There are seismic requirements for masonry construction on the west coast (and, brick is masonry). There are masonry buildings in San Francisco. However, for residential construction, wood is more economical.
All those Brick and Block buildings CRUMBLE in a large earthquake. Masonry and Brick are NOT SAFE. In earthquakes. Don't care how much support you give it. The better way is ICF which moves with the ground.@@daniel_sc1024
Their was another couple that showed a bit more extensive, building their dream home, on a budget I believe. They showed everything down to what everything cost. You might find it more enlightening. Look up "1 year time lapse, building our dream home".
You were close James, this is not timber frame it is stick built/frame. Timber frame or post and beam is very different with the use of heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured usually by large wooden pegs.
@@tosweet68 I believe you are correct. Geek Check - "Timber" framing is Class IV construction in the building code while the stick/stud framing shown here is Class V.
Mortise & Tenon is the fundamental joint used in what the U.S. refers to as "timber framing". Timber framing uses wood joinery and rarely uses steel parts. Post and beam structures *may* use metal fasteners and connectors. Future videos can discuss Stick-framing Vs. Pole/Post -framing (different from Post & Beam). 🙂
@@skysurfer5cvaThis is the real reason. We have vast forests and have been managing them for the last 100 years. Europe? Europe kinda used all their wood a long time ago making ships of the line. As such, in most of europe it costs almost as much to build a house in wood as it would in stone/steel frame. Makes it a pretty simple choice. In the US, it is a night and day difference in price with the downside being slightly more maintenance. Not all of Europe, mind you, Finland has plenty of wood houses... but then again, Finland has a lot of wood available locally.
@@franksmith4730this x 10, also add on the fact that although we do have a lot of stone quarries in the US, we're also a giant country, and hauling stone long distances is a true hassle (and cost). We often will have a decorative bit of bricks on the front of the house, with siding covering the rest.
It is stick built, as opposed to timber framed. Stick uses dimensional lumber with sheet plywood or OSB as shear strength. Timber frame uses much thicker post and beam and trusses, with the members being something like 4 “ by 8” or larger. This addition was not done in a hurricane or earthquake zone, as there were very few steel connectors tying the walls together or the roof to the walls.
It'd be interesting to know where it was done. Even here in Pennsylvania where earthquakes and hurricanes or even tornadoes here in the Northeast part of PA, are almost unheard of, you have steel connectors. (Says she who only just had an addition built.) It'd be interesting to know if the main house was on a slab or had a basement. Most houses in our part of the country have basements. Our house is just shy of 100 years old and has a basement. Ceiling is very low, just about 6 ft, so it's not a practical living space. All the mechanicals are down there, of course, and our laundry used to be there, but we sacrificed space in a 4th bedroom for laundry on the main floor as we're getting older and carrying baskets up and down stairs is getting kinda scary.
And there are difference type of nail guns depending on what you are nailing. Framing, finishing/trim, cabinets, roofing, etc. This type of house is known as slab house, as is built on concrete slab, instead of a foundation.
As a 43 year long career home remodeling carpenter from America, the first screen is NOT called timber frame, it is called stick framing. Timber framing is with massive timbers, not basic 2x4 and other 2x framing materials!
Fast growing Yellow Pine is grown as a crop in the southern US states (Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina). That is why the US has a neverending supply of straight boards for home building.
12:07 there's prefabricated options here for building, so it's possible to build a house quickly in the US. Whole walls can be made in a factory setting & then they just need to be lifted into place & secured. We even have the option of a fully built 'mobile home' or 'trailer house' that has a frame on wheels, so they are towed in & set up quickly - even double wide options. Prefabricated Houses are a little bit different - they are built in a factory & put on a truck to haul it to the site in two parts & connected on site. You can put these on basement foundations too. The US is huge & our huge forests are a plentiful source for lumber to build structures with. It's much less expensive than bricks, steel, etc. What type of building & the materials you use can depend on what region you are in. There's different building codes based on location & possible natural disasters there. California has earthquake building codes, areas affected by hurricanes have hurricane building codes, sky scrapers have multiple building codes for their foundations, structure, windows/facades, weather, etc. Generally, construction crews should use safety equipment while working. I assume this is a small construction business - union contractors have strict OSHA safety regulations like other bug businesses. The business is responsible for employee safety & it only takes 1 accident to destroy the small business & someone's life. I'm actually surprised that this video is able to be shared online without any consequences for the contractor - everyone is so litigation happy in the US nowadays. 12:26 The air gun is actually quite loud if the air compressor is close. They have a safety on the end so you have to push it down before you can press the trigger & release the nails. Modern air guns won't shoot the nail just by pulling the trigger. Lots of American yards have the 6 foot high privacy fencing, so this could be literally anywhere since the weather can be sunny & nice pretty much everywhere in the country at some point. Film portrayal isn't necessarily real life.
@@garycamara9955 it's regulated by the individual cities in my region. Ours is 6 feet maximum for all of the yard behind the front of the house, 3 feet for the front portion. It's mostly so vehicles can see at intersections. Some houses get away with a higher sight blocker because their yard is higher than the road (my yard is tiered & on a hill, so my house/yard level is higher than a 3 foot fence already, so I could technically put a 3 foot high fence on the front yard & still technically comply - I wouldn't thought because a neighbor's is like that at the corner & you can't see cars approaching).
I worked with a guy who accidentally put one into the meat of his hand (it blew through the board he was nailing). I got to pull it out with a pliers. Good times.
Pretty standard basic framing of an extension to an existing structure, needs inspection once the walls are up and then on to plumping and electrical and whatnot..
It's cheap, plentiful, once treated has decent fire retardation capabilities, and tends to do very well with high winds and earthquakes, wood has some "give" that brick and concrete doesn't have
@@jdanon203 Would be better to have a house that wouldn't collapse unders such conditions. It's the design of the house that makes the difference not the material its made from. Geodesic dome houses stand up way better even if they are made of wood.
@@Boodieman72 Who the heck is gonna build that? Bubble boy? LOL I'm just poking around. Curved building do withstand high winds better than flat-faced ones. However, it isn't conducive for normal living spaces and the traditional lot design/space. I own an "ice cream cone" shaped corner lot that would be great for a globe home. But looks like banks don't like them, cities don't like them, politicians don't like them. You aren't wrong, but few ppl would be able to build one in a city/municipality. Move to the desert I guess...
