I love watching your builds. Your videos aren't perfect, but that doesn't matter, your work is. And you're the type of guy every young person would love working for.

@ghetnhatxaolaonogatvaninh

3 жыл бұрын

Everything has two sides; the good side and the bad side!

Awesome work Ken, just awesome.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I thoroughly enjoy your videos. You are akin to the Bob Ross of construction , without the crazy hair of course! Cool, calm, collected and talented. I watch your videos with a scotch on the rocks after the kids go to bed to decompress. It works every time. Thanks!

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Oh man! I like watching Bob Ross and I can’t even paint.

I went to buy a pair of 12 inch door panels today, last year they were 29.00 a pair, today they were 99.00 each! I'm putting all my woodworking projects on hold.

We died laughing when you backed up your trailer , dead bang on , your the best

@kenskarpentry

Жыл бұрын

Haha thanks for watching

I sure do enjoy your build videos. Thank you for being my online Karpentry Professor & Mentor!

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks

Just a quick note to say Thank You Ken for sharing your videos. I'm learning a lot from you. Great job building garages. Please stay safe and healthy.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I love to watch you guys build stuff. I wish I had the knowledge and experience.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Always a joy watching and learning the process as you go. Thanks Ken

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Ken, really enjoy your videos and appreciate that you explain each step of the build so calm and collected.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

These are so educational watching a master at work, thank you 👏👏

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Great video, great job, love watching. Thank you for sharing.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I have cousins that live in Waterbury and Stowe, Vermont, My grandfather was Fredrick Thayer which was a carpenter and church steeple builder in Waterbury, VT

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Hey that’s cool. We’re working in Waterbury now.

Another great video Ken. Thanks for the update on materials. Can't wait for the next video

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Been watching your vids for awhile. I guess Id have to ask your guys but you seem like a good one to work for. When I worked on a framing crew I just got screamed at all day long and I was a pretty good worker. You arent afraid to buy tools and find easier ways to do things. In my time we didnt get squat. Pounded every nail. Lifted all materials. Set steel beams with our backs.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I really like to enjoy the day

Thank you Ken for taking the time to share from your passion. I’ve been in construction for over 20 years. Past several years have been hard do to ware and tear on the body. I really appreciate your relaxed but methodical building style. If the contractors I worked for over the years were like you, maybe I wouldn’t be in such rough shape. Blessings.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I appreciate it

I wish I invested in OSB two months ago ... A bunk was running $8.11 a sheet in June , Now $26.00 a sheet here in SC .. Making it harder to bid a job with prices soaring per week . My biggest problem in building is I go hardcore and my jobs consume more money . Metal connectors everywhere . hold downs , anchors , tube a glue per sheet , over nailed way beyond Code , keyways doors that require explosives to take them off the hinges , collar ties /ceiling joist glued ,bolted and cross braced .. I always tell homeowners .. In case of a tornado or CAT 5 hurricane ..Go to the addition !!! .. I have a niche of customers and prospects that know this and are willing to spend a few dollars more ..

Ken, Swiss watch makers would be proud of your accuracy, and simplicity in building the framing. Marvelous work.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks

@ShainAndrews

3 жыл бұрын

RR Buildings has entered the chat...

Great videos / enjoyable to watch and appreciate when you share total cost. Well done!

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Ken, off-topic... If you ever give up doing what you're doing, you'd be a killer on the radio. Your voice is so soft and mellow. You sound like Mr. Rogers. Mull it over a bit... Even do voiceovers for hire.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks

Awesome video, thank u for the update. As always liked and subscribed, have a great weekend my brother.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I appreciate it

Great job, great honest video, wish you would have been in Alabama a few years ago when I added a garage bay to extend my original garage. Thank you for your honest work and great rates.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I too am interested in cost updates. It’s informative to where the costs increases are going to. 👍🇨🇦

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Great video as usual 🇺🇸💪

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I love these videos. You guys do such a wonderful job!

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

That ladder idea with the joist is a brilliant idea while setting them. I like it. The Cape style has to be my favorite design love them.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Cool thanks

Really appreciate your channel.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I am glad I got done building 20 years ago!

Always a great video thank you ken 👍🏻

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Love your videos. I look forward to them everyday when they drop

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Here in So. Oregon, lumber prices have doubled in the last 2 weeks. Obscene gouging.

@FullSendPrecision

3 жыл бұрын

It's like that everywhere. It's not gouging. It's supply and demand. There's no supply

Thank you Ken. This very informative. I alway learn something from your channel

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Really enjoy when you point out details. Example, would be how you spoke on how you build on the principle of sqaure Thank you

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

good to see the young bucks doing some grunt work...

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yes

Hi Ken here in iowa we feel your pain after the 8 10 20 storm here enjoying your newest build

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Hope everything is ok there.

