Pole barn house sheathing has started!  

Don't listen to those that say you are overdoing things or over thinking the process, it's better to over think than to under think and have to redo it now or in the future because you missed a step or a precaution.

Completely agree with you on the zip tape except for one thing. You don’t want to put that cup at the bottom. you only want to do the bottom and the outside. The reason being is if you ever do get water in there you’re creating a boat at the bottom or a tub for that water to sit in it will keep that wood wet and rotted out very quickly.It’s more important to give water A path to Escape then it is to prevent water. Kind of like the difference between having that OSB submerged and having it sitting up against the wall where it could dry. You really wanna leave the back side open, or what would be towards the inside of the house open. It’s better to get it wet and let it dry then it is to seal water in there. One area you’ll see this a lot with OSB and especially that cheap MDF they used to use, is on flooring. You put a nice water seal on it with a vinyl flooring but what you’re doing is trapping water underneath there if it ever gets in and eventually you get some dry rot and that’s where you get soft spots in your floor. Are used to think that painting everything on both sides would be a good idea but that’s bad for wood because it doesn’t let it breathe and dry out, even if you’re building furniture or anything else you should leave the inside pieces unstained or unfinished anyway if you’re going to use some thing that seals and his moisture resistant. Another technique my boss showed me, he owned over 100 houses and he would buy junkie houses and fix them up and rent them. You could put a sacrificial strip at the bottom. If you cut a 4 inch strip of plywood and put that at the bottom if it ever does rot out it’s very easy to tear that out and replace it as opposed to trying to cut into a sheet and having to tear up all the siding and everything later. We didn’t do that a lot but we did that on his house and his cabin. If your walls are exactly 8 feet then that’s going to be a pain but if you’re doing nine or 10 foot walls it’s pretty easy to add a 4 inch strip. A router to cut out your windows is usually a lot easier. I love the metal spacer you made to get that gap. I thought, when you do the upper sheets come out since you’re putting two screws in there, put a loop on there so you can hang it and support your sheet. You could even find a spring or bungees so you can get it close and pull it down into place when you’re ready to put a couple nails in it. That way you don’t have to be as exact when you lift it. Other options might be a counterweight. If you put a pulley on it and the boards weigh 12 pounds and you put a 10 pound counterweight on it it’ll be a lot easier to lift and hold in place and give you flexibility to move up and down as well.

Do what you’re comfortable doing bro… don’t let anyone watching pressure you into anything. It’s your house, your build, your investment of blood, SWEAT, and tears. Do you… do it right! I’m gonna watch whether it’s sheathing, or electrical inside. Another great video… stay safe as you start working your way up, but as expected you’re already thinking ahead about that. Carry on my wayward son! 👍🏻

I am totally impressed with the extra mile you are going to insure a better built home. As well as all the MaGaver things you come up with to help you build.

Exciting times. Great way to think a head and plan. I do the same thing and keep myself up at night. Looking good my friend.

You can also cut out all door and window openings from the inside using a recip saw. You won't need to snap chalk lines, thereby saving some time and labor by using the framing as your guide.

You have to do the sheet rocking yourself. I am hooked on how you think about what you have to do and make a cool tool to do it. I want to see what kind of tool you will design and manufacture to add to the scaffolding to make the sheet rock install look easy. If you weren't so far away, I would love to come down and work with you for a couple of days. I love doing the impossible myself. I came for the ice machine and watched all of the house build videos over the weekend. You motivated me to order a replacement to the broken ice maker in my side by side refrigerator with one of the universal kits. Its a start. I eventually want to do a complete build of the ice machine. Keep up the great work!

Im very happy for you that your house is coming along.

Put the metal plates on the bottom plate at the plumbing pipe locations. You've got to do this inside as well. Protects pipes from nails.

Looking good man. Nothing wrong with doing it the way you want it.

Down here in Louisiana all the houses I built we put the sheathing over black felt paper or visqueen to help with a sealed moisture and air barrier.

I have to ask “Do thoughts come to you at night? You are amazing the way you think things through! That house isn’t going any where by the time you are done. Please get help so you don’t get hurt. Stay safe and dry:) tfs:)

Awesome idea for the spacer/hanger tool.

Flip your OSB sheet over and apply tape. Much easier than working upside down. Cut yourself some wood strips to lay on concrete to hold up sheets. Much faster then your homemade clips. You can just use nails as spacers. Much faster. Tape on notyom is great idea.

Looking good Andrew house is looking awesome.

Hey Andrew I thought Florida was the Sunshine State :) you are dealing with a lot of rain. I love the work you are doing you are doing a GREAT Job.

The Zip liquid flashing is good to use for the nail heads. I am sure you have heard of the Build Show and Matt Risinger. That liquid flashing is also good for that bottom edge. After you put the OSB on liquid flash from the front to the bottom plate. Loved hearing you quote Weyerhaeuser! I work for them out of Brunswick GA. Great Company!

Ive been wacthing your channel for a while you do amazing things. Love it when u post

Glad to see you advance to this stage of the build. Keep up the good work Andrew. Enjoy watching each video

Good job done there ! 😊

Looks good so far

Hi, Andrew! The tape is a very good idea. Excellent content as always. I’m already excited about Sunday night!!

There’s a metal flashing that works real well for protecting the bottom edge of the OSB - but the tape will work ok.

Looking good!

I think you would have made a great teacher. Your love for data/numbers and thinking the process through is just amazing to watch. Great video 👍🌈🌈

I think you did great the first day. Cool little tool's

Love your channel!!! Keep up the good quality work

I'm impressed by your thinking of building your own tools. With the sheeting going up your house is starting to look like a house.

you got it dude carry on!

Andrew, I already commented about this a couple days ago & you said you did. I meant the OSB usually drops about about an inch below the seal plate, not even at the bottom of it, this way it would have covered the gap between the concrete & 2x6 seal, less chance of bugs or moisture getting under the seal 2x6.

Do it the way YOU want it. Being a retired Tool and Die Maker I can appreciate your planning and effort. When I first started out and for a few years I would build it in my head the night before and then do it the next day. I always had a plan.

Nice those tools are working great

Good afternoon Andrew. I've been fallowing you since you start this building and it's amazing the pride you take in doing what you do. It may seem like over kill but keep up the good work better to be safe than sorry. Watching from Jamaica 🇯🇲🙏. Stay safe and dry

Have you thought about a router with the rolling bit to cut your windows out with will make things easier and faster for you

Andrew, you are doing a phenomenal job building your and Tiffany's forever home. It's mind-blowing how you can design and fabricate tools you need to help you work alone. Stay hydrated and attach your safety harness. 😊😊

seel that bad boy up as best you can, the more time you spend on drying it in and insulating the more it pays you back in the long run on energy efficiency. love the creative solutions for getting it done by yourself, keep it up.

We taped all our osb seams also. Spray foam and It will pay off. I planned for 5 ton HVAC unit and it dropped to 3 1/2 ton when quoted it. We are in South Georgia and highest light bill is $123 so far. A/c stay on 74 all day and 72 at night. 1900 sqft house.

Keep up the great work. Love the channel.

Great work! Love your channel.

Love the welding rig and bench. Also empty gasoline containers are far more dangerous than full ones because gasoline as a liquid does not burn. What burns Iis the vapour.

Let the sheathing begin!!! Great progress! You stole the thought right out of my mind about being concerned about the bottom edge of the OSB being exposed to rain water/hose/pressure washer. After you install the Tyvek are you planning on taping the bottom edge with another piece of Zip tape to the piece of tape you've already installed? Just seems like the bottom water proofing should be higher than the 2 inches or so of that initial piece of tape. :-)

Looking professional! Your smart and 100% on it! If we lived close, My BF would help you!

Looking good! My house came with some junk drafty windows drove me nuts.. some of them may now be clear siliconed shut until I decide to replace them 😬

Nice!

Wax side out, put a 4 and 6 inch mark on your nailer, and instead of putting zip tape on the bottom. Buy some red guard and paint it on. saw zaw for window and door cuts. Just suggestions

You are very talented. I mean that. The Lord has really blessed you . Thanks. Craig. Pa.

The crazy thing about them to seal up a house is the more you seal it the worse the air inside gets due to building up contaminates over time. All the plastics and foams that off gas that now get trapped inside the structure along with natural sources like radon. The easy answer for what to do is a whole house air exchanger where it passes the intake air into a heat exchanger with the outgoing air to warm/cool the air depending on the season. 1-2 exchanges of air per day will keep the inside air quality good but you can go to the insane and go for 1-2 per hour if you have an allergy issue using a good filter on the intake air to keep the pollen or spores out depending on the source of the allergy. You also get the fun ones like gas/propane water heaters and furnaces where you need to bring in burn air from the outside in a very sealed up house to not be sending the conditioned air right up the chimney.

Hey man your OCD got you doing some pretty work..

Well Andrew it looks as if you have a plan of atack. Great video keep up the great work

You know the old saying, Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. If it starts looking too sketchy up there, please get some help. All you need to do is hurt a shoulder or a wrist, and the whole rest of the build will be very painful. Good ideas on your "helping tools" there! Those should really aid in getting things lined up! :)

Andrew you are differently a perfectionist and creative in tool design. Be safe🙏.

This might speed up your sheeting faster. When I sheet the bottom course I rest my sheeting on 16d nails. You drive them between the plate and the foundation. As for making sure I have my 1/8 inch use a8d nail they are.131in. It will not hold that sheet in place but all it takes is a second to put the first nail in.

I dont know if its on your plan but def do a good low voltage/network wires with wifi access points. a house that has a good network in this day is a life saver. If you need any ideas on how to do that let me know.

they make a roll on membrane which is what you should have used for the bottom edge and nail holes

Nice man it's coming along good. If mother nature can stop raining for a week it would be a lot better. Andrew that is exact types of plywood I have in my trailer. Andrew's the people called me today & said they going to use the plywood now because we just had severe weather yesterday from the cold front and a tornado touchdown and did some damage. I think my cousin's house got hit by the tornado because my cousin house is damaged real good from what I've heard. I apologize for this man I really want to help you and try to say some money. You take it easy buddy and I hope you have a good weekend again I apologize man I really feel bad man.

