Built Wrong From the Start

[Shelley]

Couldn't find the thread where someone asked.  Can't remember who asked it.  But, here's the article that I was remembering.

Fine Home Building.  May/June 2004.  Issue # 162.
Couldn't find the article online in the archives, but the back issue is available.  Can't look at mine to give you what the "ten" are.  All packed up.  Could do that next month.

Built Wrong from the Start: The Top Ten Building Blunders.As I remember it, was written by an inspector.

[Mudball]

Is this what you were talking about ?
The dates don't match but I guess it could have been reprinted.
http://www.buzzburrell.com/bb/hownot.html

[Shelley]

That's a good article, but not the one I'm thinking of.

This had to do with carpentry, venting, mechanicals.
Things that are often done wrong by the pros and do not pass inspection.

[Mudball]

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I just started digging a hole for our basement. Could someone tell me what next steps I need to keep in mind or be planning for while digging the basement hole ?
Or does someone know of a procedure check list of things to do when building a basement ?
Thanks  


The above is what I had posted. Is that what and who you were talking about ?
Well if it was or not I would really like to find the article your referring to.
Thanks

[Jimmy C.]

Do's and Don'ts from a building inspector

 
http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/pages/h00011.asp
 
 
 
Framing library....
http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/pages/fh_feat_framing.asp

[Dan]

The 10 from the article are

1.  Vapor barrieers on basement insulation will rot your walls

2.  vented crawlspaces are moist enough to grow mushrooms

3.  ducts an dair handlers in attics waste money and suck in bad stuff

4.  using joists or studs for ductwork rots framing

5.  windows an ddoors without pan flashing create a water-injection system

6.  don't let brick wick water into walls

7.  stucco needs to drain

8.  without the right pathway conditioned air goes to all the wrong places

9.  aerodynamically coupled gas appliances can't expel all toxic gases

10.  unvented gas space heaters and firplaces produce combustion exhaust that doesn't belong inside

[Daddymem]

This thread perhaps?
http://countryplans.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=0003;action=display;num=1114197341

[John Raabe]

This may be the link:

http://www.buildingscience.com/topten/default.htm

Remember that Joe is a colorful character prone to exaggeration. Many of the things he considers "dumb" (IE: Vented crawl spaces) are considered standard practice and even code required in many areas.

When I was doing seminars with him he would always get the audience worked up over one thing or another. Myself and my partners would then have to get folks calmed back down to everyday reality.

Just don't throw the baby out with the bath water. More important than what Joe thinks is what a long time builder in your climate has found that works. That's who can tell you when things are likely to be a real problem (as opposed to an imagined one).  

[Mudball]

Are any of these correct Shelley ?
Thanks

[spinnm]

Dan's post would indicate that he had the magazine in hand.  I don't.  Packed away.

But, I thought the article was about common code violations written by an inspector.  Code violations that he often found in houses built by the pros.

These other links are great tho, aren't they?