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What r/Homebuilding is talking about this week

r/Homebuilding has 318,426 members and 23 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 32.2 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

318,426members
23posts in the last 24 hours, newest 3 h ago
32.2comments an hour right now, newest 9 min ago
3,405points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/Homebuilding this week

floor18wall10looking10advice10basement9plan9room7house7style6foundation6siding6window6

Top threads this week

  1. Builder says this is okay and within tolerance. Totally normal

    Every time I visit my new build there’s another problem. I’m in Minnesota and the framing is less than 1/2 on the footings. The all thread is useless. I emailed these photos to the construction...

    3,405 points1,646 comments1 d ago
  2. Completed Home

    Hi all, I'm an architect and my home that I designed for myself was completed a few months back. Here are the results!

    687 points224 comments2 d ago
  3. Self building our Greek Revival style home

    What a great feeling watching it finally start to take shape.

    251 points101 comments4 d ago
  4. What Could Cause Multiple Deep Depressions After Concrete Floor Grinding in a New Build?

    This is a new house build with about 16 crater-like indentations in the post-tension slab foundation. The builder says all they did was grind the floors down to get them level to prepare for...

    237 points122 comments2 d ago
  5. Operation hindsight shop edition update.

    Making progress slowly on the monstrosity. It’s pretty big looking compared to the hose because of elevations, but I’m getting used to it. One delivery driver asked “that house yours too?” The...

    130 points44 comments4 d ago
  6. Spiral Staircase Installed

    I got my spiral staircase installed up to my new roof deck. It was an interesting experience as I used a cross country fabricator who built the stairs and railing based on the measurements I...

    44 points10 comments5 d ago
  7. I want to get rid of these walls

    I want to take these down and make railings

    38 points83 comments9 h ago
  8. Foundation settling after Radon Mitigation system

    I recently started noticing these crack just on the main floor, but nothing in the basement. Has anyone experienced foundation problems shortly after having a radon mitigation system installed?...

    36 points17 comments3 d ago
  9. Maine build: Update

    Interior main living area, black tie kick trim on order for Uber the island

    28 points9 comments4 d ago
  10. Anacortes man who built castle high above Lake Erie drops sale price to $1.69M

    Pretty interesting story of a self build

    22 points5 comments6 h ago

Newest posts

  1. Roast my cottage floorplan, please!
    11 points7 comments3 h ago
  2. Timeline
    0 points9 comments4 h ago
  3. New Build Question
    1 points16 comments5 h ago
  4. Parging Cracking/Checked Beam
    1 points2 comments6 h ago
  5. Addition to OG house cost in SoCal- Inland Empire
    1 points3 comments6 h ago
  6. Anacortes man who built castle high above Lake Erie drops sale price to $1.69M
    22 points5 comments6 h ago
  7. CMU Wall Crack???
    0 points3 comments7 h ago
  8. Consiglio sottotetto
    1 points0 comments8 h ago
  9. Doing very basic research on renovating a home.
    1 points3 comments9 h ago
  10. I want to get rid of these walls
    38 points83 comments9 h ago
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