Residential Framing: How to Frame a House

"A house is framed in lumber, but it stands because someone took the time to understand how each piece carries the next."

Residential Framing is a field guide to the structure of a house, written for apprentices, homeowners, and builders who want to understand what they are building before they nail it together. Ten chapters follow the order of the job:

• The language of lumber and hardware
• The framer's toolbelt
• The floor system
• Wall framing, layout, openings, and assembly
• Plumb, level, square, and sheathing
• The roof, simplified
• Basic stairs
• The load path: how weight travels to the ground
• Building with confidence

A free reader with The Load Path Bench practice tool is at globalsovereignuniversity.org.

Published by Global Sovereign University, a tuition-free 501(c)(3) nonprofit funded by the sale of books like this one.