What This Guy Does To His Wasted Attic Space Is Astounding You Have to See It 

Laughable!!! Not a good idea

that's youtube lately - i have a feeling they pay you more for longer videos, or it allows more advertising or something

It's astounding you have to see it

Preach!

Lol every-single-time.

When I heard all the beating around the bush I went straight to the end. 🤷‍♂️

Rusty Harvey ha ha lol

You drove your lawnmower. I have to push mine.

That's probably the funniest thing I've read in my life! You sir are hilarious

Next time take pictures of your process. Then create a photo video of it to post it on RU-vid. You'll be amazed at how much $$ you'll make off of it. This video probably paid for the work and materials for this project. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fNrEwCdJuks.html

Rusty Harvey, what you did with your yard space was astounding!!

Lol👏

Yes I agree

😂😂😂

Gr8 4 porn

😂😂

Or a top grade desktop computer and a main server for the house.

Who buys a 13 inch TV?

@@ppearn There's always one, he said, addressing his comment to two people...

🤣🤣🤣

completely astounding, i was flabbergasted. can't wait to fix that giant hole in his roof that definitely wasn't done correctly.

Always watch the end first on this type of video to see if it's worth watching the middle.

Better get a permit from the local building officials. As a registered architect, I would strongly suggest hiring a structural engineer. Promoting this so cavalierly is not responsible.

You cannot put load onto the bottom chord of trusses.

I looked at that a few times to see what I missed . Wondered if he’d just not pulled a permit ? Where I live , even if you’ve hired an MIT graduate engineer , you’re not going to get the ok to modify a prefab truss for love nor money . Maybe a whole lot of money ..... just don’t mention the weight room bit .

I’m pretty sure that’s covered about 58 seconds in.

Including the spelling.

Soldering....Americans don’t pronounce the “L”

Soldering is a low temp way to connect metals together but the solder is the connection, welding is a high temp way the fuses the the metals together.

why not ?

Silver soldering?

Charles D Southwick On top of that he decides to bring in weight training equipment. Really Dude?! I like the warning at the beginning “Don’t do this at home”

It's all done without a building permit!! It will all need to be torn out to sell the property!! That will cost much money!!!

Here's a tip for the next video clip .... How to repair over loaded roof trusses and collapsed ceilings !!

We need clearer info on reenforcing the floor ! ?

He weakened the roof by changing the frame work so he could make the attic bigger....dumbass

@@laneb8395 no you need a general contractor. this is a result video, and one that glorifies the end result at that, but not an instructional video in the least. the video editor clearly doesn't even know about attic ventilation as it's not mentioned once and this would almost certainly mess up the entire air flow in/out of the attic.

I agree. But it's not the physical nature that irks me, it's his pseudo-jocular tone.

Thank you, Tom, for your wisdom here! I'm sincere. I wouldn't have known.

My own roof is constructed the same way. I wouldn't be comfortable doing things his way. Maybe square out the "room" and replicate the angle of the trusses on top to support the roof, then run 2x6 beams from hangers mounted to the walls to support the floor without relying on the ceiling beneath. Either way a roofing guy would be doing it.

@@StephenKershaw1 fine, does not affect me if you do this. numpty

@@helened6896 You can have a room in the roof , but you will need steel beams to support a separate floor.

I did my attic conversion myself. But before I started I watched hundreds of videos on youtube... and realized that I need proper planning before I start any work. So I spend few hundred quid for engineer to draw me a plans with specific instructions about structural changes, and wood/joints/supports required. Then I was sure that if I only stick to those plans, roof won't collapse on my head :D Safety first :)

This would be a terrible place to be during a fire

I googled it, a roof window opens, a skylight does not.

April Mae The extra “wall” struts he put in would help with that. (Likely the real reason they are there, plus they were bolted in, something that is definitely not done for a simple non-bearing wall.) also if he did not scab in a 2x6 or even just another 2x4 on the bottom truss chord I would be very surprised. (And concerned)

The drywall joints on the ceiling below will crack and he should evacuate the room below his weight bencj.

This was taking so long I was almost afraid he was going to say "and then he kept someone in there for years."

I’m sure this guy knows what he is doing

It'll be fine pussy, those floors can hold about 500lb per sq foot. Wood is stronger than you think- sincerely, a carpenter.

