Framing Floors, Walls and Ceilings

No book can possibly explain every aspect of framing a house – but this book comes pretty close.

Here you’ll find a collection of full-color photos and illustrations from Fine Homebuilding magazine that give you the basics of framing, as well as unique tips by various carpenters for solving some of the common problems framers face on the job. Here you’ll find tips for best using a crane for raising beams and walls, the amazing variations of headers available today, and how and where to use them; tips on making fast and accurate framing cuts, the smartest way to nail framing, how to best anchor wood to steel I-beams, and solutions for solving common engineering problems like shear walls, rafter ties, and truss bracing.

You’ll see how to cut labor and material costs, while offering the customer savings in heating and cooling costs, by framing 24” o.c. with 2 x 6 studs. You’ll learn how to use the best engineered beam for the job -- based on price and availability. You’ll examine how laminated veneered lumber and factory-framed floors can save you space, time and money. You’ll find the practical tips for applying a level and square mudsill that eliminates future framing problems.

Then there are practical techniques you can apply on every job: How to frame and sheath floors, work with beams to avoid movement, install floor trusses, frame floors with I-Joists, stiffen bouncy floors, start with a careful layout that help you frame perfect walls, assemble and raise the wall from well-organized parts, lay out and detail wall plates, mark plates to avoid framing mistakes, frame curved walls, big gable walls, curved ceilings, and much more.