VAUGHAN, Ont. - Liberal Leader Mark Carney says his government would double Canada’s rate of residential housing construction over the next decade to nearly 500,000 new homes per year.
? Woodframe construction starts with lifts of lumber dropped onsite after a basement is poured, you cut what you need as you go off the prints. You’ll probably get a truss package and chances are you’ll have your trilam and silentfloor joists delivered at the correct lengths or slightly long, that’s about it for pre-made pieces. I’ve helped a relative frame new houses over the winter for the last 5 or 6 years.
The vast majority of your lumber will be standard 92-5/8 or 104-5/8, he first sized to fit standard 4x8 sheets of drywall, the second a different size (I forget what) which is also available. They plywood is mostly 4x8 sheets where you cut only the edges and around windows.
If you think that’s prefab, I question your knowledge of construction, or at least what comes in a prefab kit. For reference, here is a link I found after seconds of searching. Note the information for interior and exterior walls - there are pre-made slabs which are ready to put in place. No pallets of studs and plywood required. Yes, the roof is still clad on site for a number of obvious reasons, but the comparison of prefab to stud length dimensional lumber is laughable.
I could set a stop on a miter bench, stack 8’ers in 3 and saw enough studs in a coffee break to do a house. The time is in doorways, window bucks, sillplates and closets, all of which require a pile of measure twice, cut once.
? Woodframe construction starts with lifts of lumber dropped onsite after a basement is poured, you cut what you need as you go off the prints. You’ll probably get a truss package and chances are you’ll have your trilam and silentfloor joists delivered at the correct lengths or slightly long, that’s about it for pre-made pieces. I’ve helped a relative frame new houses over the winter for the last 5 or 6 years.
The vast majority of your lumber will be standard 92-5/8 or 104-5/8, he first sized to fit standard 4x8 sheets of drywall, the second a different size (I forget what) which is also available. They plywood is mostly 4x8 sheets where you cut only the edges and around windows.
If you think that’s prefab, I question your knowledge of construction, or at least what comes in a prefab kit. For reference, here is a link I found after seconds of searching. Note the information for interior and exterior walls - there are pre-made slabs which are ready to put in place. No pallets of studs and plywood required. Yes, the roof is still clad on site for a number of obvious reasons, but the comparison of prefab to stud length dimensional lumber is laughable.
I could set a stop on a miter bench, stack 8’ers in 3 and saw enough studs in a coffee break to do a house. The time is in doorways, window bucks, sillplates and closets, all of which require a pile of measure twice, cut once.