Builder's Essentials:
Framing & Rough Carpentry
Illustrated Course on Residential and Light Commercial Framing & Rough Carpentry

By Scot Simpson - 2nd Edition

Revised and expanded, this new edition is an illustrated course on residential and light commercial construction framing and rough carpentry.

• Includes instructions for framing walls, floors, stairs, windows, doors, and roofs.
• Additional sections cover equipment and material handling and safety.
• Addresses the latest building code requirements, new building materials and construction equipment.

Also available in Spanish!
RS-67298AS - Spanish version

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About The Author:

Scot Simpson has 30 years' experience in residential and commercial construction and has been president of his construction firm for 22 years. He developed and refined the course of instruction in his framing books as a method for training his own crews. Scot has written numerous articles for construction publications, and worked with the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute to produce a framing video.

Mr Simpson has a Master's Degree in Business Administration and is a member of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). He has framed houses, apartments, hotels, schools, fire stations, shopping centers, and other commercial buildings.

Paperback, 160 pages