@@jdanon203 Earthquake would be the only reason to not build a brick house. It could be done but so much reinforcement would be needed that it would likely be too costly. High winds won't touch brick...remember the 3 little pigs? Yes, nothing is impervious to high winds if the winds are high enough. Even in places where high winds happen often, brick/block homes have a higher survivability rate than wood. But still not impervious. The best would be reinforced insulated concrete formed walls and a roof that matches. But that is gonna be expensive. More likely to survive, but still can be cost preventative. You're basically modeling a modern industrial building into a home. Most aren't going to be able to afford that.
Here in Brazil, most houses are built with bricks and concrete, but in the southern part of the country it is common to find wooden houses and they are very beautiful and cozy. They are also building some Steel Frame houses.
There are different crews for the various stages. Lot cleared and graded, concrete foundation, framers, brickayers, insulation and moisture barrier wrap, dry wall hangers, painters, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, cabinetry, windows, countertops, flooring, landscapers, inspectons. We've built two houses and it takes a lot of coordination with all the subcontractors by the general contractor. It's a headache, but well worth it when it's finished. The first house took four months, the second house took five months.
@@derekhambleton4746 lol, couldn't think of their name. Just shingle hangers. Forgot the gutter hangers and the guy that hangs the window blinds. It's a lot! No wonder houses are so expensive here. Did I forget the fence company? I think so.
@@samanthao5018 HVAC heating ventilation and air conditioning, concrete driveway, landscaping grass trees flowers and painting and staining. House tax, propane, electric, water, and trash. How about a indoorPool?
Even on wood frame, it's growing increasingly uncommon to clad thee outside with wood. There's another product that's fire resistant, insulative, and seals better for HVAC. Wood is still used to clad the roof trusses. One can use asphalt shingles, clay tiles, or modern steel roofing that looks like asphalt roofing but lasts 50 years. It's coated to prevent rust and is highly fire resistant. The beams they used are engineered wood I-beams. They are glued with a high-tensile glued, and the glue also resists pests.
You guys have got to be the most respectful folks I ever heard or saw lol..mad respect for that. Y'all should come for a "proper" visit lol..you'd like it
An American roof tile (not real tile) lasts about 20 years, then you have to replace the entire roof. Sooner if you get a hail storm. You can tell when a neighbor is getting a new roof because of the nailguns pop pop popping all day.
During my first few years as a teacher in the 1960's and 70's I helped build a number of houses in central Illinois during the summer. We drove every nail with a hammer. I was able to drive #16's with three, sometimes four blows, but worked with guys who could do it pretty consistently in two, not counting the tap to start the nail, of course. Framing took a bit longer, but the product was pretty much the same. Our joists were usually solid 2x8's or 2x10's rather than those seen in the video. All the houses I worked on had either a crawl space or basement beneath the ground floor, but I've seen houses built on a slab like the video. I believe the plumbing needs to be embedded in the concrete, but I may be wrong about that.
Our version of health and safety is called OSHA and I can confirm nobody follows the rules. As soon as an inspector comes into a neighborhood you hear a bunch of warning whistles and all the crews go take a break till they’re gone
This house is being built on the cheap. No foundation just a concrete slab, no crawlspace beneath the house, they didn't use any hangers to support the joists and they used particle board instead of plywood. This house will not be around in 100 years.
They will preframe walls on he flat and lift into place. A lot of roof tresses are prefabed offsite brought in and they actually bring a crane and fly them into place. Much more precise building that way. You need to watch that nailgun. The nails fly out like a bullet. Many injuries and occasional death from not being handled properly.
Note: this is a California style house, not the normal type built across the nation. Since we're huge, the USA has many different climate regions - construction styles vary widely across the nation due to this. Most places have basements, unless you live near a desert or where the soil has so much clay you need to heavily reinforce anything subsurface (from soil expansion and contraction as it gets wet and dries out later). Most Texas homes are built upon a gridded foundation meant to float on the soil, while most Minnesota homes are built upon a thin foundation slab running the perimeter of the house several feet under the frost line - with cinder block construction for the basement walls, then wood (stick) construction for the main and upstairs floors. Many areas in California seem to use similar construction to "Texas style" foundations due to soil conditions, etc. Illinois is similar to Minnesota, but when I lived there, most of the homes used pouring forms and would build reinforced concrete walls for those basement walls (once again, mostly wood for main and upstairs walls/floors/etc) - must be more seasonal ground movement, so cinder blocks would settle too much?
In america we have house building down to a science. Starting just after WWII when soldiers came home and married their sweethearts and started families we had a HUGE population boom and all those families needed new houses. At the time America had been building wood-framed houses for a while, but there were new styles called "shotgun houses" because they were laid out extremely simply, and could be built VERY quickly with minimal labor requirement. My grandfather and his older brother built thousands of those "shotgun" houses after the war when they ran their own construction company and they were called "shotgun" houses because they were built quickly to create new neighborhoods and it looked like multiple houses had been fired out of a shotgun onto a city block. They were one story houses with very simple layouts (livingroom, kitchen, two bed, 1 bath, and MAYBE a linen closet) and from bare foundation slab to finished house it could be done in as little as 2-3 days start to finish: 1 day to frame the house, 1 day to wire and plumb it, and 1 day to finish and seal the interior to get it move-in ready. Like i said this was streamlined to minimize labor requirements: the design and layouts were made directly around the standard sizes of pre-cut lumber so almost no cutting was required, everything was built on a basis of 4 feet as the standard (and usually still is) The reason they settled on 4 feet as the standard is because plywood and OSB are pre-cut into 4ft by 8ft sheets and studs are located every 16 inches center to center so if 4ft=48inches then every single sheet of plywood will always meet another at the center of a stud and both can be nailed to the same stud increasing strength while reducing time to build. Different spacings are used depending on strength requirements for different applications like floors, walls, roofs, etc. but all spacings fit neatly into 4ft: 12inch, 16inch, and 24inch spacings are all extremely common standardized spacings for studs, joists, and rafters, and all fit neatly into 4ft. I spent a summer building sheds and outbuildings to sell as pre-fabs and we could throw one together in just a couple hours, we could knock out 4 in a day if we weren't lollygagging (which we usually were because we were 16 and just being dumb kids)
Timber houses are popular in America because we have a lot of trees, despite what some forestry maps might show, and two, timber houses are more earthquake resistant than stone or brick. Wooden structures will give a little when the ground shakes but won't collapse, unless you get into the 7, 8, 9 on the Richter Scale. Steel frames are the most strong structurely wise, but wood is right up there. Stone, Brick, or Mud (in the 3rd world) will crumble at anything between 4 and 6 on the Richter scale.
