Rough Framing Carpentry

Table of Contents

• Custom Homes, Tracts or Commercial Work? 5
• Custom Homes, 6
• Tract Projects, 7
• Commercial Work, 9

• The Tools You'll Need, 13
• The Basic Hand Tools, 13
• The Power Tools, 15
• The Nice-to-Have Tools, 16

• Hardware and Materials, 19
• Identifying the Hardware, 19
• An Overview of the Wood, 24

• Snap, Plate and Detail, 29
• Snapping, 30
• Plating, 36
• Detailing Studs and Posts, 43
• Detailing a Curved Wall, 47
• The Pay, 49

• Building the Wall, 51
• The Planning, 51
• The Building, 52
• Raising the Walls, 59
• Building Rake Walls, 61
• Building Radius Walls, 66
• Can You Make Money Doing, 66

• Plumb and Line, 67
• Plumb and Line on a Standard Wall, 68
• Plumb and Line on a Balloon Wall, 76
• What Does It Pay? 77

• Rolling the Joists, 79
• Planning the Joist Layout, 80
• Spreading the Joists, 86
• Placing the Ceiling Backing, 91
• Ceiling Joists, 92
• Truss Joists, 93
• Joists on Concrete Stem Walls, 95
• Exposed Beams, 95
• And What Does It Pay? 98

• Subfloor Sheathing, 99
• Sheathing Materials, 99
• Sheathing Techniques, 100
• The Pay, 106

• Cutting Stairs, 107
• Stair Safety, 108
• Stair Terms, 109
• Stair Layout, 111
• Landing and Stair Construction, 116
• Building Winders, 125
• Building the Handrail Walls, 126
• Circular Stairs, 128
• Let's Talk Money, 132

• Shear Walls, 133
• Preparing to Hang Shear Panel, 134
• Hanging the Shear, 135
• Nailing the Shear, 139
• What's the Pay? 140

• Stacking a Truss Roof, 141
• Spreading and Stacking Trusses, 142
• Rolling the Trusses, 146
• Rolling Hip Trusses, 149
• Filling, Understacking and Backing, 150
• Your Pay for Stacking Trusses, 159

• Cutting Conventional Roofs, 161
• Roof Terminology, 162
• Make Friends with Your Calculator, 166
• Using the Framing Square, 167
• Calculating the Roof Package, 173
• Cutting the Roof Package, 176
• The Pay, 188

• Stacking Conventional Hoofs, 189
• Calculating the Ridge Height, 190
• Setting the Ridge by Height, 195
• Setting the Ridge with Commons, 197
• Checking and Filling in the Skeleton, 205
• The Pay, 212

• Fascia Board, False Tails, and Stuccoed Eaves, 215
• Fascia Board, 215
• False Tails, 231
• Stuccoed Eaves, 232
• The Pay, 234

• Roof Sheathing, 235
• Starter Board, 236
• Sheathing the Roof, 238
• The Pay, 242

• Exterior Elevations, 243
• Laying Out Arches, 244
• The Pay, 255

• Drop Ceilings, 257
• Building Basic Drops, 258
• Building Custom Drops, 261
• The Pay, 273

1. Pick-Up Work, 275
2. Two Types of Pick-Up, 276
3. Straightening Studs, 279
4. The Pay, 281