It's easy to be a arm chair RU-vidr you do you!!!! We will all learn something!!!! When's the next video haha

Andrew, been easier to put the tape on top of the sheet & pick the sheet up from the yard side & the tape would have been on the back side of the sheet. Jus had to flip your OSB sheet over if you wanted a certain side on the outside of the house.

Only buy what you need of OSB a day or two at a time. OSB is also dropping like a rock right now, prices will show up in stores in a couple of weeks.

Chop chop quit putting it off. Most would’ve had that sheeting up along time ago to keep the moisture out. Then House wrap

I'd think putting the OSB crossways as compared to up and down would be easier for a man alone. I like the board jigs you made anything that makes it easier !

Hello try this to help with the O.S.B. Drywall Panel Hoist / Lift from Harbor Freight

as soon as you said rain let it rain

did you mention the inspector said 6" centers on the nailing of the osb.. do you have a 1x4 or 4 to 6" wide strip of plywood that you can drill holes every 6 inches so you have a guide for the air nailer.

Be careful on airtight. I had a friend that made his house airtight. He had to open the front door to start his fireplace

Here I thought I was the Jack of all trades....Your brain is going all the time and It's good. Things to make it easier and learning as you go. God Bless

Waiting to watch this video tonight in our family time, are you planning to protect the edges of your OSB just in case things get a bit moist. That is the only pain with using reconstructed timbers.

@2:20 Your dog jumped as you hit the tip for that spot weld then walked away, kinda funny. Andrew, you wanting help I am willing to lend a hand for a week or two, sent you an email.

Here’s an idea. You don’t want to drive the tractor on the concrete. Make a big 3 1/2 x 6 1/2‘ table with good wheels on it. Weld it out of steel. Then you can put stuff on it with the tractor and wheel it farther in on the concrete without having to drive the tractor up there. Do it out of steel or use a lot of 45° anglesIf you do wood, then it will hold 1000 pounds or more easy and you can put a pretty good size stack of wood on there and then you’re stuck in with his mobile. It’s not really a waste because it something you can always use, especially if you do it out of steel it’ll be mobile come and make the bottom rack strong enough to move it with the tractor and you’ve got a great project table to use on other stuff in the future after the house is done. It would be nice if you had to weld or fix something on an implement or an ATV or motorcycle or something, you would have a table beefy enough to put it up there and work so you’re not on your knees and twisting your back out the whole time.

You're on GJ as well? Great forum, been on it for many years

You can use a router to cut out the walls gaps

You might want to cut off the tape from the outside. One- the inspector wont be able to see your work. Two- if it gets wet at least the tape will help moisture from getting inside.

Andrew didn't I hear you say you were going to have the house spray foam Insulated? If so having the rough side in like you have it will probably prove stronger adhesion than the slick side.

Would not be a bad idea to lay a another layer of tape over the rolled over end to prevent any water from entering the rolled over tape. Like a counter flashing. What you basically did was create a bath tub via the tape. And/or purposefully add weep holes at the bottom end so by chance if water does get under the tape, it can dry out or drain. This is why I prefer blue barrier by polywall.

I watch keep it Dutch and he does the stuff by himself to as I work by myself all the time and have to invent ways to get things done

Go get on a roof slick side up and put some SAW dust on it. You will understand the rough side up part

Awesome job on building the tools!!! My boyfriend welds some as well he doesn't have tanks like you do but he has a gas powered welder with generator that he enjoys playing with along with a couple of other welders some where hiding around the house.. Anyway how are you going to let the water drain out of the bottom of the OSB? So if it gets wet into the wood doesn't the bottom need to be open to drain the water out? Just curious anyway great job love the content! Keep up the good work and stay safe!!

Will your inspector be able to see the nail spacing on the bottom edge under the zip tape?

Ice and water shied would be cheaper to wrap the bottom edge

What Cat Hurricane force winds do you have to build to in your area? We are practically right on the east coast so we would prob have to build to a Cat 5. not sure

A router would really help you to cut your window and door openings

I've seen in-wall pest solutions (tubes) installed during rough construction of mostly custom homes and tract homes depending on the builder; is this a method used in your area? Great content!

What is that tool called that backs out your nails. I have never seen that before.

That’s a bad way to seal the edge. If any water does get behind the tape it will be held there. Need to nail it off then use the tape as you would a shingle.

Can you not use the H clips for your OSB ?

Curious, do they not glue off exterior sheathing down there? We do up north, it immensely helps with racking. Just curious

Make sure you let the plywood start below the slab height. About an inch below it. You can use roofing asphalt for the seam around the bottom and a lot cheaper than the tape and works very well. We use fast flash there and go 3 inches above and below the seam.

zip tape will take your fingerprints off!

Sheathing plywood needs to be vertical so you dont have a horizontal seam. Need vertical seams