And we did it the hard way: Our neighbor's house under construction this morning. During my HS & college vacations back in the sixties, I worked as a rough-in carpenter. We put roofs...

Photog8 Loc: Morriston, FL

Our neighbor's house under construction this morning. During my HS & college vacations back in the sixties, I worked as a rough-in carpenter. We put roofs on stick-by-stick. When my brother & I built my house in the eighties, we used trusses but brought them up with ropes by hand. Today's wussies need a crane, lol. But it sure saves time and even the end trusses are pre-sheated which is both smart and a safe way to do it. Target date for completion is sometime in October.

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Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Prefabricated lumber is the way to go, looks like your neighbors house is coming along nicely.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

The Marines outdid this technique. They 3D printed a concrete barracks in 40 hours.

Photog8 Loc: Morriston, FL

Thanks for visiting Ched and Robert.

Robert, do you have a source for that article...sounds interesting.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Photog8 wrote:

Thanks for visiting Ched and Robert.

Robert, do you have a source for that article...sounds interesting.

Apparently it was an experiment and the test building was 500 square feet. Three takes on it:

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/08/29/marines-3d-print-concrete-barracks-in-just-40-hours.html

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/08/30/no-sandbags-needed-marines-3d-print-a-barracks-room-in-40-hours/

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techandscience/the-marines-3d-printed-a-concrete-barracks/ar-BBMFTrn?li=AA4Zor

Photog8 Loc: Morriston, FL

Thanks, Robert.

itsnoelb Loc: Edgewater, FL. Originally: FLINT. MI.

Photog8 wrote:

Our neighbor's house under construction this morning. During my HS & college vacations back in the sixties, I worked as a rough-in carpenter. We put roofs on stick-by-stick. When my brother & I built my house in the eighties, we used trusses but brought them up with ropes by hand. Today's wussies need a crane, lol. But it sure saves time and even the end trusses are pre-sheated which is both smart and a safe way to do it. Target date for completion is sometime in October.

Done lots of this myself. We pre-sheeted our gable ends when we used a crane. Real time saver, and safer.
Early this summer, a buddy called me to help set an engineered roof on a 4500 sq. ft. home. We set 15, yes, 15 25 foot half trusses, in 1 lift. Braced well and on 24" centers. Talk about time savings.

Photog8 Loc: Morriston, FL

Thanks for visiting, Noel. Saved time is money in the contractor's pocket. My neighbor's trusses went up in about 2 hours. In the "old days" it would've taken all day. Nobody got knocked off the roof, so it was a job well done.