Just so you know brick homes are very common in the US. Wood homes are most common because of the cost of brick homes. They are waterproof and can last for a hundred years or more, There are wooden homes built in the 1800's. They are well insulated and very warm in winter and with AC comfortable in the summer as well.
Our brick homes are not the same as their brick homes. Whereas they still construct load-bearing solid brick walls in the UK, our brick is almost universally just a brick veneer on wood framing.
I think what confuses the people in Europe about American homes is the fact that you are looking at the INTERNAL FRAME being put up. Once the frame is up, THEN you will see homes being "built" using bricks, stone, concrete, steel... whatever other materials you want. But for the MAJORITY of homes in the USA, you get "wooden frames" for the interiors because we have an abundance of wood to use. And using wood has a LOT of advantages to using other materials. Such as being "light weight", sturdy, durable, you can easily take a section out to make repairs/adjustments without having to take down the whole structure, easy to work with in regards to nailing it in place compared to having to do mortar mixes, can withstand heat with minimum "expanding" as well as remain "firm" during the cold without warping or twisting the way that brick homes can do, a lot easier to do major renovations without fear of having to take down an entire wall, adds a lot of savings in construction costs AND it can last an extremely LONG time if done properly ... like 200+ years or longer without having to repair/replace "internal frame structures". The only REAL threat to wooden framed homes would be "outside factors" such as termites, leaks getting "into the walls", or over stressing the structure by doing something silly like trying to put industrial equipment inside of a residential locations (such as a multi-ton industrial press on the 2nd floor). But when these "outside factors" are removed, wooden framed structures can easily remain standing over 100 years if left "deserted". You can drive around in most states along the east coast and see old homes/barns from the 1800's still standing, although they should be torn down for safety. They aren't "livable structures", but the haven't completely collapsed either. They are still standing on their own, often warped, planks fallen and signs of rot due to exposure to the elements, but they still stand upright (more or less) on their original supporting frames.
I don’t know which state they’re building in; your guess being California could be correct. California does have loads of mountains. It’s not all beaches. The state has deserts, beaches, farmland, forests, mountains etc. California has some of the oldest trees in the world. It is the third largest state.
A garage with a living space above and to the side should have an exterior door, and the walls of the garage should be insulated with closed cell spray foam insulation so that carbon monoxide doesn't get in the house.
I am from canada and took my 1st year carpentry and we were the first class to build 2 houses in one 1st year...carpentry 1st year here is 9months long...the first house we built took 3 months and the second only took 3 weeks
This must be in the south. I live in New England and it gets cold here. The footing has to be 54 inches below grade so the ground does not freeze below the foundation and ripe the house apart. Most houses just us 8 foot basement walls so you can use it as storage or finish it for rooms. I built my first house in 1996 when I was 26. We went from a foundation on Halloween to having a Christmas tree in the living room December 25th when it was 100% done. If you line up good sub contractions it is easy.
That was 1 day of work. My dad Built houses and did remodels and additions. This is an addition to a home that was already there. Listen to the last words of the video he says that is all the time we have today. That is the speed at which we build here in the states. Time is money is the thought process here. Be it good or bad.
I have shot a nail through my foot with a nail gun i was framing a wall and was having a heat stroke just out of mind and just pop my foot was nailed to a stud.
The main reason for the use of brick and stone in the UK is that the land as been virtually deforested. In the US and Canada, as well as in much of Northern Europe, there are VAST forests. It is MUCH easier, faster and cheaper to build houses with wood framing rather than with brick or stone. Additionally, in cold northern climates, it is much easier to insulate a wood frame structure against the cold and damp. In modern times, the use of "pressure treated" lumber means that a wood frame house that has been well cared for can last hundreds of years. BTW, this is the CZcams video another commenter recommended for you to watch : 1 Year Timelapse Building Our Custom Home
The extent of wood in homes varies by state. Florida does not allow the first floor of any single-family detached home to be made out of wood and it's been that way since Hurricane Andrew in the 90s. Only the interior of the structure can have wood to support drywall, but the exterior must be fully enclosed cinderblock. It's why Florida fares much better than other gulf coast regions that lack the requirement to build with cinderblock. I've lived in pre-Andrew and post-Andrew homes in Florida and let's say that the wooden ones were barely standing and would leak during basic rainstorms, whereas I slept peacefully in the cinderblock homes while a direct hit of cat 5 passed overhead. Many cities around the country also do not allow wood in their downtown and denser areas because of fire risk. And sometimes wood is preferable in places with high earthquake risk due to its flexibility, so it's hard for there to be one American building standard when one can't adequately respond to all the country's varying climates and natural disaster risks with a single building code.
If you want a more comprehensive look at how American homes are made, then I recommend reacting to the video titled "1 Year Timelapse Building Our Custom Home" by the channel "Faris and Lisa."
This is not "Timber Frame". This is 2x rough framing or 2x construction. Timber framing is a very old traditional way of building with large timber beams and traditional mortise and tenon joinery with wood pegs or (trunnels).
North America has vast forests so timber homes are cheaper. You can tell it's not California because they aren't using screws. They have earthquake building standards.
James look for videos on this channel Relaxing walks. This person walks around many American neighborhoods so you can look at American homes. Also look for Charlotte North Carolina neighborhoods.
I worked in a factory that made modular homes. We had two lines and built half a house on each line. Then we would ship it out and it would get put together on the foundation. We would build up to 18 half’s in a week. This same factory now only builds panelized homes where they build the walls and it gets assembled like a Lego house on site.
