ICF Mountain Homestead: Mid Span Joist Blocking

[@elvyn123]

So so proud of you all, build coming along, before you know it you will be relaxing on your new front porch watching the sun go down thinking wow “we did it” This is what dreams are made of. I wish you all well from the other side of the pond.

[@dellazoe]

I have learned so much about building in general from watching your videos. Even if I never build by myself (I am an elder) my appreciation for what it takes for a job well done has increased beyond measure. I watch your work with appreciation and some laughter at your sense of humor. Thank you for sharing. It has been educational and so very enjoyable. Sincerely - ds

[@maryritelli3495]

I see why you are build the house in this spot. The views are absolutely beautiful.

[@hisimagenme]

Lol, lovin the out-takes!! As always I'm so excited to see each little (well, sizable) step... been so glad for you guys as this is finally coming together! Great job... Smiles and blessings...

[@swmas02]

Nice to see the progress you have made, it must be hard just the two of you doing the work but you will reap the benefits when your dreams build is complete!

[@MrAbro42]

beautiful view! house looks great

[@sojourn7]

In the event you've not considered it yet, layout your plumbing ASAP. The last thing you want happening to that beautiful floor system is your plumber cutting a joist to accommodate a drain for a toilet or tub/shower. It's much easier to header off if necessary now rather than later. Great job so far. 'Looking forward to following the remainder of the build!

[@eileenpalumbo6578]

Looking good folks! Learning a lot watching this series. Thanks for sharing.

[@todddembsky8321]

Abbot and Costello play Whack-a-mole. The high speed shot across the flooring with Jeremy sticking his head up here, then there, then here nor there, then .... felt like I was watching a big whack-a-mole game. Jamie, you are such a MOM!! Don't go over the cliff -- stop, don't go over the cliff!!! Your art work is absolutely stunning. This vid was just too cute...

[@sundancer442]

Your daughters' cameos lift the mood very nicely !

[@bobbailey4954]

If you staggered your blocks you could nail them straight through the joists. And buy doing so your nails would be true and straight instead of toe nailed. Other than that the build looks great should be a very strong building when complete.

[@thinkFishcatchFish]

I’m not a carpenter but decided to take on a similar project because it was my own house. My joists were sitting on block so I decided to cut all the noggins first, and to use the noggin as the spacer around the perimeter when fitting each joist. For the mid span noggins, it wasn’t quite as simple. I realised that with the twists of the joists it’s not always practical to cut the noggins in advance. At the end of the day I realised its a laborious process to get it right. It’s not some thing you can just rush through if you want good work, so hats off for putting the time in to measure them all. 👍

[@jtsdeals]

Can't wait to see the views out the windows when you are done!

[@Annie.xx-xx]

Wow Jaime and Jeremy you've come so far, I can't believe how far along the house build is coming. Congratulations. My heart was in my throat when your daughter reversed 😂. Lol

[@raynall3593]

after all that blocking, yall deserve a few beers. Tedious but has to be done. Looking good. Her saw table worked great and wow, if that is all the waste, yall did great.

[@Fidg234]

Loved our two little chipmunks poking their head up through the floor boards. Mrs. appeared slowly that is still making me laugh and Mr. in fast speed was sooooooo funny. A good beginning to my day. Thanks guys I like watching builds like this.

[@stephaniecisco743]

I like the outtakes! 😂. You guys always give me a kick in the pants to put my phone down and do something productive. Keep up the good work!

[@ffc3476]

Keep up the great work Love bloopers Be safe out there

[@terrylewis_]

Around the 7:30 mark, getting to watch the timelapse of you working with the sky in the background - it definitely paints a nice picture of the beautiful sunrise/sunsets in your future home!!

[@adelacoburn1396]

It's nice to see your daughter in the video

[@ledzepgirl299]

It may be a gloomy day there, but the quality of work is certainly a ray of shineshine!! Keep on keeping on.

[@mtboxdesignsdevelopment2567]

NIce video! Love the bloopers at the end. I can't wait until you are finished with this house ... very excited for you guys!!

[@sandyoklahomatransient8557]

Nice job! Y'all work really well together😊 Once the floors are done everything will move along fast. It took a contractor and crew 3 months to remove all of our flooring (from a mold issue) and replace 2 subfloors, then the decorative wood. I believe we would have rather of built a new home!

