work in progress

[msbhammer]

I prefer the plywood roof under the shakes. ;)

[lumberslinger178]

Iam starting a store in surf city complete gut will post pics

[lumberslinger178]

heres the exterior





Interior

[BuilderFL]

lumberslinger178, beautiful work and great craftsmanship! That kind of work is hard to come by down in Miami. I’m in the construction/development business myself (GC and an Architect)– new construction only.
These are two models we are building in our small development. Very different from the construction styles up north - our influence is mostly Spanish Colonial.


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[BuilderFL]

And every now and then…we mess up. Either move the beam closer to the trusses or get new trusses. Well, we ended up cutting the concrete beam, doing a plan revision and placing a 4X12 wood beam on steel columns. Ouch! I keep telling my son, a young civil engineer and our project manager –
You get what you inspect – not what you expect!
I think this f…-up drove my point home.

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[lumberslinger178]

Good Looking projects ,,,,,,, yes they are nothing like what were used too we have flood elavation issues here mostly everything is build on piling and starts 10 feet in the air....

Do you do any business with embick roofing I know there down that area I know Mark embick for many years

[msbhammer]

Those clay roofs are a pain to walk on. Ladder cushions to walk on the roof or wrapp yourself up in bubble wrap. *;D

[BuilderFL]

Never done business with Embick Roofing, I’ve been working with a friend, Ralph Spurlock. About them piling, they use them down in the Keys but I have never been involved in a project that had wood pilings. I do remember seeing a piling being place in sand at the beach in Gulfshores Alabama. Very interesting, they place the pole in the sand and using a pressure water hose, they displaced the sand as the piling went down. When they had it to the depth, they shut the water off and the sand compacted around the piling.

[Mac_Attack]

Lumber do you have the finished photos of the cedar shake house/ Billy Mac ;D

[garagenc]

WASHING THE PILING DOWN WITH WATER IS HOW WE INSTALLED SEPTIC TANKS AT THE BEACH AT NAGS HEAD, HOOK UP TO A FIRE TRUCK (WE HAD ONE JUST FOR THIS WORK) AND TAKE THE HOSE AND START WASHING AWAY. I COULD WASH ONE IN BY MYSELF IN LESS THAN 20 MINUTES.