How to Lay Sills on a Foundation | This Old House

Norm teaches the apprentices how to lay a sill on the new foundation

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[barryhaynes]

I love Norm and agree he is a master carpenter.... I’ve built houses since 1981 and agree this is the classroom method for drilling holes for anchor bolts ... however, when trying to make a living, the method shown is laborious and time consuming ... a more expeditious method is to lay the sill on top of the anchor bolts, use a speed square for alignment and tap with a hammer creating an indentation for drilling from the underside of the sill leaving the blowout for the drill bit on top ... I have installed thousands of miles of sill plate using this method from Oklahoma to New Jersey and back again ...

[jaydaytoday]

They are extremely fortunate to be getting taught by a master carpenter, who also happens to be a very good teacher.

[tracycolorado]

Miss you Norm . learned so much from you . you are a Good Teacher

[XPStartupSound]

I love the part where he mentioned what to do if it wasn't level! I swear, 99% of the videos from DIY channels (TOH included) mention checking for level, but never what to do when it isn't level!

[bobmariano]

This is an excellent video on anchor bolts & sill
Plates . Norm is awesome & so professional. Very well done . Thx so much . 👍⚾️

[Peter-.H]

Absolutely awesome to see Norm again 👍👍👍

[Quadrille]

I love norm. I hope these kids realize who their learning from and pay attention. They will never have a better teacher. He gave them a lot of golden nuggets

[larrymoore]

Real good educational video. It's nice to see Norm and his easy way of explaining each step.

[justarandum]

Norm looks younger. Good to see him doing well

[RadDadisRad]

A small chunk of conduit works great for plumbing up sill plate bolts.

[jayceterry]

the projects on tv ALWAYS come out perfect lol. but i’m glad norm explained what to do when it’s not perfect

[todd]

Great video but im left with some questions. What would you use for shims and how do you square everything with the bolts making things virtually immovable?

[rickjohnson]

Can’t ask for a better instructor, You rock Norm 👍

[frankortolano]

I miss Norm teaching them, it's like Gold

[PatrickPoet]

Really love seeing the apprentices. Would love to see them get through a project to the end.

[Dominick_Calvitto.]

They Certainly Have The Master Teaching Them Great Job Norm.

[bigdogpete]

If you want to learn how to frame, watch Larry Haun.

[cognitor]

Great to see Norm at work....still!!
Ask him to come help me build my house please....?
I need that expertise and
thanks TOH for the best diy on the interweb.
Greetings from the south western corner of Australia.

[kiwdwks]

Always learn something from your videos...appreciate it!

[chevellechris]

Norm, talking her though keeping the bit straight around 4:00 was great, good job as a teacher sir.