[@terminalvelocity6398]

Had to chuckle at your daughter repeatedly telling you, "I KNOW." I don't know why parents even bother to warn them when they clearly already know literally everything. Great progress on the build!

[@Guildbrookfarm]

You got it.

[@Beecozz7]

Such a beautiful and quiet place y'all have there!!! Well done!!! TY

[@therealmccoy8310]

Love your vlogs! I look forward to each segment of the build, and of course the Family antics.

[@davidkilbourne2711]

You guys are getting it done! Great job on the house build!

[@carolsuesamuelson7935]

Thank you I am enjoying watching you build your home. You are in a beautiful place.

[@southernwanderer7912]

Looking good. Beers deserved. Love the bloopers at the end.

[@robertschroeder1978]

Jeremy & Jaime, thanks for the video and for sharing the journey. The progress is great. Jamie, the saw skills are "Awesome"! Thanks guys, blessings to you all. Rob Schroeder (Rockford MI)

[@tiffanyhaberacker]

It's looking so amazing, I love seeing your process!

[@Anthony-ry8lo]

with all the up and down you guys do I'd put in a dumbwaiter now for all your canning stuff! Great show!

[@moxiebyproxy]

Love the out-takes at the end.

[@Penny-bt4gc]

Love seeing the progress you’re making on your house. Hopefully you will get some warm weather so you can keep moving forward on the house. Good luck with your inspections..

[@PaullaWells]

Great job, y'all!! Yay! Big task checked off the list. Woo hoo! I so completely enjoy bloopers and I really needed a laugh right this moment in time so thank you for that!!! 🤣

[@mycelticstardust]

"The clift," i stopped breathing there for a minute lol. Kids!!!!

[@davidmiller6010]

I realize it's too late now, but you made that into an excessively long and arduous process. 1st, the reason you stagger, is to be able to end nail into the blocking. 2nd is that you never run your blocking sequentially as that is a recipe for cumulative error. What you do is count your number of bays and cut half that number of mathematical blocks. In your case, 14-1/2". Then place all those blocks on the same side of the line, in every other bay. Any grow error will be limited to about 1/16", and contained to one bay. THEN you go back and measure the space at the top edge AND to bottom edge and cut the "custom" block to the SMALLER of those two measurements. By cutting to the smaller dimension, you will never "grow" an error. I have been a rough carpenter, finish carpenter, drywall hanger, drywall finisher, roofer, window installer, door hanger, flooring installer, ceiling installer (and a few other trades as well), and most notably a project manager for both residential and commercial construction for more than half of my 46 years in the working world. I don't mean to brag, but I have picked up a few things along the way, and I don't mind sharing. Love the channel, and love the outtakes! Been watching, and subscribed since the solar panels.

[@Knotrockets]

Yup, maybe your comment will help others. Spot on 👍

[@Knotrockets]

Question, would you ever lay subfloor first so you could straighten joist with plywood then add blocking later. Then this could maybe be a rainy day project.

[@davidmiller6010]

@@Knotrockets You could, but that would increase the level of difficulty (and accuracy) substantially. You snap a line to layout your course. When you later come back through to measure your custom cut blocks, you'll be looking down from above, (daylight side). And your measurement is done as a straight stick read. If you put your subfloor on first, your measurement is from below (shadow side), and your second measurement (against the subfloor) would need to be a 'roll tape' estimate- causing a loss of accuracy. Also, by blocking 1st, you can hit the blocking with subfloor adhesive as you go for A) more stiffness an B) less squeak potential.

[@Knotrockets]

@@davidmiller6010 thanks 👍

[@mimib6955]

Lol!! seeing Jeremy poking his head up in fast motion reminded me of the game whack a mole. Jaime I was right there with you! I gasped when Ilaria was backing up!!! Looking good guys!

[@chelemichele1524]

Such beautiful views... Bloopers... tongue twisters😆 Have a great evening ⛄⛄⛄

[@Bamaman14k]

It's looking good guys, it looks like ya'll are getting one step closer to being in a brand new house.

[@diannt9583]

I am enjoying every video!!

[@flyingjeff1984]

Such a gorgeous home site.

