01-03-2006, 07:31 AM
I've been pondering on some things we should bring up especially for us DIY's.
One thing I'm hoping we can find and if not we should make, is a termite shield that would lay over the pier similar to those that lay on a concrete wall before the sill plate is laid.
Another concern and I've mentioned this before, How does the local builders deal with wet wood, it has to be a concern, you can't get adhesion when gluing a subfloor down on wet floor joists and with all the rain, not to mention all the other areas of construction adhesive use, well I'm wondering how to deal with it, Short of building under a canopy or not working in the rain. Here is a site on wetted homes and controlling mold.
http://msucares.com/forestry/disaster/14e-mold.pdf
Floor framing, I presume that I-joists are available on the island, but I'm guessing they are really expensive compared to dimensional lumber. If anyone has used them and can comment on there cost difference I'd sure like to hear about it.
Contacting subs for rough in plumbing/electrical/havc another note for us diy's I would guess that each subcontractor has their own protocol for roughing in. Local builders that use their own reg subs know their prerequisites. So perhaps we should be sure to bring these issues up, if we are using subs, before we get setup for delays from rework situations. Just the thought of all of this lends me to think that good subs prefer not to work for diy's especially those that lack local experience. So anyone that can pass along local building protocol would be very helpful to us mainland diy's.))))
Dave
One thing I'm hoping we can find and if not we should make, is a termite shield that would lay over the pier similar to those that lay on a concrete wall before the sill plate is laid.
Another concern and I've mentioned this before, How does the local builders deal with wet wood, it has to be a concern, you can't get adhesion when gluing a subfloor down on wet floor joists and with all the rain, not to mention all the other areas of construction adhesive use, well I'm wondering how to deal with it, Short of building under a canopy or not working in the rain. Here is a site on wetted homes and controlling mold.
http://msucares.com/forestry/disaster/14e-mold.pdf
Floor framing, I presume that I-joists are available on the island, but I'm guessing they are really expensive compared to dimensional lumber. If anyone has used them and can comment on there cost difference I'd sure like to hear about it.
Contacting subs for rough in plumbing/electrical/havc another note for us diy's I would guess that each subcontractor has their own protocol for roughing in. Local builders that use their own reg subs know their prerequisites. So perhaps we should be sure to bring these issues up, if we are using subs, before we get setup for delays from rework situations. Just the thought of all of this lends me to think that good subs prefer not to work for diy's especially those that lack local experience. So anyone that can pass along local building protocol would be very helpful to us mainland diy's.))))
Dave
Aloha HADave & Mz P
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