Course curriculum

    1. Intro to Interiors and Exteriors

    2. Exteriors Course Objectives Video

    3. Exteriors Course Objectives

    4. 8 Steps to Success Video

    5. The 8 Steps to Success

    6. Video Updates

    7. CTS Business Start-Up Road Map

    1. Cities, Permits and Inspections Chapter 1 Update

    1. Intro to Site Preparation

    2. Do Remodelers Need to Know Site Prep?

    3. Check with the City First Before Anything

    4. Zoning is all About the City

    5. We Really do not Know what the Corp of Engineers Land is

    6. Home Owner Association's Have Power

    7. Historic Districts are Tough

    8. Conservation Districts are Similar to Historic Districts

    9. Order of Operations for Site Prep

    10. What are Developers?

    11. Do Developers Need Permits?

    12. What is a Survey of the Land

    13. How are Plot Plans and Site Plans Different

    14. Platt Plan Numbers are Required on Every Project

    15. First you Need to Clear the Land

    16. What is Rough Grading the Land and Why Do We Need it?

    17. Municipal Utilities Come First

    18. Franchise Utilities Come After the Roads

    19. When do Developers Sell the Lots?

    20. Do you Really Want to be a Developer?

    21. Why Use Architects Before Buying the Land?

    22. What Does an Engineer do When Prepping the Land?

    1. Intro to Concrete

    2. How Concrete Works

    3. Concrete Safety

    4. Mixing Concrete Correctly

    5. Curing Means its Hardening

    6. Concretes Compressive, Tensile and Flexural Strength

    7. Two Types of House Foundations

    8. Utility Locates

    9. Hiring a Concrete Contractor

    10. Footers and Trenching

    11. Concrete Forms

    12. Gravel

    13. Vapor Barrier

    14. Termites and Bugs

    15. Mechanicals , Electrical and Plumbing - MEP Permits and Inspections

    16. Rebar, Mesh and Post Tension Cables

    17. Placing the Concrete

    18. Slump Test

    19. Vibrating the Air Out

    20. Screeding and Floating

    21. Finishing the Slab

    1. Intro to Other Uses of Concrete

    2. Floor Leveling

    3. Dry Pack for Shower Floors

    4. Thinset for Tile

    5. Stone Fireplaces

    6. Masonry

    7. What is Flatwork

    1. Intro to Lumber and Fasteners

    2. Hardwood and Softwood

    3. Why the Moisture Content of Wood is so Important

    4. Do Not Use Wood With Defects

    5. Two Ways to Dry Lumber

    6. Why Read the Lumber Labels

    7. Lumber Sizing. A 2x4 is Not a 2x4

    8. Intro to Structural Panels

    9. What is Plywood

    10. What is Oriented Strand Board (OSB)

    11. How Beams Hold Everything Up

    12. Intro to Fasteners

    13. How are Adhesives Fasteners?

    14. What is Structural and Non Structural

About this course

  • Free
  • 141 lessons
  • 4.5 hours of video content