Page 18 - Green Builder Remodeling Field Report 2021

REVISION HOUSE SCOTTSDALE PROJECT

Missing Fasteners

Note the joist hanger
for the 4-by-10 floor
beam. It was held in
place by only two nails,
and was nailed into the
end grain of a lami-
nated veneer lumber
(LVL): Not structurally
adequate.

Starting
This 4-by-10 inch floor beam is supported by a DIY
field-fabricated sheet metal, fashioned into a Hanger? Over This is the family room insulation, or lack thereof. No
joist hanger. Note that only two nails were driven wonder this 3,050-square-foot house required eight tons
into the beam. We are retrofitting to correct this of air conditioning. Crews removed all of the roof framing,
defect. and replaced it with a 12-foot-high ceiling with a flat roof.
The above-roof-deck insulation includes four inches of
DuPont extruded polystyrene, along with a closed-cell
spray foamed roof with a reflective spray-on membrane.

Amateur Can you believe the poor quality of insulating work behind the
Hour? walls of this luxury custom home? This is the family room rear
wall. In 2013, a 2-by-8 wall was built to allow the installation of a
16-foot stacking door. They applied the R-13 batt fiberglass with
haphazard effort and inconsistent results.

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