Graphic Guide to Frame Construction: For Pros by Pros
Practical Details for Builders and Designers of Frame Construction

Rob Thallon

Practical details for builders and designers

A reigning classic, the Graphic Guide to Frame Construction is a visual handbook filled with hundreds of meticulous drawings showing the framing details you need to understand when building with wood.

The first edition of this book sold more than 100,000 copies. This completely revised and updated edition is more comprehensive and reflects the most recent changes in residential frame construction. It contains more details for energy efficiency, use of modern engineered and composite materials, and frame construction in high-wind and seismic areas. It's well annotated and covers foundations, floors, walls, stairs, and roofs. Because examples are taken from actual job sites by a trusted expert, this book is an invaluable visual aid that can help builders and homeowners alike to tackle a wide range of framing projects.

Also by Rob Thallon:

Graphic Guide to Interior Details
Graphic Guide to Site Construction

"An invaluable reference for experienced designers and builders, an essential aid for beginners."

-- Richard Meyer, Director of Technology & Codes National Association of Home Builders

Excerpt:

Graphic Guide to Frame Construction: Walls

Practical details for framing, bracing and blocking, sheathing, insulation, vapor barriers, and more

by Rob Thallon

Open or download the 8-page PDF file below.

Framing Walls.pdf

The walls of a building define the spaces within the building to provide privacy and zoning, and they enclose the building itself, keeping the weather out and the heat or cold in. Walls provide the vertical structure that supports the upper floors and roof of the building, and the lateral structure that stiffens the building. Walls also encase the mechanical systems (electrical wiring, plumbing, and heating. To incorporate all of this within a 4-in. or 6-n. deep wood-framed panel is quite an achievement.

In this excerpt from Graphic Guide to Frame Construction, author Rob Thallon provides a visual guide to the information you'll need for constructing headers, window and door openings, wall intersections, corners, rake and cantilevered walls, along with insulation details.

Graphic Guide to Frame Construction: For Pros by Pros Practical Details for Builders and Designers of Frame Construction

Graphic Guide to Frame Construction: For Pros by Pros
Practical Details for Builders and Designers of Frame Construction