Includes index.

Introduction to framing --
Nailing patterns --
Floor framing --
Wall framing --
Roof framing --
Doors, windows, and stairs --
Layout --
Engineered wood products --
Wind and earthquake framing --
Building code requirements --
Green framing --
Preparing for a job --
Managing the framing start --
Managing a framing team --
Safety --
Healthy framing --
Spanish framing terms.

"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"--Amazon.com.

College of Engineering and Computer Studies Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Text in English