Most Americans houses are made with (Bond Beam Block) since the 1970's. Cement block is usually stone faced or Stucco. The bar in the Dukes of Hazzard is exposed block for reference. I live in Texas stick built houses are not that common unless its a mass scale real-estate development. A low'ished priced new built is going to be a Barndo-minium made of steel and tin.
Considering the vast majority of American homes have basements and are built on a foundation rather than on a concrete slab, I’d have like to have seen that in a video showing how American houses are built
This is platform framing(stickbuilt) which replaced balloon framing which replaced timber framing, log cabins, .wattle and daub. Platform framing is usually built with 2 x 4s here in the US but some people for extra insulation capability will use 2 x 6s on the outer walls. Timber framing is old school building method thousands of years old using very large logs that are carved square and mortise and tenoned together. Takes a lot of skill to build those, beyond most builders. In the US the Amish still build barns and other building for themselves and others using timber framing. Lot's of the old British homes we Americans love and think of as typical british homes are timber framed. This is a absolutely huge house even for the US and this is an extention on the main house. Not a typical home in the US. These people have money. Most homes are built of wood in the US becuase we have such huge forests and literally farm trees just like we do food for use as lumber or paper. Brick is usually just a veneer applied to a stick built home.
This is not timber frame construction unless that is what they call it in Britain. This is balloon frame construction. Timber frame takes much heavier timber dimensions. Not just flimsy lumber.
Pretty sure that "Balloon" is not the right term here. In balloon framing, the studs are continuous from the foundation to the roof, but here, the studs are interrupted by the second floor. Balloon was popular once, but then it was noted that in a fire, the continuous stud cavities were chimneys for the conflagration, and firestopping became required in the Codes. Nowadays it is not used much because to get straight studs 18' long is too expensive.
Im just an Electrician but the USA has an abundance of Timber. Its a no brainer. But Brick is always more desirable for exterior of structures. More valuable too. You notice the processes have become even more efficient using less full length floor joists/ beams. The once 2x6 and like in my 124 year old homes construction uses 2×8 inch floor joists have been replaced with wafer plywood and 2 -2×4s. To create an I beam joist. Apparently sturdier and cheaper than entire beams of Pine 2×8 floor joist. Ill just stick to my circuit breaker boxes 😂
Where i live we dont worry ab earthquakes but the standard tornado. Half of our house is underground with a safe room for tornados. We have used it twice in 6 yea4s.
You are going to be disappointed because this is only the framing part. They don't show the finished house. Check out Extreme Makeovers: Home Edition. They built houses in a week.
My house is concrete and only wood frames are the inside walls. Most houses take several months. My house took almost a year to finish, my moms took 6 months at least.
The great London fire changed the idea of wood in Britain as you guys had to rebuild but make the city fireproof hence the brick. Chicago had the same thing as the city core was rebuilt using mostly brick while the suburbs used wood. American timber was also used on British ships during the American revolution which was stopped as soon as the war ended.
Hey beeslys. Archie is so cute. God blessed you. 🎉 Built houses for 35 years. Big walls, and before newmatics. Hand nail, and 2 extra crews from the development to push it up. Big stuff. Love you guys.
James, I haven't checked in for a while, so I wasn't aware you're no longer doing the architect training. Can you share with us what area you're working in now?
James and Millie, you should check out a solo music piece that Alissa White-Gluz of Arch Enemy released awhile back. It is called A Song to Save Us All and the focus is on the reality of animal cruelty and exploitation, but it’s very beautiful.
I am an American. Nobody can build a home in 9 minutes. There are different types of construction materials built in our homes, also. Some homes are built with bricks, some with stone, etc. Quality homes take time to build. Don't believe everything you hear.
The reason for timber is mainly on the west coast because of Earthquakes.
Brick and masonry just crumble in an earthquake. Timber moves and bends.
There are seismic requirements for masonry construction on the west coast (and, brick is masonry). There are masonry buildings in San Francisco. However, for residential construction, wood is more economical.
All those Brick and Block buildings CRUMBLE in a large earthquake. Masonry and Brick are NOT SAFE. In earthquakes. Don't care how much support you give it. The better way is ICF which moves with the ground.@@daniel_sc1024
@@daniel_sc1024 During the 1989 quake, it was the brick chimney that took out many houses.
Their was another couple that showed a bit more extensive, building their dream home, on a budget I believe. They showed everything down to what everything cost. You might find it more enlightening. Look up "1 year time lapse, building our dream home".
Yeah definitely recommend for them to watch
You must mean this one : 1 Year Timelapse Building Our Custom Home
@JIMBEARRI yes, it's a really good one.
I'm amazed about not being used to nail guns! I always just took it for granted, that everyone was familiar with them!
You were close James, this is not timber frame it is stick built/frame. Timber frame or post and beam is very different with the use of heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured usually by large wooden pegs.
I think James meant timber only in the fact they are using wood.
@@tosweet68 I believe you are correct.
Geek Check - "Timber" framing is Class IV construction in the building code while the stick/stud framing shown here is Class V.
Mortise & Tenon is the fundamental joint used in what the U.S. refers to as "timber framing". Timber framing uses wood joinery and rarely uses steel parts. Post and beam structures *may* use metal fasteners and connectors. Future videos can discuss Stick-framing Vs. Pole/Post -framing (different from Post & Beam). 🙂
@@detroitnatural9392 Well put.
@@nelsonhemstreet3568 Thank you!
We build. America's motto. We use wood because it is cheap, quick, durable.
With emphasis on quick and cheap.
And because the USA and Canada have enormous forests, which gives us good access to structural lumber.
@@skysurfer5cvaThis is the real reason. We have vast forests and have been managing them for the last 100 years. Europe? Europe kinda used all their wood a long time ago making ships of the line. As such, in most of europe it costs almost as much to build a house in wood as it would in stone/steel frame. Makes it a pretty simple choice. In the US, it is a night and day difference in price with the downside being slightly more maintenance. Not all of Europe, mind you, Finland has plenty of wood houses... but then again, Finland has a lot of wood available locally.
@@franksmith4730this x 10, also add on the fact that although we do have a lot of stone quarries in the US, we're also a giant country, and hauling stone long distances is a true hassle (and cost). We often will have a decorative bit of bricks on the front of the house, with siding covering the rest.
