 Framing
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A frame is the backbone of any home, and to insure the backbone of our Project House is strong and straight, we're using Southern Pine finger-jointed studs. These studs are both strong and environment...
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| |  Trusses
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A home is only as good as the base it’s built upon. For this year’s project house we are using trusses to support the foundation, the second floor, and a portion of the roof....
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 Steel Framing
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Steel framing has always been popular in commercials
buildings and it has a lot of benefits and it’s growing rapidly in
residential, one, because lumbers prices are going up, and two, because s...
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| |  Framing a House
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Skinnier walls may mean more room for you, but they're also going to cost you more money. Let me show you a few reasons why you want to go with a 2x6 exterior wall....
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 Framing as a Safety System
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After the foundation, the most important part of your home is the framework itself. ...
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| |  Framing a Wall
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Today we're going to do a basic carpentry job. We're going to frame a wall to create storage space for this area. ...
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 Steel Framing
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When you think of using steel in construction, you usually think of commercial structures like this that you see on the side of the road. But more and more builders are taking a serious look at using ...
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| |  Framing
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It takes an enormous amount of lumber to frame a 16,000 square foot house. In the Project House, we’ll use over 8,000 pieces of lumber—two by fours, sixes, eights and twelves, plus plywood, oriented s...
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 Framing
(segment #t29-3-96)
Now it's time to get started with the framing of your new home. This is one of the most important parts of building any home....
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