Glad to see the videos again! Make sure to add a couple layers of plastic Everytime you have wood touching stone/brick/concrete, they always break down over time, especially since there will be higher humidity under your house. Would be better to use treated wood for your leveling wood, I can't tell from the video. Always a pleasure to see you creating your vision.
yeah I was going to comment on this as well. the concrete sucks up moisture out of the ground and air and it will then get sucked into the wood. the motor oil is a good thing but it will itself get sucked deeper into the wood as the wood dries so you can't rely on that for long. I have seen people on youtube use old bitumen roofing as a layer between the wood and concrete. I think I saw it used in the video on the very top of the wood blocks?
I was thinking the same thing. It would have added some strength. They may be fine with just screws and nails, but glue would have given them just that little extra.
Glad to see you back Ron! I honestly didn't expect this question and it may be worth mentioning on video. In a nutshell.. between the cost of nails, screws, mending plates and glue it doesn't make financial sense not to just purchase the beams.. Which is really the meat of the matter, we're not building a house out of pallets for show or because it's trendy. Similar to putting concrete in the footers, if it was necessary I would have done it. But we would have suffered in some other area due to the added cost. It made more financial sense to increase the number of laminations from the 4 it needed to the 6 we used.
@@SteepintheWoods Nowadays, those mending plates, screws and nails are getting pretty pricey. Your beams are fine. But a gallon of wood glue gives a lot of engineering bang for the buck while the hardware for these beams gives relatively little. The significant forces on those beams are vertical and downwards. So making up your own beams for them is very doable, as you have shown.
I'm learning so much from watching you we have always made due with what we had and could find, you are expanding my knowledge God Bless. I hope Celia starts planting again.
I would love a Brad nailer! One of the electric ones that can do 2 inch or more brads would be awesome! I bet I could spend all day putting unnecessary brads and random things and love it! Lol
A simple and "easy" system to build a beam. Why not use wood glue or even liquid nail, along with the screws and nails? It would bind the woods together along its entire length increasing its lateral strength. Once you anchored your beams, did you fill the holes completely with concrete?
Not really, we do have a battery powered sander which we will use on anything that looks too aggressive. And for the floors we'll be putting a solid layer of pallet boards on top of the pallets that make up the structure so it will at least be a solid surface.
They go to the three main beams. Before this project is done I'll be climbing back down there to tighten the turnbuckles a little more and I'll bring you guys along so you can see it. It's essentially the exact same anchoring system that we did a video on during the construction of our last tiny house. With the exception of since this structure isn't built on a hill face these anchors go straight down.
Hi...I just found your channel and have been watching many of your videos. I love your content and explanations regarding building, crafts, diy everything etc. I have question regarding the anchors. I may have missed it in the video, but how do they work? What are they connected to? I saw the large i-bolts cemented into the ground with the wood t-structure to hold them steady. Then I saw you dig out the ground where they anchors were all buried. But then what? I see the still frame pics of the anchor and string folded over the pilons but I am struggling to put it together.. Thank you for any help you can offer.. .. keep building =)
We actually offer private consultations or (one-on-one q&a videos) now. As of right now we don't have it streamlined so it's just an email us directly thing and we'll make a video for you. Otherwise there will be a video coming out at some point in the future outlining the final setup of these. But the basic idea is to have an anchor of one form or another, in this instance we used a DIY concrete anchor. But the store bought ones work as well.
Late to the build, I know, but Why No Glue. The structure would be much stronger with glue and screw. The Strength of the join being in the Glue and screw, Not the Nails. ?
I don't know that you're late yet since we're just now working on making brackets for the second level joists. There's plenty of build left! I did use some screws along with the nails. But to be honest I don't trust glue and it would have been an added cost. Pallet boards are free so it was more cost effective to increase the laminations from the 4 it needed, to the 6 we ended up using.
If only more people had your mindset! I'm going to saying it.... I am so very proud of you and your family!!
This guy is charismatic and a savant
Looks great! Can't wait to see the rest 😊
Glad to see the videos again! Make sure to add a couple layers of plastic Everytime you have wood touching stone/brick/concrete, they always break down over time, especially since there will be higher humidity under your house. Would be better to use treated wood for your leveling wood, I can't tell from the video. Always a pleasure to see you creating your vision.
yeah I was going to comment on this as well. the concrete sucks up moisture out of the ground and air and it will then get sucked into the wood. the motor oil is a good thing but it will itself get sucked deeper into the wood as the wood dries so you can't rely on that for long. I have seen people on youtube use old bitumen roofing as a layer between the wood and concrete. I think I saw it used in the video on the very top of the wood blocks?
