Residential Structure & Framing
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Master the complexities of structural design and advanced framing techniques with this hands-on guide for builders and remodelers.  With simple explanations in plain English, you’ll learn how to calculate loads, size joists and beams, and tackle many of the common structural problems faced by residential contractors – including cantilevered floors, complex roof structures, tall windows walls, and seismic and wind bracing.  Plus, you’ll learn field-proven production techniques for advanced wall, floor, and roof framing with both dimensional and engineered lumber.  Topics include:

• Sizing Joists and Beams

• Framing with Wood I-Joists

• Seismic & Wind Bracing

• Supporting Oversized Dormers

• Truss Erection & Bracing

• Unequal-Pitch Roofs

• Corner Window Framing

• Coffered Ceilings

• Building Second-Story Additions

• Stiffening Bouncy Floors

• Steel Moment Frames

• Old House Shoring & Jacking

• Loadbearing Cantilevers

• LVL & Glulam Beams
  And Much More...

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Paperback, 253 pages

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