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Myths & Realities About Tree Roots

Myth: Tree roots can grow as deeply as the crown is tall Reality: Most tree roots grow within 3 feet of the soil surface. Myth: A tree’s root zone extends only as far as the edge of the canopy. Reality: Tree roots can extend far beyond the tree’s crown and occupy anywhere from two to [...]

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Tree Preservation Checklist

Landscaping

Any trees to be removed must have all roots taken out and the resulting hole back-filled and compacted with suitable fill dirt. Compaction must achieve a minimum 95% of standard proctor density. If trees are to remain on the property, care should be taken not to disturb the root system or understory within a radius [...]

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Tree Preservation

Landscaping

When building a house, tree preservation is going to be a key aspect in the overall outcome of your homes appearance, value, and landscape beauty. It is ideal to keep as many trees on your lot as possible. If I were to estimate the value of a full grown tree, it would be from $2000 [...]

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Bricklaying

Masonry

Typically, during home construction, the bricklaying phase of construction will be following the Insulation Inspection approval. The material for this job consists of brick, mortar sand and galvanized steel lintels. Ensure the quantity of brick for the job matches the take-off (understand your suppliers packaging process, i.e. – brick company #1 has 464 bricks/cube while [...]

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Third-Party Insulation Inspection

Insulation

When building your own home, the insulation inspection process should be one that matters. The insulation in your home is what keeps your bills low from saving energy. It keeps you warm in the winter, and cold in the summer. So after the house has received batt insulation and the polyseal insulation has been completed, [...]

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Garage Door Installation

Garage

Garage Door Installation Install garage doors on houses with attached garages after sheetrock is complete. Jobs with detached garages should get garage doors after shingles. The material for this work should be provided by the installation contractor. The garage door contractor installs the door track, places the door panels in the tracks and bolts them [...]

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Culvert Construction Checklist

Prepare Building Site

When building a house, it is important to go through a thorough process of checks and balances to ensure that you are following the proper procedures. That is part of this websites job, to help you along the way. Which is why we have put together an inventory of checklists to help you do just [...]

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Communities with Culverts

Prepare Building Site

As you embark on your journey to build your own home, it is important to understand exactly what you will be getting yourself into, which is exactly what this website aims to help with. In this section we will be talking about communities and subdivisions that have culvert drainage, and how this can affect your [...]

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Pre Drywall Inspection

Building Code

Below you will find a thorough example of a typical frame inspection that needs to be completed when building your own home. It covers all aspects of the “pre-drywall” inspection that you should perform, and if properly done, will save you time in money during construction. FRAME INSPECTION Headers sized correctly – trimmers in place. [...]

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Example Frame Inspection

Construction Inspection

When you decide to build your own home, you need to make sure you have a thorough understanding of the framing process. This is a very critical stage in the construction of your home. Mistakes here can be both detrimental to the schedule as well as costly. Attached with this page is one example of [...]

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