Building: Basic House Framing

Stressing safety first, this training demonstrates the carpentry fundamentals necessary for the construction of a frame house. Although directed toward instruction for journeymen carpenters and construction supervisors, it will also serve as a valuable reference tool to architectural drafting classes.

Journeymen carpenters and construction supervisors as well as for use in architectural drafting classes.

• Foundation and Floors
  • Wood frame construction
  • Plank and beam
  • Conventional
  • Balloon framing
  • Platform framing
  • Studs
  • Joists/ribbon board
  • Firestops
  • Batter boards
  • Footings
  • Foundation wall systems
  • Anchoring methods
  • Framing: box sill platform construction
  • Anchor bolts
  • Termite prevention
  • Fiberglass sill sealer
  • Joists
  • Girder
  • Built-up beam
  • Splicing
  • Girder installation
  • Lally column
  • Box sill construction (floor joist installation)
  • Lap joists and steel I beams
  • Cutting joists for openings
  • Bridging
  • Placement of cross bridging
  • Sub floor
• Walls and Partitions
  • Shoe/sole plate, studs, top plate : purpose
  • Rough opening: definition
  • King, trimmer/jack studs: purpose
  • Header: definition and function
  • Upper cripples:- definition and location
  • Lower cripple
  • Rough window opening construction
  • Corner wall construction
  • Exterior walls
  • Partitions: assembing and erecting
  • Ceiling joists
• Gable and Shed Roofs
  • Gable, gambrel, hip, mansard and combination
  • Parts of roof (ridge, rafter plates, common rafters)
  • Roof framing: basic description
  • Roof framing: run/rise
  • Roof framing: length/span
  • Roof framing: pitch/slope
  • Rafter cuts (ridge plumb, bird's mouth, overhang, tail)
  • Step off method
  • Rafter with overhang: birds mouth
  • Ridge cut: procedure
  • Laying out rafter pattern
  • Assembling the roof frame
• Dormers
  • Gable end studs: definition and location
  • Determing common distance
  • Lookouts: collar beams
  • Collar Beam: calculating length
  • Shed dormer
  • Dormer rafter run
  • Dormer rafter top cut
  • Stud length
  • Gable dormer
  • Cripple common rafter and valley rafter
  • Main roof dormer valley jacks
  • Upper header

• Explain the difference between balloon framing and platform framing.
• Explain the purpose of batter boards.
• List the drawings found in a set of working drawings.
• Explain foundation construction requirements and techniques.
  • Identify types of foundations used in residential construction.
  • Explain the purpose of footings.
  • Identify the sill plate.
  • Explain the purpose of the sill plate.
  • Explain the purpose of a sill sealer.
• Describe how to prevent termite damage.
• Identify the parts of a floor frame.
• Explain flooring construction requirements and techniques.
  • Explain why and when joists should be doubled.
  • Explain the use of bridging.
  • Identify laminated veneer lumber floor joists.
  • Explain the purpose of girders and beams.
  • Describe the proper method to install plywood subfloor.
• List the correct sequence for constructing stair well openings.
• Identify parts of rough window openings.
• Identify parts of a framed wall.
• Explain outside wall construction requirements and techniques.
  • Identify common types of wall studs.
  • Describe stud spacing.
  • Describe correct positioning of studs over floor joists.
  • Explain the purpose of top plates.
  • Explain the purpose of a header.
  • Identify the location of jack studs.
  • Explain the purpose of jack studs.
  • Describe how spaces are used in headers.
• Describe the types of corner post assemblies.
• Describe one process for installing wall sheathing.
• Identify types of wall sheathing.
• Explain when ceiling joists can be installed.
• Explain construction differences between bearing and non-bearing walls.
• Compare specific types of roofs.
  • Identify the most common types of roofs.
  • Describe the similarities between a gable roof and a gambrel roof.
  • Describe the similarities between a hip roof and a mansard roof.
• Identify the various framing members used in roof construction.
• Explain the difference between run and span.
• Explain the relationship between the parts of a gable roof and a right triangle.
• Discuss specific rafter construction techniques.
  • Describe characteristics of good rafter stock.
  • Describe the step-off method of laying out a simple common rafter.
  • Explain the conditions for shortening rafters at the ridge.
• Describe the purpose of the bird's mouth.
• Explain unit rise measurements.
  • Locate the unit length on the framing square for unit rise measurement.
  • Explain when an odd unit will occur.
• Calculate the common difference in length for gable and studs.
• Explain the purpose of a collar beam.
• Calculate the length for a collar beam.
• List purposes of dormers.
• Compare shed and gable dormers.
• Discuss shed dormer construction calculations.
  • Determine the top cut for a shed dormer rafter.
  • Determine the run of a shed dormer rafter.
  • Determine the top and bottom cut on shed dormer wall studs.
  • Calculate the common difference in length for dormer wall studs.