Complete Book of Framing

An Illustrated Guide for Residential Construction

Scot Simpson

• Publisher: RSMeans
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781119528524
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9781119528517
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Construction & Architectural Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

The bestselling step-by-step framing guide—updated and expanded to meet 2018 codes and standards

Complete Book of Framing, Second Edition—Updated and Expanded is a comprehensive guide to rough carpentry and framing, written by an expert with over forty years of framing experience. This book guides the reader through step-by-step framing instructions for floors, walls, roofs, door and window openings, and stairs. Hundreds of full-color illustrations and photos enable novice and professional framers to understand and master framing techniques.

This Updated and Expanded Second Edition includes the framing techniques of the 2018 International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), and updated OSHA rules. It also includes new coverage of today's electric tools, wind and earthquake framing, medical and physiological factors of framing, and a revised safety chapter. Builders will find information on nailing patters, overall layout, engineered wood patterns, and green framing. In addition, the book offers readers tools and techniques for preparing for a job and managing a team. This Second Edition—Updated and Expanded: 

• Includes hundreds of full-color illustrations depicting step-by-step framing techniques
• Offers guidance on today's electric tools and structural enhancements for natural disasters
• Features a revised chapter on safety to reflect the medical and physiological factors of framing
• Meets the framing techniques of the 2018 International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards

Complete Book of Framing: An Illustrated Guide for Residential Construction, Second Edition—Updated and Expanded is an excellent resource for framers, carpenters, and contractors of all experience levels. Framer-friendly tips throughout the book show how to complete framing tasks efficiently and effectively. 

Contents

• Framing Terms
• Framing Lumber
• Framing Sheathing
• Engineered Wood Products
• Lumber and Wood Structural Panel Grade Stamps
• Framing Nails
• Framing Tools
• Cordless Tools
• Framing Tool Truck
• Cutting Lumber
• Protecting Lumber from Decay
• Preservative Treated Wood

The trade of wood framing comprises the rough carpentry skills needed to produce the “skeleton” of a building and its first layer of “skin.” The skeleton consists of the structural lumber forming the floors, walls, and roof. The skin consists of the lumber that encloses the skeleton and provides a surface for subsequent layers of protective and decorative finish materials.

This chapter is an illustrated review of a framer's most basic tools, materials, and terminology. This basic information is often not even taught on the job site, so if you don't know it when you arrive for work, you will have to play a guessing game or ask a lot of questions.

The detailed illustrations serve as a handy reference and help to reduce confusion when different words are used for the same item. Confusion can arise when framers move from job site to job site and work with different people. For example, bottom plates are often known as sole plates, backers as partitions, and trimmers as jack studs. But it doesn't matter what they are called as long as you know what they are. There is also a more detailed list of framing terms with definitions at the back of the book.

The suggested organization for a framing tool truck presented in this chapter is just an example of how a truck might be set up for tool storage. Its purpose is, once again, to reduce confusion and make the job easier. It is amazing how much time can be spent looking for tools and nails if they aren't put where you expect them to be.

Framing Terms

Bearing walls support the main weight of an upper portion of a building, such as a ceiling, floor, or roof. Nonbearing walls provide little or no support to those upper portions. Remove nonbearing walls, and the upper portions will stand; remove bearing walls, and the upper portions will fall.

Framing Lumber

Lumber is sized in “nominal,” as opposed to “actual,” dimensions. A nominal dimension rounds off the actual dimension to the next highest whole number. For example, a piece of lumber that actually measures 1-½" × 3-½" is rounded off to the nominal 2" × 4".

Framing Sheathing

Engineered Panel Products

Sheathing comes in 4' × 8' sheets. The thicknesses most commonly used in framing are ½", ⁵/₈", and ¾".

Dens Glass^® gypsum sheathing is a brand that has fiberglass mat, which provides mold and moisture resistance and is gold in color.

Engineered Wood Products

Engineered wood products are becoming more and more a part of our everyday framing. The strengths of these different products vary. Whenever you use engineered wood, it is important that you understand the qualities of the specific product you are planning to use, as well as structural considerations and any restrictions on cutting and installation.

Engineered wood products can be divided into two categories: engineered panel products and engineered lumber products. Engineered panel products include plywood, oriented strand board (OSB), waferboard, composite, and structural particleboard. Engineered lumber products include I-joists, glu-lam beams, LVLs (laminated veneer lumber), PSLs (parallel strand lumber), LSLs (laminated strand lumber), OSL (oriented strand lumber), and CLT (cross-laminated timber.)

Engineered wood products have structural qualities different than those of traditional wood, so they must be used within the specification set by the manufacturer. When these products are specified on the plans, the architect or engineer who specified them will have checked with the structural engineer to ensure proper use.

Engineered panel products have been around for years and are treated in a manner simi...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• About the Author
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter One Introduction to Framing
• Chapter Two Nailing Patterns
• Chapter Three Floor Framing
• Chapter Four Wall Framing
• Chapter Five Roof Framing
• Chapter Six Doors, Windows, and Stairs
• Chapter Seven Layout
• Chapter Eight Engineered Wood products
• Chapter Nine Wind and Earthquake Framing
• Chapter Ten Building Code Requirements
• Chapter Eleven Green Framing
• Chapter Twelve Preparing for a Job
• Chapter Thirteen Managing the Framing Start
• Chapter Fourteen Managing a Framing Team
• Chapter Fifteen Safety
• Chapter Sixteen Healthy Framing
• Glossary
• WILEY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT