[Greenbuilding] Advanced framing/OVE

[Keith Winston]

The real dilemma is, if you get a builder to grudgingly go along with 
2x6 @ 24", for example, you can pretty much count on the process getting 
undermined by inattention to the big picture: you'll end up with 5-stud 
corners, triple king studs on all your windows, etc. One job I was 
loosely affiliated with, there were a bunch of big windows that were 
only 8 or 10 inches off the floor. The builders just filled in the 
entire space with 2x6's on flat (on perhaps 5 windows). This in a house 
that was ultimately Icynened, so it would have been easy insulating it 
tightly. I didn't see it coming until it was far too far along...

This by builders who I think would have liked to do the right thing, but 
getting everyone on the crew up to speed is tricky, things move fast and 
precedent rules the day.

Keith


Myers, Larry A. wrote:
> Just fyi, my recent experience in Columbia, MO, -- the builders I got bids from were, at best, lukewarm about 2x6 on 24 in. construction. One of them flat out didn't want to do it, another would have but it clearly was not his cup of tea. The third guy I decided against him after seeing some of his work up close.  These were all custom builders. So I ended up with 2x4 on 16, tho I wish I hadn't.
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Keith Winston
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