Building a new custom home doesn’t get much quicker than this
As soon as tie beams set up we had forms stripped and our carpentry crew was on site at this Indian Beach custom home to take delivery of our floor trusses and begin installing ledgers. On our projects we install J bolts for our ledgers rather than drill each ledger bolt into place after the beams are poured. This provides for a much more solid connection and saves the labor of drilling for hundreds of ledger bolts. Doing this takes some careful proactive measures but is well worth the effort up front. Sarasota Architecture.
Building the floor
Once ledgers are in place we can hang the trusses on them. Each truss has a specific place it is built for according to the truss engineers drawings. Prior to the trusses being built we compare them to the architects plans including HVAC and elctrical plans to ensure there are no “busts” or areas where theres a truss in a place we need to put a recessed light, if there is we make modifications while its still just ink on paper.
Once the trusses are in place a crane lifts bunks of plywood up and sets them on cradles at the wall. From there the carpenters place and nail the plywood into place and then the wood is treated with a water sealant to protect it. Before block is placed the trusses are shored from beneath.
Ledgers installed and ready for trusses
Our carpenters reviewing the truss engineers drawings
Floor trusses being prepared for installation
A carpenter preps a ledger by drilling holes at each j bolt
Post shores secure the 2nd floor decks while they cure. We do not use trusses for exterior decks, these are always poured concrete.
an overhead shot of trusses being installed
An aerial shot of the tursses being installed
Trusses set in place
We use foam to form our poured in place arches. Other contractors will often used wood framing to build arches at the exterior which is far less than ideal from a longevity perspective.