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How to Frame a Basement

Whether you are building a house or just remodeling your basement, and you are looking for information about how to frame a basement, then you have come to the perfect location. Steps on How to Frame a Basement: Before you learn how to frame a basement, you need to start your process by checking your [...]

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Concrete Foundation Forms

Concrete

Form lumber consists of economy grade 1×4, 2×6, and 2×4 dimensions. Minimum lengths for 2×4 and 2×6 should be 12 feet. The formsetter constructs the 2×6 forms for the foundation. The front of the garage is typically left open to permit the delivery of form sand. The formsetter supplies his own nails, level, and tools. [...]

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Saving Trees from Construction Damage

Grading

After beginning construction, you will come to the time of building a house that requires you to prepare the lot for foundation placement. If efforts at tree preservation are delayed or ignored until construction begins, they are largely doomed to failure. Wooded lots ust be examined by the prospective homeowner to identify those trees to [...]

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Culvert Installation

Driveway

Communities having culvert drainage can be found in urban, as well as rural areas. These locations may be unincorporated and have little written engineering guidance, or they may be situated within a city-jurisdiction having specific requirements demanding strict compliance. For this reason, it is essential all construction employees within a community served by culvert drainage [...]

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Preparing for Construction

Home Plans

When preparing to begin construction, you should review this checklist for a guideline to what you should review and plan for during construction. As soon as you have made notification of an Earnest Money contract on a lot, you need to determine unique cost-related issues affecting the potential completion of your home. Some of the [...]

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Cultured Stone Installation Checklist

Construction Inspection

This cultured stone installation checklist is designed to give you an overview of the stages of cultured stone installation and the critical items that should be inspected throughout the process of installation. Cultured Stone Installation Checklist Framing Stage of Cultured Stone Installation Secure 7/16″ OSB at all exterior wall framing surfaces to receive Cultured Stone [...]

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HVAC Rough In

HVAC

HVAC ROUGH IN The HVAC Rough Stage of Building Your Own Home is typically installed after the plumbing top-out is complete and the roof decking is down and the house is dried in. When you are contracting out your home, it is typical that your HVAC contractor furnishes all of the material that is needed [...]

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Construction Financing

Financing

Thinking about building a house, but not sure about the often difficult construction loan process? Construction Financing This article about construction financing for owner-builders is for people who are: Building their own home from scratch and will need a construction loan to finance the construction Purchasing land and interested in hiring a custom builder to [...]

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How Much Does it Cost to Build a House?

Construction Financing

How Much Does it Cost to Build a House? When deciding if building your own home is going to be the right path for you, the cost per square foot is going to likely be one of the deciding factors on if construction will move forward or if you will be stuck purchasing a home [...]

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Roof Pitch

Roofing

When building a house, roof pitch is an indication of the steepness of the roof that is designed for your house. The roof pitch is the vertical rise divided by the horizontal span. Your roof is considered pitched (very steep) if its pitch factor is greater than 3.215 in 12, or equivalently if its angle from horizontal is [...]

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