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It's pretty rare but for this one it makes sense with the amount of detail that goes into the exterior skin not to mention the size of the windows. I can't imagine how much trouble it would be to try and use pumpjacks, planks and ladders to work on the cantilevered end of house. at the highest point it's 20' from the ground to the bottom of the structure.

Thanks! No not the GC, just the framing subcontractor.

BTW- where did you get that pry bar for your drill? I would like to have one. Thanks

All the specified holes were filled plus some. On my schedule I have a strap type and length as well as size and number and location of fasteners required. Most of the time I also have a detail that indicates a location for the plywood break as well.

@@dwttexjw4796 It's homemade:-) just a piece of flat bar bent in a 'U' with one end longer than the other and the long end screwed to the handle. Nothing fancy. It showed up a lot in the first few episodes and again near the middle of the series I guess. It makes short work of a lot of holes especially when you're not trying to drill upside down. If you don't overspeed the bit you can get hundreds of holes from a single good quality bit.

@@ShredPile Thanks for taking the time to respond. You're very clever. I'm inspired to do my own small build thanks to watching your videos. Take care!

@@dwttexjw4796 You bet, Good luck!

My pleasure

They are to connect the two or three levels of shearwalls together from floor to floor.

My pleasure Tyler. I will get what I can footage wise:)

Thanks for that, I'll try to just keep showing the stories:-)

It was penance for not drilling them on the ground when i had them in the yard.:-) The angle wasn't great and a block of wood to stand on would've made a huge difference too but it really only took a half hour to go all the way down and around the corner so I stuck it out.

Lol, fun to watch until they bang on the windows:-) I had a couple of stills of him too and I'm fairly sure he's a red breasted sapsucker but it was hard to tell. The surrounding forest is mature and there are a number of giant Pileated woodpeckers that frequent the neighborhood. I remember hearing them in other videos.

I spotted that too and I just thought you really learned a lot through this show!

Glad you saw that:-) Handy trick, works way better if there's a low wall to butt into on the down side of the ladder and in real tall stairwells you can even set a 10' step ladder the same way and really reach things. I learned it from watching a painter years ago and was blown away by it. We all learn from each other!

Shear panels require close spaced fasteners.

@@douglasthompson2740 that was in response to the “how many nails did you use”? Lol

Glad you stuck around Alan! Yeah some of the shear walls have really tight nailing. There were two short walls here that required 2" edge nailing which would track with your count. More typical is a 4" edge nailing and the most basic or minimum is 6" edge nailing. All field nailing is 12" but it naturally ends up at around 8-10" One things for sure, it's important to make sure everything is where you want it before you nail off a 2" centers wall:-)

I'll be sure to document it. I'm working on an extra angle to shoot from for that too:-)

@@ShredPile Good to hear :)

Thanks Robert, all good now. I'll be back with more!

Totally. You just have to take small bites and engage autopilot...

No lies, they're all 9'+/- tall and one unit is almost 16'! Good times:-)

I promised last week to ballpark just that and then forgot to. It's a lot. Most houses are similar and predictable but sometimes there are nailing schedules that require extra nails for things that don't normally get that many and I try to follow them as best I can. Glad you are going to stay around and I appreciate you sticking with the series:-)

Rough guess from own experience, 60,000 on the rough/ frame portion of the build, another 20-40,000 by the time its finished (Screws and nails).

@@Yoyort 😱😱😱

Occidental leather. I use it because it helps limit what I carry to keep things light and the bonus is they don't break and clog up your big pouch:-)

@@ShredPile yeah the weights a killer

My pleasure, it's pretty quiet on this jobsite and there's not a lot of panic, just work:-)

A tornado of activity around you ... that is an orchestrated one. If it is okay, a question ... What does the strong wall do for the structure?

@@hlogoma it allows a large amount of lateral shear resistance in a very small space. The panels themselves are 2 feet wide and it roughly provides the same amount as an 8 foot length of the heaviest stick built wall we could build.

@@ShredPile Thanks ... your answer will keep me busy just trying to grasp scope of the modern home.

It makes it soooo nice. And so easy to wrap things up.

Floor to floor ties as per the engineering page. Each level has different hold-down requirements that diminish as you go up. The lowest level bolts to the foundation and the straps get smaller from there. *edit, adding that they go at the ends of the walls and keep a continuous path top to bottom

@@ShredPile thanks. Enjoy your videos

He came back the next monday and tried again but it didn't work out:-)

Indeed, working towards that one every day.

Thanks for that :-)

Кофе галлоном, друг :-) Я ценю, что ты посмотрел видео!

Guessing way more. I'll look at the count on the boxes I use and do a rough total at some point just for fun. I know I drilled over 2000 small holes alone just to screw the wood to the steel..... which in retrospect equates to around 150 vertical feet of holes thru steel :-)

That is difficult to fathom. Just on one hanger I think I counted at least 40 fastener holes. The fasteners make up more mass than some of the hangers they go into it seems!

It does seem a little nuts sometimes doesn't it? Of course I'm used to it but watching it back makes me realize that I spend a lot of time nailing things together:-)

That's a great idea! :-) now I have to figure out what kind of shovel to use for that.....

My pleasure, glad you are keeping up with the series!

My pleasure!

Hey thanks, that's the third truck it's been on in roughly the same location. the mount keeps it pretty much dry although I lube it frequently anyway. The best thing about it is I'm not running into it all time because it's out of the way:-)

That's an excellent question and no, I have never found a torque spec or a wrench for one and personally I think they avoid it by crafting the panel in such a way that it actually remains a wood bottomed panel and the steel bracketry does not make contact with any other hard surface so it's a 'soft' join as it were and a torque target zone would be too ambiguous. It's more likely that it would noted as turn-of-nut and that's how I treat it. I've assembled larger Simpson branded moment frames before that used torque indicating washers so I know they are thorough about things. In all honesty I would be a good time watching someone even trying to get a torque wrench on it in the first place:-) Thanks for checking out the series!

ah, I didn’t notice that it’s not metal to metal so no torque makes more sense…although the no easy wrench access is still a head scratcher! thanx for responding…will carry on enjoying your channel ✌️

I appreciate that George!

Probably will get a bunch of it in there but I'll only be on site to help move them around and crane them into position for the window crew. I for sure will film the moving of the crane as It goes to its' next job (Which is a fun one:-)

Totally required and Ironically I pinned up photos just today for them showing the install. Sometimes burying things like that is unavoidable and they are usually pretty chill about things if they see you are being thorough everywhere else. I'm really glad this build has been a hit with you, It definitely makes me think a bit more going into my other jobs about how to best document it.

​@@ShredPile 100% hit with me. Looking forward to seeing the completion of your current scope on this one, as well as any follow on activities in the future, also any future projects (whatever they are) :)

@@ShredPile I've worked with a few inspectors over the years, it's often about building trust

They are shear wall panels that are strong enough to replace long sections of conventionally built wall which allows for more windows or other openings. I saw your earlier comment about Shoyan, I watch him as well and have drooled over just those flat offset ratchets of his. Unfortunately they would not fit either. Even a conventional box end wrench won't work. If it even fits in the hole the flared neck can't make enough of a sweep to tighten the bolt. It's just the dumbest thing ever.

Thanks Greg:-) I just had to share the frustration.

That was one of the scaffold guys, They run heavy on gear. Looks like fun work too:-)