Synopsis

Homeowner Dick Silva offers a tour of the newly framed first floor, while Tom Silva points out key indicators of sound framing techniques. Down in the basement, our master carpenter details how the floor joists connect with steel beams to optimize headroom, as the host and crew secure a metal post. Next, we travel to a Florida factory where wooden I-beams for the house's floors are manufactured – the equivalent of 25 miles worth daily. Back on the construction site, architect Chris Dallmus expla