ADU Developer Derek Sherrell - answering your questions on how to plan, design, finance, and build affordable Accessory Dwelling Units. Plan. Build. Play. #ThatADUguy #ADU
Are those to stop your house sucking in hot embers during a forest fire? I've heard they can travel several miles and still be hot enough to burn things when they land.
So... There has to be a fire, under the eave, hot enough to cause that link to melt and shut off air supply to the vented space... in order to slow another fire that's already in the vented space? Or just to slow the fire from entering the vented space? How often do fires start at the siding and enter the attic?
A fusible link is something used to protect wiring and this product contains no such thing. This product uses an intumescent honeycomb matrix that swells shut when exposed to heat.
People are stupid. Number 1, only required if eave encroaches into 5' distance to property line. Number 2, you can't stop fire, you can only slow it down. It takes an hour to burn thru 2x lumber. How about solid-blocking and add low roof vents? That's how we do it in Aurora, CO.
If fire ever gets to that piece it means either your roof is already in fire, or the inside of you house is already on fire. Either way your house is on fire in a bad way.
Should've used that ice for beer! I never had a hairline crack from a concrete bolt or mud sill stud bolt or vent or anything for that matter. Just how hot was it? Try spraying your forms with deisel fuel.
Inspectors these days don't even know very much of what their doing... Seen a few videos of contractors questioning their inspector and the dude had no answers for half the questions
You could tarp or sun shade, since its just concrete, an atomizer to keep it cool, I poured my own concrete and it turned out oka,y but its not my job, but a person doing this in teh hottest summer many years ago, had ot keep water on it like every 30 minutes to stop cracking is what he said, talked about how cracks form from disporotion of the crystalisation going on from the heat, or something, lol
I cut all my plates, studs, and joists 1/8" short as well. To allow for expansion and contraction and to prevent buckling in case they get wet. My boss hates it but c'mon, it just makes sense.
I am doing my adu but the footings (I believe: the raised foundation on perimeter of garage) are significantly higher than rest of slab floor. Is it okay to leave it like that and do high baseboards or should I raise foundation?
That is because zip is doing the 8' edge gapping for you with their "unique edge design" but the 4' edges should be gapped 1/8". That said, Zip is ALOT of glue with a little bit of wood.. It moves less. It's garbage like most of the plywood is nowadays. The only reason people use zip is because people are lazy. Good quality plywood and #30 tar paper blows it out of the water. Craftsman left the trade when people stopped carrying about craftsmanship...
@@LKline81 yea we do it because we are lazy putting on 4 stacks later haha. You dont have a clue. Its all the same stuff. Its actually more expensive. Go figure. Everything is made cheap nowadays.
I’m more interested in ADUs right now for my mom and she would be unable to climb a ladder. I wonder how we can utilize storage space up there but without having to climb anything.
To seal the joints. Im in Albany, OR we have a detached garage on one of our investment properties looking to make it an ADU. Would love to buy you lunch sometime! Either way love your content man 🤙🏼
I'm always awed by peoples ideas about construction when they have never done it or why certain things are done.. and firestops I know why but ask the opinion of these same people?
Hi Derek. My only other guess would be to prevent swelling of the edges when the subfloor gets wet so there is less prep when you put down the hardwood floors?
Hi Derek. Thank you for the great content. I always look forward to it! Is it because you have insulated the crawl space this time and you want to keep it dry in case it rains before you have it weatherproof? Usually you insulate after to prevent the insulation from getting wet but that is more costly that way.
Its important to not just say '1/8th inch gap' and blindly follow it. If you install plywood on a hot summer day chances are its only going to contract from there. So if you leave a 1/8th inch gap it will become a 1/4 inch gap in the winter.
Roofs used to be exclusively built on skip sheathing.. Back when houses lasted 100+ years.... Anyone who doesn't gap their plywood is a hack and learned from a hack..
