http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com Professional resources for the do-it-yourself homebuilder Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:31:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/concrete-foundation-forms/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/concrete-foundation-forms/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:01:05 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/?p=1152 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. [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/concrete-foundation-forms/feed/ 0 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/how-to-calculate-concrete/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/how-to-calculate-concrete/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 19:35:58 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/?p=675 How to Calculate Concrete Remember: 1 Cubic Yard of Concrete = 3′ x 3′ x 3′ = 27 cubic feet = 46,656 cubic inches Calculate Concrete Yardage This is an exercise aimed at a real world example of how to calculate concrete yardage needed to order for your slab placement. The given’s for this exercise [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/how-to-calculate-concrete/feed/ 0 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/foundation/brickledge/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/foundation/brickledge/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 19:11:44 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/?p=672 Brick Ledge If you are building your own home, then you probably know that installing a brick ledge during the foundation stage of construction is one of the requirements which you will incur. This section is to teach you about the brick ledge and the checklist for ensuring the brick ledge is done properly. Typically, [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/foundation/brickledge/feed/ 3 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/foundation/plumbing-grounds/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/foundation/plumbing-grounds/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:18:55 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.mybuildingpro.com/?p=328 Foundation Plumbing When building your own home, the plumbing grounds stage of construction will come after the forms have been set, and a load of sand has been delivered and spread out inside of the form boards for cushioning. At this time you will schedule the plumbing contractor to come out to the house and [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/foundation/plumbing-grounds/feed/ 1 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/foundation/foundation-inspection/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/foundation/foundation-inspection/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:23:52 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.mybuildingpro.com/?p=325 First Foundation Inspection When building your own home, it is important to know that you need to have the foundation inspection called in to the applicable inspectors with sufficient lead times to ensure availability of the inspectors. The foundation inspection should not be called in, however, until you have had sufficient time yourself to thoroughly [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/foundation/foundation-inspection/feed/ 2 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/foundation/sample-field-inspection-report/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/foundation/sample-field-inspection-report/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:13:51 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.mybuildingpro.com/?p=322 ]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/foundation/sample-field-inspection-report/feed/ 0 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/checklist-for-pouring-slab/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/checklist-for-pouring-slab/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:31:07 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.mybuildingpro.com/?p=318 Checklist for Pouring Concrete Slab Verify the engineering representative has been called and is at the job site. Accomplish the engineers slab inspection (see foundation category for checklist) Make sure the concrete finisher arrives one hour in advance of the first truck, allowing time to cancel or delay placement Use grade stakes to make sure [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/checklist-for-pouring-slab/feed/ 0 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/slab-placement/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/slab-placement/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:57:59 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.mybuildingpro.com/?p=313 Concrete Slab Placement (Pouring Slab) Following completion of any foundation inspection requirements and receiving an approved form survey, the slab is ready for placement. Any equipment required for concrete placement should be provided by the contractor(s). Advance coordination with the concrete supplier and the concrete finishing contractor ensures timely arrival and placement of concrete with [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/slab-placement/feed/ 0 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/concrete-expansion-joints/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/concrete-expansion-joints/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:01:13 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.mybuildingpro.com/?p=270 Isolation/Expansion Joints in Concrete When building your own home, one of the items that will require your attention during the foundation/flatwork portion of construction is checking the use of expansion joints. Slab-on-grade isolation joints are used where a concrete slab meets another slab or other concrete structure, such as: Sidewalks or driveways adjacent to your [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/concrete-expansion-joints/feed/ 1 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/strip-concrete-forms/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/strip-concrete-forms/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:03:48 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.mybuildingpro.com/?p=204 The day following slab placement you should have the concrete finishing contractor return to strip the form boards from the slab. The form boards must be stripped, all honeycomb and poorly formed slab corners should be grouted, and the jobsite free of debris before you proceed with building your home and prior to the contractor [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/concrete/strip-concrete-forms/feed/ 1