They are not wearing ropes, those are electric cords to nail gun.
air hose actually
Yep. Pneumatic Nail guns.
British homes are stone cottages, 500 years old, originally built by Hobbits ;-)
or trolls
And originally inhabited by witches
@@walkerlocker6126 That is why the witch hunter general made house calls ;-)
At 9:42 the man yells, "Headache!" which is the warning to the workers on the ground that something is falling.
Exactly we never yell heads up
It is stick built, as opposed to timber framed. Stick uses dimensional lumber with sheet plywood or OSB as shear strength. Timber frame uses much thicker post and beam and trusses, with the members being something like 4 “ by 8” or larger.
This addition was not done in a hurricane or earthquake zone, as there were very few steel connectors tying the walls together or the roof to the walls.
It'd be interesting to know where it was done. Even here in Pennsylvania where earthquakes and hurricanes or even tornadoes here in the Northeast part of PA, are almost unheard of, you have steel connectors. (Says she who only just had an addition built.)
It'd be interesting to know if the main house was on a slab or had a basement. Most houses in our part of the country have basements. Our house is just shy of 100 years old and has a basement. Ceiling is very low, just about 6 ft, so it's not a practical living space. All the mechanicals are down there, of course, and our laundry used to be there, but we sacrificed space in a 4th bedroom for laundry on the main floor as we're getting older and carrying baskets up and down stairs is getting kinda scary.
American has a lot of forest, and they been planting trees to replace what they cut down for 75 to 100 years.
And there are difference type of nail guns depending on what you are nailing. Framing, finishing/trim, cabinets, roofing, etc. This type of house is known as slab house, as is built on concrete slab, instead of a foundation.
As a 43 year long career home remodeling carpenter from America, the first screen is NOT called timber frame, it is called stick framing. Timber framing is with massive timbers, not basic 2x4 and other 2x framing materials!
Fast growing Yellow Pine is grown as a crop in the southern US states (Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina). That is why the US has a neverending supply of straight boards for home building.
12:07 there's prefabricated options here for building, so it's possible to build a house quickly in the US. Whole walls can be made in a factory setting & then they just need to be lifted into place & secured. We even have the option of a fully built 'mobile home' or 'trailer house' that has a frame on wheels, so they are towed in & set up quickly - even double wide options. Prefabricated Houses are a little bit different - they are built in a factory & put on a truck to haul it to the site in two parts & connected on site. You can put these on basement foundations too.
The US is huge & our huge forests are a plentiful source for lumber to build structures with. It's much less expensive than bricks, steel, etc.
What type of building & the materials you use can depend on what region you are in. There's different building codes based on location & possible natural disasters there. California has earthquake building codes, areas affected by hurricanes have hurricane building codes, sky scrapers have multiple building codes for their foundations, structure, windows/facades, weather, etc.
Generally, construction crews should use safety equipment while working. I assume this is a small construction business - union contractors have strict OSHA safety regulations like other bug businesses. The business is responsible for employee safety & it only takes 1 accident to destroy the small business & someone's life. I'm actually surprised that this video is able to be shared online without any consequences for the contractor - everyone is so litigation happy in the US nowadays.
12:26 The air gun is actually quite loud if the air compressor is close. They have a safety on the end so you have to push it down before you can press the trigger & release the nails. Modern air guns won't shoot the nail just by pulling the trigger.
Lots of American yards have the 6 foot high privacy fencing, so this could be literally anywhere since the weather can be sunny & nice pretty much everywhere in the country at some point. Film portrayal isn't necessarily real life.
8 ft here
@@garycamara9955 it's regulated by the individual cities in my region. Ours is 6 feet maximum for all of the yard behind the front of the house, 3 feet for the front portion. It's mostly so vehicles can see at intersections. Some houses get away with a higher sight blocker because their yard is higher than the road (my yard is tiered & on a hill, so my house/yard level is higher than a 3 foot fence already, so I could technically put a 3 foot high fence on the front yard & still technically comply - I wouldn't thought because a neighbor's is like that at the corner & you can't see cars approaching).
The force of the nail gun can drive a nail straight through your hand.
I worked with a guy who accidentally put one into the meat of his hand (it blew through the board he was nailing). I got to pull it out with a pliers. Good times.
We also have full size refrigerators, washers and dryers, garbage disposals, and dish washers.
Pretty standard basic framing of an extension to an existing structure, needs inspection once the walls are up and then on to plumping and electrical and whatnot..
Timber is used mainly because it's so plentiful in America
It's also easier to survive when it collapses on you in 150-200 mph tornado and hurricane winds or an earthquake.
It's cheap, plentiful, once treated has decent fire retardation capabilities, and tends to do very well with high winds and earthquakes, wood has some "give" that brick and concrete doesn't have
@@jdanon203 Would be better to have a house that wouldn't collapse unders such conditions. It's the design of the house that makes the difference not the material its made from. Geodesic dome houses stand up way better even if they are made of wood.
@@Boodieman72 Who the heck is gonna build that? Bubble boy? LOL I'm just poking around. Curved building do withstand high winds better than flat-faced ones. However, it isn't conducive for normal living spaces and the traditional lot design/space. I own an "ice cream cone" shaped corner lot that would be great for a globe home. But looks like banks don't like them, cities don't like them, politicians don't like them.
You aren't wrong, but few ppl would be able to build one in a city/municipality. Move to the desert I guess...
@@jdanon203 Earthquake would be the only reason to not build a brick house. It could be done but so much reinforcement would be needed that it would likely be too costly. High winds won't touch brick...remember the 3 little pigs? Yes, nothing is impervious to high winds if the winds are high enough. Even in places where high winds happen often, brick/block homes have a higher survivability rate than wood. But still not impervious.
The best would be reinforced insulated concrete formed walls and a roof that matches. But that is gonna be expensive. More likely to survive, but still can be cost preventative. You're basically modeling a modern industrial building into a home. Most aren't going to be able to afford that.
Here in Brazil, most houses are built with bricks and concrete, but in the southern part of the country it is common to find wooden houses and they are very beautiful and cozy. They are also building some Steel Frame houses.
brick houses have wood frames inside....