Lmao,,in New York a complete code violation. Although I have seen builders do this before after all Inspections are complete, and of course after receiving Certificate of occupation. If he was to try to sell this property in NY at a later day all of it would then have to be ripped out.

In the US codes are very different from state to state and Town to Town.I would imagine the same in Europe. NY has gotten very creative these days ,with fly overs that determine if the occupants of a property for example filled the legal paperwork for that shed or pool.BUT KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IF A TOWN INSPECTOR COMES TO YOUR HOME YOU DO NOT LEGALLY HAVE TO LET THEM IN.I heard the story of a WW2 veteran, a great man ,that was a great father. Who worked several jobs to support his 5 children,was the neighbor that would always give u a hand if u needed something. He always did the right thing,for the people that knew him,fought for a country that he loved that not always loved him back as a Sicilian immigrant.When he was a boy in corona queens he remembered when the cops would call him a WOP.That derogatory term stood for without papers.But in his later years in life ,he respected the police,he respected local municipalities and there employees. So when a town inspector came to his house he let them in.The inspector walked around and wrote on a piece of paper, at 83 years old living on a fixed income, he needed GFIS in the kitchen, a bathroom in the basement demolished.Thicker sheetrock on the ceiling, a ac condenser outside moved the list literally goes on and on.Ultimately it cost about 20,000 worth of work.A ww2 veteran, a retired Rail road foreman who was suffering medically and living the last days of his life.Because he let a town inspector in his home.This man was my grandfather and would the town of brookhaven did to him as far as I'm concerned was criminal. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LET A TOWN INSPECTOR IN YOUR HOME. He bought this house in 1956,he did all the work on it through the years.He was never going to sell home he was ultimately going to die in it.The town strong armed him,sometimes it seems the town can act like LA Costra nostra, and they can do this legally.THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES.

@@philipwall1025, "I know a guy", that built an unconditioned space behind the garage portion of the house that was a "workshop". After occupancy, the drywall saw came out exposing the vents to the 3rd bedroom. This is a person who never condone stealing or cheating, but yet, that is exactly what he did. Mmm.

No fire escape

@@Dave-sw2dm That's exactly what HE did.

My thoughts exactly. And in other parts of the world you have to paint the wood twice because the 1st layer just doesn't cover. But it's France; what do we know.

Now start posting your “astounding” work for free advertising

@@mysoulwanders I want to do less astounding work and more astounding play!

@ Chris Chris Your comment is hilarious! I’m a contractor too and this is why I’m laughing. Not to take anything from this guys work but notice there’s no weights on his bench. Maybe he wasn’t so sure about his skills? Hahaha!!

Why are some attics are left unfinished? Is it purely a cost issue?

@@ILordSpawnI If you look at what his floor is supported by it is called the bottom chord of the truss. For a truss this size, a span of 24 to 30 feet, this chord would be a 2x6 at the most. It could span up to 30 feet, but for an example lets say it is 24 feet with a center wall on the floor below supporting it at the 12 foot mark. A floor joist supported at 12 feet should be a 2x10 so it is a code issue. But you could order trusses , at an extra cost, that are called( you guessed it) attic trusses that would, by code, allow you to utilize that space. I know that was a little long winded but I hope it helps.

ste76539 yes many times correctly lol But this oh shit

ste76539 lol

Not in France obviously!

That dude must be the next Stephen Hawking. Lol

It has been done many times before, I have it too

And her boyfriend called him and thanked him for the new Man cave

Lol!

I've always wanted a loft bedroom but not one that falls into the kitchen!

And then I took him in and screwed his brains out!

AGREED!

Robert Farmer n

Your a joker.

O was thinking the same thing lol

Same here. Pathetic.

Very nice, thanks!!!!

Lol travis . That happened , or he realized his heating and cooling bills tripled.

Lol

Thank you for saving 4:47 of my life.

Thank you! I HATE when I take the bait and find out it was something like this! I'm moving on...

Thank you👊👊

And wasted a lot of the wasted space.

I hope he had a stamp if he was cutting into (someone’s) engineered building component. The other concern is the insulation’s R-value would dramatically cut if he compressed it into a 5.5” cavity 😐

To be honest I have no idea if the guy used the term right, and I'm not going to listen to that again, but: a learning opportunity... Strut is a structural component of a truss which resists longitudinal compression. Tie is a structural component of a truss which resists longitudinal tension. Truss is a structure consisting of “two forces” members subjected to compression or tension only, which are connected together at nodes forming a rigid shape e.g. a triangle. So a truss is formed by a combination of Struts and Ties.

