Framing

[loffelkopffl]

dave no one cares if the wood gets wet, if they did there would be no construction in puna, lol.

[mella l]

HaHA AHyah, I asked a person currently in the process this presise question not a week ago. If I understood the response it goes like this. No one worries about the rain on the sub flooring! Well except me and HADave!! LOL

The explanation I received was that once the subflooring goes on and the wall framing is done the roof goes up. As the plumbing and electrical are done which takes some time, the breezes air dry the sub flooring.

One other trick I was told is drilling small holes into the subflooring for drainage and sweeping am and pm to help keep the moisture to a minimum.

This probably would not be adequate here, but there if I understand this correctly is how it is done!

Someone, anyone, please is my understanding correct????

Mahalo, a former DUCK who nolonger has webbed feet.

mella l

[David M]

"How do "crews" or "you" keep your framing dry, during construction/assembly, untill the roof is on. Do you build under tarps and if so how are they erected."

OK, I'm done chuckling now....

I'm no expert, but I've definitely been paying attention to construction here for the past 3 years, even moreso once we started or own project in Mar '04.

If memory serves, the only tented buildings I've seen are those being termite treated. I've seen many a tarp, but don't recall any looking like they were protecting the building process. I've also seen any number of projects where the walls sheathed before the roofing applied - which I still wonder why, when at least with roof on, it would be drier - except for when the rain is blowing . Of course that said, on my current project the roof will be last, but we aren't doing traditional framing (using ProTEC sips).

Working with wet wood gives new perspective to the concept of plumb/level/square. I can tell you, wet wood and dry are not same size, and I'm not smart enough to figure the difference.
If you've checked out my pics on webshot, you can see not only the rain, but standing water inside once my building was closed in. That was Mar 2004, today, there is no mold/mildew.

Keep on smiling - even the rain in Paradise can be nice.

David

Ninole Resident