@@jacklewis5452 Yes
There are different crews for the various stages. Lot cleared and graded, concrete foundation, framers, brickayers, insulation and moisture barrier wrap, dry wall hangers, painters, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, cabinetry, windows, countertops, flooring, landscapers, inspectons. We've built two houses and it takes a lot of coordination with all the subcontractors by the general contractor. It's a headache, but well worth it when it's finished. The first house took four months, the second house took five months.
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You forgot roofers. You want a leaky house or something?
@@derekhambleton4746 lol, couldn't think of their name. Just shingle hangers. Forgot the gutter hangers and the guy that hangs the window blinds. It's a lot! No wonder houses are so expensive here. Did I forget the fence company? I think so.
@@samanthao5018 HVAC heating ventilation and air conditioning, concrete driveway, landscaping grass trees flowers and painting and staining. House tax, propane, electric, water, and trash. How about a indoorPool?
In the US you see more wood homes in the North because we have lots of trees and more Brick homes in the south due to termites.
I'm pretty sure your brick buildings still have a wooden frame. Brick has to be attached to something for stability.
Even on wood frame, it's growing increasingly uncommon to clad thee outside with wood. There's another product that's fire resistant, insulative, and seals better for HVAC. Wood is still used to clad the roof trusses. One can use asphalt shingles, clay tiles, or modern steel roofing that looks like asphalt roofing but lasts 50 years. It's coated to prevent rust and is highly fire resistant. The beams they used are engineered wood I-beams. They are glued with a high-tensile glued, and the glue also resists pests.
Yes there is another one that shows the whole thing. I dont remember how long it was but definitely worth the watch.
Rebar Concrete, j bolts, weather seal, footer, verticles, double stacked header.
Arizona pad. In WA we use concrete foundation footers, like a large concrete outline. Mobile homes require big 12inch buried tube columns of concrete
Battle of Hastings was in the year 1066 and the 'Great Fire of London' was on 2nd September, year 1666.
You guys have got to be the most respectful folks I ever heard or saw lol..mad respect for that. Y'all should come for a "proper" visit lol..you'd like it
An American roof tile (not real tile) lasts about 20 years, then you have to replace the entire roof. Sooner if you get a hail storm. You can tell when a neighbor is getting a new roof because of the nailguns pop pop popping all day.
They're in Arizona. Those hills are just outside of Phoenix, AZ.
That was going to be my guess!
Figured it had to be somewhere that doesn't Code for snow load. No way you'd get away with that flat roof otherwise.
That's just an addition. There's a couple that built their house an has docilumented the whole build inside and out😊
I love how they call wood, timber😂💗🫶🏽🫶🏽.. Americans only say timber when a tree is falling😂😂
During my first few years as a teacher in the 1960's and 70's I helped build a number of houses in central Illinois during the summer. We drove every nail with a hammer. I was able to drive #16's with three, sometimes four blows, but worked with guys who could do it pretty consistently in two, not counting the tap to start the nail, of course. Framing took a bit longer, but the product was pretty much the same. Our joists were usually solid 2x8's or 2x10's rather than those seen in the video.
All the houses I worked on had either a crawl space or basement beneath the ground floor, but I've seen houses built on a slab like the video. I believe the plumbing needs to be embedded in the concrete, but I may be wrong about that.
Our version of health and safety is called OSHA and I can confirm nobody follows the rules. As soon as an inspector comes into a neighborhood you hear a bunch of warning whistles and all the crews go take a break till they’re gone
This house is being built on the cheap. No foundation just a concrete slab, no crawlspace beneath the house, they didn't use any hangers to support the joists and they used particle board instead of plywood. This house will not be around in 100 years.
We call this type of build “Stick Built”. Timber frame construction is much bigger dimensional lumber and alot less metal fasteners.
They will preframe walls on he flat and lift into place. A lot of roof tresses are prefabed offsite brought in and they actually bring a crane and fly them into place. Much more precise building that way.
You need to watch that nailgun. The nails fly out like a bullet. Many injuries and occasional death from not being handled properly.
Note: this is a California style house, not the normal type built across the nation.
Since we're huge, the USA has many different climate regions - construction styles vary widely across the nation due to this.
Most places have basements, unless you live near a desert or where the soil has so much clay you need to heavily reinforce anything subsurface (from soil expansion and contraction as it gets wet and dries out later).
Most Texas homes are built upon a gridded foundation meant to float on the soil, while most Minnesota homes are built upon a thin foundation slab running the perimeter of the house several feet under the frost line - with cinder block construction for the basement walls, then wood (stick) construction for the main and upstairs floors. Many areas in California seem to use similar construction to "Texas style" foundations due to soil conditions, etc.
Illinois is similar to Minnesota, but when I lived there, most of the homes used pouring forms and would build reinforced concrete walls for those basement walls (once again, mostly wood for main and upstairs walls/floors/etc) - must be more seasonal ground movement, so cinder blocks would settle too much?
We always plywood the walls before we stand them. It's much quicker and easier with them laying on the floor.
In america we have house building down to a science. Starting just after WWII when soldiers came home and married their sweethearts and started families we had a HUGE population boom and all those families needed new houses.
At the time America had been building wood-framed houses for a while, but there were new styles called "shotgun houses" because they were laid out extremely simply, and could be built VERY quickly with minimal labor requirement.
My grandfather and his older brother built thousands of those "shotgun" houses after the war when they ran their own construction company and they were called "shotgun" houses because they were built quickly to create new neighborhoods and it looked like multiple houses had been fired out of a shotgun onto a city block.
They were one story houses with very simple layouts (livingroom, kitchen, two bed, 1 bath, and MAYBE a linen closet) and from bare foundation slab to finished house it could be done in as little as 2-3 days start to finish: 1 day to frame the house, 1 day to wire and plumb it, and 1 day to finish and seal the interior to get it move-in ready.
Like i said this was streamlined to minimize labor requirements: the design and layouts were made directly around the standard sizes of pre-cut lumber so almost no cutting was required, everything was built on a basis of 4 feet as the standard (and usually still is)
The reason they settled on 4 feet as the standard is because plywood and OSB are pre-cut into 4ft by 8ft sheets and studs are located every 16 inches center to center so if 4ft=48inches then every single sheet of plywood will always meet another at the center of a stud and both can be nailed to the same stud increasing strength while reducing time to build.
