Force 10
Force 10 Engineered Building System

Building a Force 10 House
Building a Force 10 House
Building a Force 10 House
House Construction Slide Show - St. John, USVI
Drilling Holes are drilled into concrete slab and filled with epoxy.
   
Installation Workmen install threaded rods into epoxy-filled holes.
   
Flashing Flashing and bracket installed on slab - ready for exterior wall panel installation.
   
Putting up wall panels with factory-installed, double-hung windows.
   
Wall panels are in place. Roof truss brackets installed.
   
Roof Trusses Roof trusses are pre-assembled at the factory and "collapsed" for easy shipment. Workmen "unfold" each truss and insert screws.
   
Trusses Gable roof trusses are assembled on work benches. The completed trusses are ready to install.
   
Truss All truss members are securely screwed together with ¼" Tek screws for maximum strength.
   
Roof Trusses Workers use an air wrench to fasten roof trusses to exterior walls with a bolt and washer.
   
Assembled Roof Trusses Assembled roof trusses can be installed on most houses without a crane.
   
Purlins Top-hat steel purlins are screwed into steel trusses with ¼ inch Tek screws at every intersection.
   
Framed Roof The roof is framed and ready for siding and sheeting.
   
Clapboard Horizontal cement-board clapboard siding is installed on the gable ends.
   
Pre-painted roof sheeting is installed with typhoon assembly screws over fiberglass insulation.
   
Roof Sheeting Pre-painted, pre-cut roof sheeting installs easily. This is the six-rib standard specification Force 10 roof sheeting.
   
Shell A completed, weather-tight shell.
   
Installation Pre-cut and pre-tabbed ceiling battens facilitate installation of gypsum-board ceiling.
   
Interior Finishing off the interior: wall panels are taped and plastered, gypsum-board ceiling is taped and plastered, a gypsum cornice is glued into place.


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