Rough Framing Carpentry

Rough Framing Carpentry is a book written specially for anyone seeking to make good money working outdoors as a framer. Covering a wide range of related topics and providing invaluable tips and shortcuts for laying out studs; speed cutting blocks, trimmers and plates by eye; quickly building and blocking rake walls; installing ceiling backing, ceiling joists, and truss joists; cutting and assembling hip trusses and California fills; arches and drop ceilings, this book will save you time and help you make more money. Rough Framing Carpentry also contains over 100 on-the-job photos of how to do it right and what can go wrong. 304 pp.

Rough Framing Carpentry - Table of Contents:

• Custom Homes, Tracts or Commercial Work?
  • Custom Homes
  • Tract Projects
  • Commercial Work

• The Tools You’ll Need

  • The Basic Hand Tools
  • The Power Tools
  • The Nice-to-Have Tools

• Hardware and Materials

  • Identifying the Hardware
  • An Overview of the Wood

• Snap, Plate and Detail

  • Snapping
  • Plating
  • Detailing Studs and Posts
  • Detailing a Curved Wall
  • The Pay

• Building the Wall

  • The Planning
  • The Building
  • Raising the Walls
  • Building Rake Walls
  • Building Radius Walls
  • Can You Make Money Doing

• Plumb and Line

  • Plumb and Line on a Standard Wall
  • Plumb and Line on a Balloon Wall
  • What Does It Pay?

• Rolling the Joists

  • Planning the Joist Layout
  • Spreading the Joists
  • Placing the Ceiling Backing
  • Ceiling Joists
  • Truss Joists
  • Joists on Concrete Stem Walls
  • Exposed Beams
  • And What Does It Pay?

• Subfloor Sheathing

  • Sheathing Materials
  • Sheathing Techniques
  • The Pay

• Cutting Stairs

  • Stair Safety
  • Stair Terms
  • Stair Layout
  • Landing and Stair Construction
  • Building Winders
  • Building the Handrail Walls
  • Circular Stairs
  • Let’s Talk Money

• Shear Walls

  • Preparing to Hang Shear Panel
  • Hanging the Shear
  • Nailing the Shear
  • What’s the Pay?

• Stacking a Truss Roof

  • Spreading and Stacking Trusses
  • Rolling the Trusses
  • Rolling Hip Trusses
  • Filling, Understacking and Backing
  • Your Pay for Stacking Trusses

• Cutting Conventional Roofs

  • Roof Terminology
  • Make Friends with Your Calculator
  • Using the Framing Square
  • Calculating the Roof Package
  • Cutting the Roof Package
  • The Pay

• Stacking Conventional Hoofs

  • Calculating the Ridge Height
  • Setting the Ridge by Height
  • Setting the Ridge with Commons
  • Checking and Filling in the Skeleton
  • The Pay

• Fascia Board, False Tails, and Stuccoed Eaves

  • Fascia Board
  • False Tails
  • Stuccoed Eaves
  • The Pay

• Roof Sheathing

  • Starter Board
  • Sheathing the Roof
  • The Pay

• Exterior Elevations

  • Laying Out Arches
  • The Pay

• Drop Ceilings

  • Building Basic Drops
  • Building Custom Drops
  • The Pay

• Pick-Up Work

  • Two Types of Pick-Up
  • Straightening Studs
  • The Pay

• GLOSSARY
• INDEX