Good stuff Ken. Very informative. 👍

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I was pretty fortunate to have had my material purchased last summer, but my shoulder surgery delayed my build until this spring/summer....the last month though with some simple trim though was a eye opener for sure!

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Hope your shoulder is better.

Hello Ken, I am happy to see your production of these garages, because as a German who also had to do on construction sites, I am always interested in many things, with my 4 year old training as a heating, ventilation and air conditioning farmer, I am always interested in how and where something is is shown beautifully how to make it. I've already built a house myself, but according to German standards with all the trimmings. Lg from Germany

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Thanks for watching

Love watching your show…

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

God bless this man and his family..

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks and same to you!

Nice job 🇺🇸

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Building my shed tomorrow can’t wait!!

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Nice. Hope it goes well

great video again , no one ever shows how joist and rim board goes up and connects , great to know , thanks

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I bet your team really appreciates that ladder with the lifting platform. Looks neat.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Thanks

A very nice garage !

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Great video, Ken. I bought some 2x4x8’ here in BC, Canada yesterday, and they’re now up to $8.50. Oh well, the garage looks great.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Holy moly! Hopefully it turns around soon. Thanks for watching

just started building a 28x28 gambrel. The lumber quote has gone up just shy of $5,000 just in thirty days. Needless to say we placed our order before the next increase!

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

another good one Ken thanks

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

gorgeous, 100%

Nice TJ joist!, very strong 👍

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they are

I'm just building a 16x16 shed and I can see here in Georgia 2x4x96 are $6.27 which is double the price just a couple years ago. This is insanity! So it's gonna cost me around $3-4k in material instead of $1500-2k but I'm doing all the labour.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks I hope your project goes well.

Great Video Ken, enjoy your channel !! For us back yard carpenters could you show us how you cut out the floor, how the I joist fit etc for the stairs ? Thanks

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll do it with another garage

here in wv , 7/16 osb went from $7.80 to $21.00 in last 3 months , now im stuck in the middle , saving more money to finish my job

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Wow bummer

This guy seems like he would be the best boss ever!

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

We've all heard it a thousand times. No sooner had I spoken the words, you said it yourself, "It's not a hammer!" And yet... every job... we all catch ourselves doing it. Lol.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yes

@seanfrank4158

3 жыл бұрын

I think my adjustable wrench gets used more as a hammer than a wrench.

Another great video .

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Every tool's a hammer!

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yes

One month later, 2x4 x8' in Canada is $9.30. 2x6 $14. That's retail. Three years ago i got them for $2.50, yeah inflation is 2.5% sure

The nail gun is not a hammer .But every framer i know uses it as a hammer lol. Great Video Ken

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Haha so true

Every tool has a hammer end 👍

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Haha whatever’s handy

Love the videos!

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Bought 7/16 osb yesterday was 27$ a sheet one year ago was 9$. Pressure treat is out of control. 🇨🇦

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks for watching

Thank You, !

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Another great video

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Great video

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Nice job

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

October 30th. Local 2 X 4 X 8' are now $8.75 each. These are Canadian prices. If we converted to US dollars they would be $ 6.57.

Great video Ken! It’s really nice to see someone doing cost updates so we can see how big of a difference the price increases are making on an overall job. Are you out of Wisconsin by chance or what state are you in? I had a panelized house package framed up by a crew out of Wisconsin in Iowa 20 years ago now and a crew like you guys did it and you and your trailer remind me of the guys that did it back then. The owner would be about your age now and I know it’s doubtful but you never know unless you ask. Your doing a really great job on the garages Ken, I love watching your videos buddy!! You guys take care and stay safe out there!!

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Actually we live in Vermont. Thanks for watching

@bradkoste1128

3 жыл бұрын

he is way too skilled to be from wisconsin

@TERRORoftheLORD

3 жыл бұрын

@@kenskarpentry The green plate was hard to miss!

First one here. And, when this video ends, I' ll be the first one out. Why? Because I'm the Griswalds (1983 Family Vacation. LOL) Ken's has got building these down to a science. I watch these because, even though it seems that he is doing the same thing over and over, each video seems to have something different. Glad to hear him remind folks to subscribe and go Like (thumbs up).

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I enjoy your videos and your tips and tricks; although I would like to see some close up details of those tricks. Mind you, you are a Karpenter, not a movie maker, LOL.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Haha

👍🏻👍🏻

Great video again. Thanks for all the details you provide. We are in Fargo, ND and have seen similar increases. What about your hardware prices? Concrete has gone up here as well as the rebar. Take care and keep up the good work.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. That’s interesting. Steel and concrete haven’t changed much here

Rock on Ken....

