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July 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment

taking your measurements for your wall

when you get the materials you need take your measurements of the length of your wall. when you do that you will cut your bottom and top plate to that measurement. now take the measurement of how tall your wall is going to be that’s going to be your two by fours that are the up rights in your wall. NOTE: when you take the measurement of the height for your two by fours right that down. you have two subtract 3 inches from your height that compensates for your bottom and top plate when you build the wall. so if you take a measurement for your height and say your tape measure reads 96 inches subtract 3 inches from that and cut your two by fours at 93 inches. when you get all of your measurements do all your cutting outside. you will have to build the wall inside your house where the walls going to be so you might have to clear out a spot in your room to build yor wall.

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materials you will need to build a wall inside your home can be found at a home depot store or Lowe’s. first you will need to buy wooden two by fours, that is the up right pieces in the wall they come in 8 foot length 12 foot lengths depending on the height in your room. second you will need one bottom plate and one top plate they come in various lengths depending on the length of your wall. the top and bottom plates goes on each end of your two by fours one at top and one at bottom and then you fasten them together with screws or nails

how to build your wall

when you have all of your measurements and have cut your wood take it all in your house into the room where it’s going to be built at. you might have to clear a spot in the space where the the wall is going to be because you are going to build the wall on the ground first and then stand the wall up in position. you might have to recruit another person to help stand the wall up.

first take your bottom and top plate and put them together evenly

now take your tape measure hook it on the end of one of your plates measuring from right to left now pull your tape measure and you want to mark on your bottom and top plate together every 16 inches on center. your tape measure is already marked in red every 16 inches. so make your marks at every 16 inches down the length of your bottom and top plate this will make your marks where each end of your two by fours will go

now separate your bottom and top plate. and now that you have your marks on both plates put your two by fours between your bottom and top plate centering each end of your two by fours on the marks you made this makes everything alighn straight

you can start nailing or screwing you wall together where your two by fours meet your bottom and top plate

use two screws or nails at each end of your wall fastening your bottom and top plates to the two by fours

now at the very end of your bottom and top plates cut and install a 2 by 4 at each end your wall is complete

now with help stand the wall up where you want it and use a level to make sure your wall is straight up & down

then at your bottom plate screw or nail down with two fasteners into every other bay into the floor. (it’s better to locate your floor joists but you can nail or screw to the floor) and then do the same to your top plate to secure your wall in place

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Start a Business Building Storage Buildings

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1.       Assess the skills you have and those that you don’t. I would assume you have the skills and equipment necessary to build storage buildings. Do you know how to set up your financial system?  Do you know where your start up money is coming from? If you don’t, learn those skills or have someone else who knows how to handle your business. Quicken had a good small business software program that is easy to use. If you have difficulty with this part of the business, hire someone who is skilled in this area that you feel comfortable working with who can take care of this part of the business for you. This person will help you decide how you will pay your workers. (Are they subcontractors or employees?), take care of payroll issues, (taxes), and give you insights in ways to make your business more financially efficient.

2.       Check out the ‘competition’. How can you do things differently than they are doing them? Make note of what segment of the storage building market has not yet been adequately addressed in your area. Provide value rather than considering a lower price. (You want to make money, right?) Consider using higher quality materials or consider ways to speed up the building process rather than cutting cost. By making a better product you will be selling to the higher end customer who is willing usually willing to pay a higher wage as well as for better materials. Identify what is available, in what price range, with what special features. Remember too that not all of your competitors have brick and mortar locations. Be sure to look at your online competition.

3.       Have a building where you can construct your buildings any time without concern for the weather. Because storage buildings are often smaller than other buildings, they can be fabricated one place then put together on the site If you’re considering using your garage as your prefabrication site, be sure to follow local zoning laws.

4.       While you’re checking out local zoning laws, get the proper contractor’s license and other necessary licensing; learn the local building permit laws. Obtain the proper business licenses for your area by checking with your county’s business division, often found at the local court house. Forgetting to get the necessary licensing will result in fines and that is not good for the bottom line in your storage building business.

5.       Find the best prices for the materials you will be using. Since you have a contractor’s license you can buy your materials wholesale but don’t forget to shop around. Finding ways to save even a few pennies per board foot can amount to the difference between breaking even and having profit at the end of the year. Speak with local building-material suppliers to determine at what point you would qualify for volume pricing.