Different spacings are used depending on strength requirements for different applications like floors, walls, roofs, etc. but all spacings fit neatly into 4ft: 12inch, 16inch, and 24inch spacings are all extremely common standardized spacings for studs, joists, and rafters, and all fit neatly into 4ft.
I spent a summer building sheds and outbuildings to sell as pre-fabs and we could throw one together in just a couple hours, we could knock out 4 in a day if we weren't lollygagging (which we usually were because we were 16 and just being dumb kids)
Timber houses are popular in America because we have a lot of trees, despite what some forestry maps might show, and two, timber houses are more earthquake resistant than stone or brick. Wooden structures will give a little when the ground shakes but won't collapse, unless you get into the 7, 8, 9 on the Richter Scale. Steel frames are the most strong structurely wise, but wood is right up there. Stone, Brick, or Mud (in the 3rd world) will crumble at anything between 4 and 6 on the Richter scale.
BTW, that as a single days work!
Wood is cheap and readily available in most parts of the US. Of course in some places like Nevada adobe clay is common.
Picket fences are not a myth. Lumber is used here more than Europe because we have a lot of it.
I’m a 62 yo female and use my husbands old tool belt to hold gardening stuff it’s cooler and easier than an apron or carrying buckets 😊
Go see the British Wood homes in New England built in the 1600's. Still standing. There's thousands of them!
Just so you know brick homes are very common in the US. Wood homes are most common because of the cost of brick homes. They are waterproof and can last for a hundred years or more, There are wooden homes built in the 1800's. They are well insulated and very warm in winter and with AC comfortable in the summer as well.
Our brick homes are not the same as their brick homes. Whereas they still construct load-bearing solid brick walls in the UK, our brick is almost universally just a brick veneer on wood framing.
Many timber frame homes have a brick exterior. I am no pro, but I have helped build quite a few...
I think what confuses the people in Europe about American homes is the fact that you are looking at the INTERNAL FRAME being put up. Once the frame is up, THEN you will see homes being "built" using bricks, stone, concrete, steel... whatever other materials you want. But for the MAJORITY of homes in the USA, you get "wooden frames" for the interiors because we have an abundance of wood to use.
And using wood has a LOT of advantages to using other materials. Such as being "light weight", sturdy, durable, you can easily take a section out to make repairs/adjustments without having to take down the whole structure, easy to work with in regards to nailing it in place compared to having to do mortar mixes, can withstand heat with minimum "expanding" as well as remain "firm" during the cold without warping or twisting the way that brick homes can do, a lot easier to do major renovations without fear of having to take down an entire wall, adds a lot of savings in construction costs AND it can last an extremely LONG time if done properly ... like 200+ years or longer without having to repair/replace "internal frame structures".
The only REAL threat to wooden framed homes would be "outside factors" such as termites, leaks getting "into the walls", or over stressing the structure by doing something silly like trying to put industrial equipment inside of a residential locations (such as a multi-ton industrial press on the 2nd floor). But when these "outside factors" are removed, wooden framed structures can easily remain standing over 100 years if left "deserted". You can drive around in most states along the east coast and see old homes/barns from the 1800's still standing, although they should be torn down for safety. They aren't "livable structures", but the haven't completely collapsed either. They are still standing on their own, often warped, planks fallen and signs of rot due to exposure to the elements, but they still stand upright (more or less) on their original supporting frames.
Yeah my house was built with a wooden frame, but it has concrete all around the exterior
where i live in soflo the majority of buildings home or otherwise are cbs brick or poured concrete due to hurricanes
The Great Fire of London was in 1666, so Millie had three of the digits right.
I don’t know which state they’re building in; your guess being California could be correct. California does have loads of mountains. It’s not all beaches. The state has deserts, beaches, farmland, forests, mountains etc. California has some of the oldest trees in the world. It is the third largest state.
A garage with a living space above and to the side should have an exterior door, and the walls of the garage should be insulated with closed cell spray foam insulation so that carbon monoxide doesn't get in the house.
I am from canada and took my 1st year carpentry and we were the first class to build 2 houses in one 1st year...carpentry 1st year here is 9months long...the first house we built took 3 months and the second only took 3 weeks
This must be in the south. I live in New England and it gets cold here. The footing has to be 54 inches below grade so the ground does not freeze below the foundation and ripe the house apart. Most houses just us 8 foot basement walls so you can use it as storage or finish it for rooms. I built my first house in 1996 when I was 26. We went from a foundation on Halloween to having a Christmas tree in the living room December 25th when it was 100% done. If you line up good sub contractions it is easy.
We use wood because we have an abundance of trees here.😊
That was 1 day of work. My dad
Built houses and did remodels and additions. This is an addition to a home that was already there. Listen to the last words of the video he says that is all the time we have today. That is the speed at which we build here in the states. Time is money is the thought process here. Be it good or bad.
I have shot a nail through my foot with a nail gun i was framing a wall and was having a heat stroke just out of mind and just pop my foot was nailed to a stud.
The main reason for the use of brick and stone in the UK is that the land as been virtually deforested. In the US and Canada, as well as in much of Northern Europe, there are VAST forests. It is MUCH easier, faster and cheaper to build houses with wood framing rather than with brick or stone. Additionally, in cold northern climates, it is much easier to insulate a wood frame structure against the cold and damp. In modern times, the use of "pressure treated" lumber means that a wood frame house that has been well cared for can last hundreds of years.
BTW, this is the CZcams video another commenter recommended for you to watch : 1 Year Timelapse Building Our Custom Home
There's a lot more to building a house then just the framing, but this looks right. My dad's a framer.
Invest in buildings that appreciate, not depreciate. Cars depreciate in value.
OSB sheathing not so good in wetter climates. CDX or Plywood better.
The extent of wood in homes varies by state. Florida does not allow the first floor of any single-family detached home to be made out of wood and it's been that way since Hurricane Andrew in the 90s. Only the interior of the structure can have wood to support drywall, but the exterior must be fully enclosed cinderblock. It's why Florida fares much better than other gulf coast regions that lack the requirement to build with cinderblock. I've lived in pre-Andrew and post-Andrew homes in Florida and let's say that the wooden ones were barely standing and would leak during basic rainstorms, whereas I slept peacefully in the cinderblock homes while a direct hit of cat 5 passed overhead.
