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Engineering Plans: Build A House Series
Explore Episodes From Our Build A House Series
Piece By Piece
Engineering Plans is taking you from the guts to the glory of a two-story CBS house construction in a high-wind area of South Florida.
Be entertained, be informed, & get ready for a ride from dirt to design.
Episodes airing regularly from November 2022 until move-in day.
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Part 2: The Building Components
We are producing special content for our favorite part of the project for this segment. Stay tuned for some amazing new episodes.
How To Install An Aluminum Picket Fence & Gate
Watch This Engineer’s Guide To Installing an Aluminum Picket Fence & Gate Watch this engaging video as an engineer narrates the installation of this mechanically …
How To Install a PVC Fence & Gate
Watch This Engineer’s Guide To Installing a PVC Fence & Gate Watch this engaging video as an engineer deconstructs the installation of this PVC Tongue …
8 Cement Mixes To Build This House
We Explore 8 Uses of Cement Mixes To Build This High Wind House In South Florida Watch our micro-documentary as we tour you through construction …
Roofing Installation
How is a Roof Built? Watch Our Step-by-Step Roof Installation We take to the skies to deconstruct, step by step, how this cement tile roof …
Installing Drywall from A-Z
Learn The Drywall Installation Process- Watch The Massive Micro-Documentary We compiled weeks of installing drywall into this informative & entertaining walkthrough of the process at …
Installing Framing – Mechanical – Electrical – Plumbing
Framing, Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Installation Micro-Doc Watch the interior framing, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing installation in this entertaining micro-doc Beyond The Video (A Micro-Doc) …
Installing Impact Windows
Watch Our Impact Window Installation Micro-Doc Come along the impact window installation journey with us in this entertaining micro-documentary See & Learn More Take a …
Custom House Design Selections Decision Time
Design Sections While Construction Continues There’s something going on every day on-site, all of which will be explained on upcoming episodes. But there are times …
Part 1: The Shell
Episode 10 – House Construction Shell Examples
One Shell Of A House We close Part 1 of our Build A House Series with an overview of other masonry house construction projects in …
Episode 9 – Roof Trusses & Sheathing
Topping It Off Roof trusses are set & roof sheathing is installed to complete the construction shell. Read on to learn about the process, watch …
Episode 8 – Wood Stair Construction
It Starts With The First Step This was difficult to visualize from only the stair floor plans. Walk through the stair project and take a …
Episode 7 – Build A House Side Stories
Not All Houses Are Created Equal While our team prepares for the next steps of the second-floor construction, take a moment to read some of …
Episode 6 – 2nd Floor Masonry
Masonry Balancing Act The shell team builds the second-floor masonry walls from 20 feet high. While similar to the first-floor masonry walls covered in Episode …
Episode 5 – 2nd Floor Trusses
Up, Up, & Away As soon as the first floor tie beam – tie column concrete cured, it was time to get to work stripping …
Episode 4 – Pool Dig
Pool Digging In The Dirt It was necessary at this early stage of construction to get the pool started. This is because of supply, labor, …
Episode 3.1 – The Concrete Pour
So Big It Needs Its Own Episode Pouring concrete into these carefully made forms filled with steel is no easy task. It takes a team …
Episode 3 – Tie Beam Tie Column
All Tied Up With the first floor masonry walls in place, it’s time to tie them all together. This is necessary not only to give …
Episode 2 – 1st Floor Masonry Walls
Bricks And Sticks There’s more to masonry construction then cementing blocks together to make a wall. In this episode, see inside walls to learn how …
Episode 1: The Foundation – Build A House Series
In the season premiere, the land is cleared, formwork & reinforcing are laid out, & the slab is poured to start our build. Watch & learn more.
Episode 0: The Project – Build A House
Brick by brick in near real-time, watch & learn as we construct a two-story CBS home in a high-wind area of South Florida from land clearing to move-in day.