He uses it as a jack off bench!

I looks cool to make a better use of the attic but it is needed and engineer to make the structural changes, or else something bad can happen.

Says it has "a luxury yacht vibe"

Lol I just commented about his voice too!

Dave Joseph he's a goofy goober yeah, you're a goofy goober yeah, we're all goofy goobers yeah, goofy goofy goofy goofy gooberssss!

Chicago accent sounds like Legit Street Cars

Sounds like the guy from bright side.

Yea and I hate his voice! When you hear it you know it’s some buzzfeed level bullshit

😂😂😂

Totally horseshit

We’re you expecting him to fly to France with a camera crew and conduct a full interview?

And you watched said video so that’s even bigger clown shoes 😂😂

@@RedsMadness. herr derr no u

That is the reason why it is wise to spend a bit more and build the roof properly with rafters and beams, how it has been done for centuries.

I was astounded; astounded that anybody could be astounded by a rather hum-drum attic conversion very much like about 20% of the houses in my street.

Julien Morris YOU ARE ONE OF THE FUCK-TARD,S !!!👺

@@mickeycereijo7431 nice punctuation

Who voices these videos!!!! 😩

@@aroseformydyingluv HAL.

Literally only does buzzfeed level BULLSHIT

They dont exist in France

Why is that? Code violations?

Eff building inspectors

@@VideoManDan don’t know about in France, but I’ve been told the trusses are not designed to support weight in this manner, I was thinking of using my Arctic as storage, and while my house was being built, I asked my builder to install a pull down steps for access, and he said he wouldn’t because he’d be liable, and told me about the way trusses are designed, now he could have been just trying to get out of a little extra work, but I’ve heard this from others as well

Most 3rd floor living spaces need to have a sprinkler system installed. That's most US state codes. Plus no second way of egress out of the space. I'm aware this is France. This is why attic spaces are made just for storage

I'm the opposite; I enjoyed the video but am annoyed by all the internet experts and critics who seem to derive happiness in life through insulting others.

Yeah, he talked to some experts. He made some minor changes to to the trusses. BS, he has no idea what's he has done. This looks dangerous for what I see. Good luck.

Not with 3 layers of additional insulation.

Time to send the wife there.

Think about the mold growth in the space now...

Uck I agree

And now with mold counts through the roof.

EVERYTHING is illegal in the US- the land of constriction.

Nah, its not a problem. Didnt you notice no weights up there? Its just the bench and the bar. lol!!

Lol

@Comrade NB Gravity.

@Comrade NB Source?

@Comrade NB Yes, your source.

That was a shame wasn't it? 😲🙄

Lmao 😂😂😂

I would rather use my hand.

You can cut them and add beams to open up the ceiling. They can be modified. Approved by City engineers, permits given, inspected, done. I've seen it happen numerous times. But of course you can't make a new story out them...unless you do more structural framing.

I'm a structural engineer, wanted to write the same, the trusts look pretty slim.

Wouldn't it be trusses? Lol. .

And the soldered together ladder had me worried too

@@MMGJ10 yes some day I wish to be as smart as you!

@@MMGJ10 ever type something and after notice autocorrect changed it? Maybe because you mistakenly typed a wrong letter? Stop being the word police!

hey it's a youtube video script

JCcanU It’s totally illegal practice what he has showing here. Dangerous

Lot of states have no code people build homes out of 2x4 s on cinder blocks every 2 foot that's my point , But like Missouri you can live in a tin box and drink from a creek and no one can say boo. they do as they like , and sell it as a home . I come from a state with CODE if you do it wrong they condemn the home .

Everyone that visits this room will die

You don't modify engineered roof trusses. This is extremely uncommon for good reason. If you want an open space, you can replace them with new engineered attic trusses.

Killing his two small children in the process.

Scott K YOU ARE wait for it.................FUCK-TARD !!

Relax Scott. You don't always need an engineer to tell you it will hold the weight. I'm sure the guy knew what he was doing.

Come on don’t knock him. You know there are some stupid arseholes about. And he is one of them ? A child has more brains than this.