Builder's Essentials:
Framing & Rough Carpentry
Second Edition
by Scot Simpson
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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Author:
Scot Simpson
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. He 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.
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