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Do you ever glue down that plywood floor for the upstairs? Can that area be finished and heated or is it just for storage? Really love watching a true pro work. Thanks for the channel!

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

We only glue when it’s going to be living space

Dear Ken, I remember in your video, "Cape style garage with big storage upstair part 2", you mentioned the rim board thickness is 1 1/8". I see the rim board sits on the top plate, so it means 2 3/8" left for the i-joist to sit on the top plate. Is this sturdy enough and commonly done to support a 2nd story structure like an appartment. Always enjoy watching your garage build videos. Thank you for all your effort making and uploading them. Regards

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it definitely is. It’s a structural system including the sheathing that ties it all together

WOW That door is cheap I paid 1200 for an exterior no lite fiberglass door here in CA...

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Yikes

i know all about the price increase its scary i paid $13 a sheet for 7 1/16 osb. 2 weeks later i went back for more and paid $19 a sheet then i went back the next day and paid $23 a sheet. thank God i'm done with the big stuff. where i planed to pay $9900 just to close in my house i'm now at almost $14000 for the same part of the job.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Ouch

Mild mannered carpenter awesome,

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks

We can't get pressure treated lumber here. I drove into Maryland to get a load and the wood was of poor quality. Cancelled anything that requires pressure treated. Dimensional lumber is high also. Built a 16 x 24 shed using lumber from a local saw mill. Rough cut. Harder to work with. Hope 2021 gets better. Maybe they'll get tired of burning the country down, creating the shortages.

Have you done a video on your type of hand tools? Specifically interested in the nailers and type of nails you use for the different parts of construction, if any difference that is.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Not yet. Maybe someday

I'm paying $5.30 for a 2"x4"x8' at Lowes in North Carolina and Top Choice is $6.00 At the Local Lumber Supplier were the pros buy, it is $5.95 per 2x4x8.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

Coming along nicely. I hate when they raise the price of a product due to its lack of availability. It doesn't make it more available because of the increase. Just saying.

@timothydillon6421

3 жыл бұрын

It's more about demand and what people are willing to pay. If I have a truckload or 2X4s and ask $10 each and sell out in a day maybe I should have asked for more.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

True

2019 SILVERADO LIMITED!!! I built those in the Oshawa plant! What was the month of build? on the driver door sticker

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Hey cool. 1/19. Thanks for watching

just subbed

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing

7/16" x 4 x 8 OSB has went from $6.85 last fall to $22.95 today in Texas.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Yikes

Just starting to watch. Think I already know: The DAMN PRICE INCREASES. I mean $28.00 for OSB. Are you KIDDING me?!?! And $5 for a damn stud and you have to DIG to get one that's ALMOST straight and not checked n cracked n split.

Interesting Ken, you use a osb plank to tie in the i joists and not a 2x something. Is that code or just the way for i joists

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

That’s the spec for I joist systems. The rim board is much denser than osb.

Nice video, thanks. Is it connected to the ground somehow, or does the weight of the structure do the job?

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks we use wedge anchors

Ontario Canada: 2x4x8ft were $2.98 at Home Depot 9months ago. Today they are $7.30

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

I've been trying to get someone to build me a garage just like this one for a couple of years now and can't find anyone. I did get two estimates from custom builders that quoted me $45,000. This was before the price increase.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

Ken! Great videos brother! I notice you guys never do control joints. Ever see any cracks? If not would you say that has a lot to do with the rebar layout? Just curious. Better is one day in His courts than thousands elsewhere.

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

We do quite often. I guess I don’t record that part. Thanks for e

So do you guys use a siding coil nailer for all of your framing, sheathing, and siding?

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. We use a Bostitch N80 for framing.

Love your work Ken. Are your helpers related to you?

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Yes son and nephew

I always watch your builds, I have never seen how you are attaching the framing to the concrete, You're usually in time lapse when setting the walls

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks we use wedge anchors

New subscriber! Would you have any idea on the cost of a single sloped shed roof vs a regular roof for a 20x70 slab? Is a shed roof more practical for cutting costs? Is it easier for a first time builder? Also, can i-joists be used to span 20ft? Thank you!

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Right now about $35 s.f. Including labor and concrete. I joists would bperfect for

Excellent Ken !!!! Question...how far out are you when s customer hires a job done ??? How long do they have to wait ??? Just curious, I know your services are valuable....

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Usually at least a month to 4 months

You are supposed to say six, that's all the fingers on one hand plus two more ;) The other joke goes: He lost his finger! The whole finger? No, the one next to the whole finger; LOL

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Haha

❤👍 Serbia

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

How thick is the rim board traditionally on these?

Great video, I like seeing the building come together. Are "I joists" recommended to have bridging?

@kenskarpentry

3 жыл бұрын

You made me look it up! :). Weyerhaeuser says bridging is not required with I joists.