Ten Rules for Framing - Fine Homebuilding

Guidelines for working efficientlyand knowing howgood is good enoughBY LARRY HAUNR ules for FramingHauling lumber fromplace to place is time-consuming and hard onyour body. Make it easieron yourself every chanceyou get, and start by hav-ing the folks at the lum-beryard do their sure lumber arriveson the truck stacked inthe order it will be don t want to movehundreds of wall studs toget to your plate stock,for instance. And floorjoists go on top of floorsheathing, not the other way around. When it s time for the delivery, unload the build-ing materials as close as possible to where they willbe used.

When it comes to wall framing, the bottom plate also can be 1⁄ 4 in. or so short, but the top plate needs to be cut to exact length (again within 1⁄ 16 in.) because it establishes the building’s dimension at the top of the walls. But the plate that sits on top of that, the cap or double plate, should be cut 1⁄ 4 in.

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