[@darlynearmstrong1599]

Hello It's looking good!!! P.S. don't forget my room and bathroom ok......lol Really you guys are doing great work!!!

[@aportilla007]

SHORTCUT - first nail down a stringer from above to space out the joist perfectly. This way they don't move on you. You will also have perfect placement for your blocks. Remove the stringer afterwards.

[@WendyK656]

Jeremy and Jaime, you both work together so well, and love Jaime little head poke. *grin* Boy your going to have a solid floor and I can't wait to see what is next. I am so happy for y'all with this house and can't wait until it is finished for y'all. What a goofy lady Ilaria love that laugh! Good job Jeremy .

[@billprice2409]

Love the counter balance on the work horses🙂

[@Danny_Boel]

I like the accoustics of that room

[@sammyelliott5554]

What a nice location. The sounds of the crow! Beautiful. You guys work good together.

[@divergentone7491]

Love the bloopers at the end, you guys are wonderful.

[@elizabethbreeden4702]

You are looking so confident with your sawing. ☺

[@honeybadgers1996]

This is so awesome that you guys can reuse the materials. Especially, you paid a lot of $$$ for these boards. Good job!! Your outtakes are hilarious😂 Your daughter is a comedian. Made me nervous watching her backing up with big box full of cut wood, though......😅

[@philipshane768]

If you are going to toe nail all the blocking instead of end grain nailing, why do you offset every other block? In the future plumb down at each end and snap a line across the bottoms of the joists and save yourself all the fiddling with the square on each board.

[@mareetorrumbarry5155]

Love your work ethic and humour!

[@annamixner3168]

Just love you two! Thanks for the lesson. 😃 Love, Grama

[@kathyrabideau1270]

Jeremy will have legs of iron with all that ladder climbing

[@samnaseem1404]

Coming along nicely. Good luck guys!

[@JimfromIndy]

Too late, but let me offer some suggestions: If you're worried about propagating errors across the joists, work from the outside in (outside of the scaffold in...) Instead of measuring each side one at a time, then going to the other side of the same joist bay, get up top and measure all of 'em, writing the measurement on the inside of the ledger. Then, a glance across gets you the correct measurement without going up and down a ladder. You're using your partner poorly. She can be doing the above measurements while you install. It takes 20 seconds to cut a block. She waits in between for a long time for the next measurement to be called out to her. She can cut a half dozen blocks ahead so you don't have to get off the scaffold at all. Stagger the blocks on either side of the centerline enough so you can end-nail into them from the joist instead of toenailing all of 'em.

[@duanevanwinkle3488]

"Perfect" Well done. Great commercial for Skill share.... You should do voice over for commercials... you have a great voice and a catchy cadence. Just one more thing to add to your busy life.

[@oldmanwinter1405]

Looking mighty fine. Rock Solid!

[@denis_da_menace]

The bloopers at the end of the video, the best. LOL

[@littleopie8761]

Love your card counter weight on your home made saw table

[@sharongodbout9014]

7:37 The groundhog popping up and down in between! Had me laughing!!! :-) How much do you love your ladders NOW? Awesome video, hard working!

[@ralphtaylor3796]

guys your killing it ,keep at it ,and then some.

[@peterdement]

Instead of placing the blocking exactly in the center Did you consider installing them at an 8 foot increment that would give you an additional line of edge nailing on the 4 x 8 sheet of plywood subfloor?

[@augustreil]

We usually use T&G for flooring, or some will overlay a 1/2'' and break the seams which really makes for a stiff floor.

[@cherlpotter2248]

Im enjoying watching your journey.

[@jamest5149]

With the sub floor on you will have a massive workshop, shelter and store area for the rest of the build. Should make life easier.

[@cindylee764]

Mid span blocking ...awesome!

[@rootsrocksfeathers1975]

Bet your floors won't bounce and squeak like ours do! If *we* had built this house, they wouldn't! It's better to do it yourself than to try to fix issues someone else caused, eh?? I'm still watching, even if I don't comment! Hey, friends! 💖 (oh, I changed my channel name, in case you didn't realize it was me~Cynthia)

[@lisagerlach2960]

What a great job you are all doing!!!

[@gratituderanch9406]

Rains no good for a chalk line! Hahahaha And I agree with Jeremy- laughed out loud when Jamie poked her head up!