6.       Create only a few basic designs that you plan to work with that complement the homes in your area.  If the designs of homes in your area require specific designs that require special tools, then you know you will need to special tools.

7.        Create miniature versions of your basic storage building designs. Take pictures (or have a skilled photographer take pictures) of these designs and with these pictures create business cards, brochures and flyers. You may want cut costs by using templates produced by publishing software on your computer.

8.       When beginning your business, don’t quit your day job until you discover that your day job is interfering with your business. If you have a location where you can prefabricate your buildings, you will be able to work in the evening pre-fabricating your buildings then on Saturdays you can erect the storage building on the site. This way you can reinvest your income from your business into your business initially rather than requiring you to live on your business income.

9.       In the beginning especially, don’t over-spend in the advertising department. Begin by using free advertising like the billboard in the local hardware store, grocery, or restaurant. Don’t forget Craigslist and other free advertising on the internet. Get the word out by telling your friends and family. Hand out your business cards to everyone you meet. Place a small ad in the local ‘free paper’. Look around at neighborhoods and find houses that do not have storage buildings. If door to door solicitation is against the law in the area, creatively find some other way to connect with them.

10.   One place you will want to spend on advertising is at home and garden trade shows. Here you will not only be able to show your storage buildings with potential clients but don’t forget to network with other venders at the show. Leave your business cards brochures and fliers with everyone you connect with. When one of their clients are looking to build a storage building and ask them who they know that builds storage buildings, they will have a business card to share with them.

11.   Always be professional. Put your proposal into writing. Make any changes and be sure that you and your customer agree on the work you are to perform. Both you and the customer will need to sign and date the contract. Never do any work until you have a detailed signed dated contract. Do what you say you will do when you say you’re going to do it. This not only includes finishing a job on time but includes every area of your business. When people see that you’re an honest, hard-working company who does quality work and finishes the job on time, you will have a successful profitable storage building business.

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Picking the Best Material for Your House Building Project

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Of course, we all know about the story of the Three Little Pigs. The youngest, who happened to be the wisest, had picked the best house building material that the Big Bad Wolf almost died due to the lack of breath, but never had the house down.

In house building, construction materials play a very crucial role in determining how many years your house would last. In engineering, there’s a subject called “strength of materials.” In this subject, the materials—iron bars, cements, and other things and equipment used in house building and other construction projects—are tested to be able to determine if they can withstand extreme heat and pressure.

These tests are not only done for quality control but for the safety of the public. In your house building project, ensure that the materials to be used have passed the quality and safety standards to avoid dangers. Most of the substandard house building materials can easily break or deteriorate, thus making your dream house to collapse.

In buying construction materials, remember the following things:

• It must bear the quality seal. It is the National Institute of Standards Technology that determines the quality of the construction materials that are being manufactured and sold in the United States. In order to know if the product you have purchased is top quality, you need to look for the certification of the said agency. The International Standard Organization (ISO) also provides certification for the products, services and companies, to assure that the products or services being sold are in high quality.

• Always trust the experts. Always ask the opinion of an expert, an engineer or an architect, before purchasing any construction materials. They are the ones who are equipped with the sufficient knowledge about these kinds of things. Ask what brands they can recommend.

• Do some researches. If you doubt the quality of the home building material that you saw or you bought, you can always consult the internet. Research about the quality issues about the product.

Always remember: Substandard materials are a big no, no! The safety of your family and yourself is the most important thing on earth. Remember that you are supposed to build a house to shelter you, not to cause you any harm. Don’t just trust your instinct—always verify. Also, bear in mind that it is not cheap to build a house nowadays, so be sure that your house would stand the test of time.

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You may find cob cottages particularly cute, but taste isn’t reason enough to choose one natural building material over another. Like more manufactured products, different earth materials all have different uses: straw bale is a great insulator, cob is a nice thermal sink as well as one of the easiest materials to sculpt if you’re looking for lots of curves in your structure. Since different parts of the building need to do different tasks, even in the same building you might choose straw bale for one wall and cob for another. Natural building expert Michael G. Smith shows us some of the uses for straw bale, cob, slip straw and clay wattle (a variation on wattle and daub) in the homes and buildings of Boonville, California’s Emerald Earth Sanctuary. Original content here: faircompanies.com
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