud system...looks more like that wall already has plywood...

Nice to see the progress regardless.....

I'm getting the feeling the house is too small....

How Many Sq Ft is it supposed to finish at?

What do you mean by staggered studs? I just know about 16" centers being fairly standard. What's the purpose?

I was never a framer...

Mike

I think the grand total will come out about 3700 sqft...

The way it was explained to me is when you use 2x4 studs on a 2x6 wall joist, the studs alternate flush with each side of the 2x6 joist so there is never any direct contact between each side of the wall via the stud. It helps dampen the sound transfer between the wall of two rooms... that way no one will here Joel in the trophy room with all his strippers.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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Cool!

That's going to be plenty big! Doesn't look that big in the pics..

Mike

my house was also too small to start out with...then I had to clean it...Maybe this one is a tad big.

Fletch was putting some sound board in some of my walls... he can probably give advice as he has had to deal with noise transfer problems a few times. I tired putting up soundboard after it was built then sheetrocking over it. Worked ok...kinda... but not like the double walls with air space, insulation and sound board before the dry wall.

Dave and Bill,

It's honking today, and winds of 90+ mph are expected. You boys are sure gonna miss out on some good lootin............

You best get out there and hold on to them walls so they don't blow over!! Second thought, never mind... let em go, next time Chuck can isntall the studs right... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hey guys how come you're sheathing it in CDX rather than OSB? I'm finishing a spec house that I sheathed in CDX as well only cause I got a deal on CDX for $15.50 per sheet. Also only doing Tyvek around doors and windows as the engineer tells me they are finding wallrot on houses that have been wrapped completely with Tyvek. Makes some sense since you have vapor barrier on the other side of the insulation. I'd heed Art's advice on the plywood on all interior walls of the trophy room. Looking good though.

We remain ignorant of the techniques...and have no idea why or what, when it comes to your questions....

I guess we'll have to ask the builder when we get home!

Thanks, it's kind of nice to see it developing...can't wait to see it in person...

Here in Oregon (especially the rainy west side) the builders seal up the houses with Tyvek as soon as they can. The photos of that house look pretty soggy. How do you get the houses dried out prior to sealing them up to avoid the "killer mold," and mildew? Never been to AK (going next year) but all the photos I've seen look overcast or worse. Just curious.

TK2

Well at least you have good looking lumber! It's been tough sledding trying to find decent lumber this year, everything is rough as hell or crooked or split, heck sometimes you get the trifecta and get all three in one board. Bought some studs at Spenards, needed a few more and Home Depot was closer so picked up there. Not even the same dimensionally. Do you guys know where your lumber came from? I may build a duplex and a new house for us next year and am seriously considering flying outside to truck some up (know a local builder that does so). But if I can find your source I might be able to stay here.

Chime in too Joel where they getting all that good looking lumber.

Finally made it home today to check on the progress in person... only to find MB and a few of the other fellows hard at work. Hell, they even convinced Brother Dave and I to put down our beers for a minute to help raise an upper floor wall!

Street side....



Beach side...



Lookin up from the boat launch...



Second story wall just went up.... Brother Dave in the doorway.