Many cities around the country also do not allow wood in their downtown and denser areas because of fire risk. And sometimes wood is preferable in places with high earthquake risk due to its flexibility, so it's hard for there to be one American building standard when one can't adequately respond to all the country's varying climates and natural disaster risks with a single building code.
My nephew just built the house from the foundation up beautiful home he did it with just him and his brother
This is an addition to the house. They seem to be creating triple the square footage with the first and second floor.
If you want a more comprehensive look at how American homes are made, then I recommend reacting to the video titled "1 Year Timelapse Building Our Custom Home" by the channel "Faris and Lisa."
This is not "Timber Frame". This is 2x rough framing or 2x construction. Timber framing is a very old traditional way of building with large timber beams and traditional mortise and tenon joinery with wood pegs or (trunnels).
North America has vast forests so timber homes are cheaper.
You can tell it's not California because they aren't using screws. They have earthquake building standards.
James look for videos on this channel Relaxing walks. This person walks around many American neighborhoods so you can look at American homes. Also look for Charlotte North Carolina neighborhoods.
I worked in a factory that made modular homes. We had two lines and built half a house on each line. Then we would ship it out and it would get put together on the foundation. We would build up to 18 half’s in a week. This same factory now only builds panelized homes where they build the walls and it gets assembled like a Lego house on site.
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Most Americans houses are made with (Bond Beam Block) since the 1970's. Cement block is usually stone faced or Stucco. The bar in the Dukes of Hazzard is exposed block for reference. I live in Texas stick built houses are not that common unless its a mass scale real-estate development. A low'ished priced new built is going to be a Barndo-minium made of steel and tin.
In America we have stick frames because pine is extremely cheap. It doesn't make a good house but it's basically free and cash is cash.
Considering the vast majority of American homes have basements and are built on a foundation rather than on a concrete slab, I’d have like to have seen that in a video showing how American houses are built
Do the 20 minute version. It covers a lot more than just the framing
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This is platform framing(stickbuilt) which replaced balloon framing which replaced timber framing, log cabins, .wattle and daub. Platform framing is usually built with 2 x 4s here in the US but some people for extra insulation capability will use 2 x 6s on the outer walls. Timber framing is old school building method thousands of years old using very large logs that are carved square and mortise and tenoned together. Takes a lot of skill to build those, beyond most builders. In the US the Amish still build barns and other building for themselves and others using timber framing. Lot's of the old British homes we Americans love and think of as typical british homes are timber framed.
This is a absolutely huge house even for the US and this is an extention on the main house. Not a typical home in the US. These people have money. Most homes are built of wood in the US becuase we have such huge forests and literally farm trees just like we do food for use as lumber or paper. Brick is usually just a veneer applied to a stick built home.
SIDE OF THE BUILDING ???
This is not timber frame construction unless that is what they call it in Britain. This is balloon frame construction. Timber frame takes much heavier timber dimensions. Not just flimsy lumber.
Pretty sure that "Balloon" is not the right term here. In balloon framing, the studs are continuous from the foundation to the roof, but here, the studs are interrupted by the second floor. Balloon was popular once, but then it was noted that in a fire, the continuous stud cavities were chimneys for the conflagration, and firestopping became required in the Codes. Nowadays it is not used much because to get straight studs 18' long is too expensive.
Im just an Electrician but the USA has an abundance of Timber. Its a no brainer. But Brick is always more desirable for exterior of structures. More valuable too. You notice the processes have become even more efficient using less full length floor joists/ beams. The once 2x6 and like in my 124 year old homes construction uses 2×8 inch floor joists have been replaced with wafer plywood and 2 -2×4s. To create an I beam joist. Apparently sturdier and cheaper than entire beams of Pine 2×8 floor joist. Ill just stick to my circuit breaker boxes 😂
Those joists are engineered and made in a shop to produce consistently high performance.
Where i live we dont worry ab earthquakes but the standard tornado. Half of our house is underground with a safe room for tornados. We have used it twice in 6 yea4s.
"Health and Safety" Pishaw! They're not tethered, no hard hats, barely a glove...ya know...MEN.
Timber because it's cheaper and we have lots of it. That's why more Americans can afford buying a home than in a lot of other countries
America has a lot of trees..😂
You are going to be disappointed because this is only the framing part. They don't show the finished house. Check out Extreme Makeovers: Home Edition. They built houses in a week.
My house is concrete and only wood frames are the inside walls. Most houses take several months. My house took almost a year to finish, my moms took 6 months at least.
Matt Bangs Wood is a great Channel, young Chap who’s very knowledgeable….and yes this is California
hurricane straps.
Nail 11:51 guns are heavy and you need real muscle to use one the way these men are in the video. I have used one but it wasn’t as easy as I expected.
Doug fir timber 🪵 from the Pacific NW 😂❤😂
*Love* the Jimi Hendrix in the background!!
The great London fire changed the idea of wood in Britain as you guys had to rebuild but make the city fireproof hence the brick. Chicago had the same thing as the city core was rebuilt using mostly brick while the suburbs used wood. American timber was also used on British ships during the American revolution which was stopped as soon as the war ended.
Hey beeslys. Archie is so cute. God blessed you. 🎉
Built houses for 35 years. Big walls, and before newmatics. Hand nail, and 2 extra crews from the development to push it up.
Big stuff. Love you guys.
Would it be possible to get a similar video of someone building a house in the UK?
James, I haven't checked in for a while, so I wasn't aware you're no longer doing the architect training. Can you share with us what area you're working in now?
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Most likely down south. No basement and a flat roof. Up north they're slanted so the snow can slide off.
That looks like California. It's clearly in the West.
The roof is still slanted in the south...just probably not as steep an angle.
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I am an American. Nobody can build a home in 9 minutes. There are different types of construction materials built in our homes, also. Some homes are built with bricks, some with stone, etc.
Quality homes take time to build.
Don't believe everything you hear.
My house just turned 100 this year. A bit different than this house.
I could barely do a single wall in 9 minutes ...
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