Looking good! I am surprised you didn't include glue in your laminated beams.
I was thinking the same thing. It would have added some strength. They may be fine with just screws and nails, but glue would have given them just that little extra.
Glad to see you back Ron!
I honestly didn't expect this question and it may be worth mentioning on video.
In a nutshell.. between the cost of nails, screws, mending plates and glue it doesn't make financial sense not to just purchase the beams..
Which is really the meat of the matter, we're not building a house out of pallets for show or because it's trendy. Similar to putting concrete in the footers, if it was necessary I would have done it. But we would have suffered in some other area due to the added cost.
It made more financial sense to increase the number of laminations from the 4 it needed to the 6 we used.
@@SteepintheWoods Nowadays, those mending plates, screws and nails are getting pretty pricey. Your beams are fine. But a gallon of wood glue gives a lot of engineering bang for the buck while the hardware for these beams gives relatively little. The significant forces on those beams are vertical and downwards. So making up your own beams for them is very doable, as you have shown.
LOVE IT!! Ya'll are on your way.
Best laid plans of mice and men!
Were you to tell me 6 months ago I would just now be starting the house I would have gotten aggravated LOL
I'm learning so much from watching you we have always made due with what we had and could find, you are expanding my knowledge God Bless. I hope Celia starts planting again.
No Glue ?
I love the laminated pallet wood beams!
I want to do something simular with pallet deck boards and a brad nailer.
I would love a Brad nailer! One of the electric ones that can do 2 inch or more brads would be awesome!
I bet I could spend all day putting unnecessary brads and random things and love it! Lol
A simple and "easy" system to build a beam. Why not use wood glue or even liquid nail, along with the screws and nails? It would bind the woods together along its entire length increasing its lateral strength. Once you anchored your beams, did you fill the holes completely with concrete?
No doubt it will be strong, but you would be cheaper to buy lumber than all those screws and nails. I’d put glue every layer too.
That color looks great! Are you worried at all about wood slivers that your kids may get when their in the house?
Not really, we do have a battery powered sander which we will use on anything that looks too aggressive.
And for the floors we'll be putting a solid layer of pallet boards on top of the pallets that make up the structure so it will at least be a solid surface.
Can you explain the anchors more? I understand you are going to run a cable through the eyes of each anchor, but what exactly are they anchoring?
They go to the three main beams.
Before this project is done I'll be climbing back down there to tighten the turnbuckles a little more and I'll bring you guys along so you can see it.
It's essentially the exact same anchoring system that we did a video on during the construction of our last tiny house. With the exception of since this structure isn't built on a hill face these anchors go straight down.
Hi...I just found your channel and have been watching many of your videos. I love your content and explanations regarding building, crafts, diy everything etc. I have question regarding the anchors. I may have missed it in the video, but how do they work? What are they connected to? I saw the large i-bolts cemented into the ground with the wood t-structure to hold them steady. Then I saw you dig out the ground where they anchors were all buried. But then what? I see the still frame pics of the anchor and string folded over the pilons but I am struggling to put it together.. Thank you for any help you can offer.. .. keep building =)
We actually offer private consultations or (one-on-one q&a videos) now.
As of right now we don't have it streamlined so it's just an email us directly thing and we'll make a video for you.
Otherwise there will be a video coming out at some point in the future outlining the final setup of these.
But the basic idea is to have an anchor of one form or another, in this instance we used a DIY concrete anchor. But the store bought ones work as well.
I guess i just dont understand the anchoring part or why you made the beams like that...
"Pallet Tower House"
- made out of "pallet" wood..
I thought laminated beams are glued together?
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Why did you build the beams like that?
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Late to the build, I know, but Why No Glue. The structure would be much stronger with glue and screw. The Strength of the join being in the Glue and screw, Not the Nails. ?
I don't know that you're late yet since we're just now working on making brackets for the second level joists.
There's plenty of build left!
I did use some screws along with the nails. But to be honest I don't trust glue and it would have been an added cost. Pallet boards are free so it was more cost effective to increase the laminations from the 4 it needed, to the 6 we ended up using.
I keep asking about dry rot, he keeps deleting my comments.