[@joeschlotthauer840]

Nice...can't wait for the next video...

[@Bex-rg8pj]

Going to be gorgeous!

[@rehamada]

Very neat and pretty, BUT I found myself confused as to why you STAGGERED the blocking and DID NOT face nail them through the joists instead of TOE NAILING them. Over time you may have a higher chance experiencing squeaks in the floor with toe nailing the blocking rather than face nailing.

[@williamvanderven4672]

To much ladder work. You could could put down the first row of plywood then you have a runway to work from above. Your doing great work it's just that your doing it the hard way. Feel free to ask me anything I have been building houses for 30 years. ICF buildings, stick frame, panel homes,pole barns, metal frames, I keep my job because I get shit done.

[@Masterclassonlife]

Lovely view, even in winter.

[@casid9929]

Beautiful view!

[@GreggMrGlen]

Hi, Guildbrooks, I hope You, guy and gals, have the best of luck? The rain will stop, eventually......

[@seagnatprepper9613]

you looked like the "wack-a-mole" game as you sped up the film and came up thru the floor trusses. .. great job !!

[@donaldgross5709]

Need to put wheels on the burn barrel to keep the heat close it may warm the basement up a bit👍keep on home steading

[@augustreil]

We don't use wheels but do cut V's in the side for venting. 4 V's along in the lower section and 4 in the middle. Once cut, just bang the V in a little. Burns like crazy.

[@hummingbirdwest6869]

Wonderful! Jumping of happiness!

[@angelacross2216]

Great videography. Thanks.

[@atmm89]

that nail gun is so powerful, sounds like a rifle, all the best

[@dcrahn]

With all of the joist and blocking done, you can now back-fill around the foundation. That would make putting down the floor sheathing a lot easier.

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Slab first

[@awd3264]

He is right. When you backfill the majority of the weight /pressure is at the base of the wall which until the slab is poured isn't braced.

[@jerryhuntjj2885]

Your daughter had me nervous. I was afraid she was gonna back up too far. Floor joists are looking good.

[@TheStormisComing24]

Awesome job guys!

[@PlanetMojo]

"Can we drink beer now" -- Now that's a t-shirt slogan if I ever heard one!!!

[@straubdavid9]

Noice! Take care Guildbrooksters.

[@hearcamir7810]

All the blocks should be the same size~ that’s what keeps layout for decking 👍

[@larrykeenan598]

That only works if all the joist were exactly the same thickness and all the end spacing was exactly on 16" centers. Measuring the spacing at both ends and splitting the difference is the way to go.

[@greygrim4630]

I am so glad for y’all

[@mmanut]

Real Nice Job‼️. That's going to be a great base to build your house. Glue & Screw the hell out of those plywood sheets‼️👍👍. Vinny 🇺🇸

[@craigleemehan]

Looking good. Your daughter is adorable. I have a 16 year old son that, when he's not pissing me off, is the pride and joy of my life. Have you taken a break from the chickens during this herculean task?

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Nope. Chickens are still chickening.

[@plumeriasunset]

Seriously the view.👀 hugz

[@jrbailey3208]

When you put down the sub-flooring, PLEASE consider using SCREWS rather than nails, as the screws will NOT tend to loosen, so you'll end up with considerably FEWER 'Creaking Spots' than would normally be the case! Cheers from the Oil Patch in Central WY

[@biointheknow]

screws and glue

[@augustreil]

@Dirk Hunter, Go tell that to the Essential Craftsman ! Screws and glue are the best for sub flooring.

[@WildOnesHomestead]

Very cool. Good information!

[@sammax4245]

Add clue and silicone now to all the joist, corners and so on, now ,while you can see them. You don't want your floor bounce and squeak like mad ,it's a pain in the butt. It my not bounce and squeak for the first few years ,remember the wood drys and settles over years.

[@kirarussom5780]

You should put rebar caps on the rebar anytime they're sticking up in the air. Even if it's unlikely, a fall onto one would suck

[@p.l.larose3851]

Lookin' amazing !!!

[@williamlillibridge6055]

Have a shot of Jack with them beers.🍻

[@jcadult101]

I see cutting a window in the basement in your future. That view and light is too gorgeous for a closed studio.

[@samueloconner3511]

Real lumber for the floor joists. AMEN!