Rough Framing Carpentry
Table of Contents

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

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

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

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

FIVE
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

SIX
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

SEVEN
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

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

NINE
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

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

ELEVEN
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

TWELVE
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

THIRTEEN
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

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

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

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

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

EIGHTEEN
Pick-Up Work, 275
Two Types of Pick-Up, 276
Straightening Studs, 279
The Pay, 281

GLOSSARY, 283

INDEX, 293

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