1. fire caulk 2 hour stuff is RED everywhere and 5 inch x 8 inch
stud guards
2. put the tools in the enclosed trailer instead of the other one.
3. no white wood on concrete need to use GREEN
4. PROTECT COPPER BEFORE PUTTING IT ON THE ROOF
5. electrical holes need to be in the middle 1/3 of the joists.
6. double check the size of the bathroom
7. order the bathroom fans and the Jacuzzi tub earlier and get all the rough
plumbing stuff there quicker.
8. Buy more concrete bags. Probably used about 70 bags in total or organize that
better for a truck to come out.
9. The stairs make a difference on tread if hard wood or carpet
10. Buy extra stupid shit
• Blades
• Nails ran out 3 times
• Hangers
• Sana tubes
11. Get the heating and electrical people in the house quicker then what they
did specially for the upstairs.
12. Get the roof covered quicker then building all the interior walls.
13. Tear down should have been done with a crane or a truck not the piece by
piece way.
14. Nelson didn’t have the grinder wire pulled costed 3 a foot * 20 feet
15. Don’t need to order the trusses so early wait only takes 2 weeks.
16. Kitchen doesn’t have to be picked out so quick.
17. Figure out the heating system before you start building special the concrete
and heated floors
18. Order extra 7/16 for wall sheeting and 1/2 osb
19. Do not try to save ANY wood from an existing.
20. The chase was built wrong and was not plumb out of line 2 inches
21. the kitchen walls where not pumb
22. Lot of extra work in supporting the ladders and doublers for the tgi in the
basement.
23. Double check all the electrical layouts before home runs are ran.
24. Bought 4x4 – 8ft posts 2 times today ran out had like 30 of them order more
next time. Stairs, deck and the rest of the stuff.