The Very Efficient Carpenter: Basic Framing for Residential Construction - Larry Haun

\n \nHere's your chance to become a more efficient carpenter. Larry Haun has been a production framer for more than 35 years and a teacher of apprentices for more than 20. In this book, Haun shows you, step by step, all the techniques he uses to frame a basic house, from laying down the sills to cutting the rafters. You'll learn about: \n \n- cutting and installing posts and girders \n- joisting and sheathing fluently \n- laying out, cutting, assembling, and raising walls \n- framing gable roofs, hips and valleys, and truss roofs \n- building various types of stairs \nThere is an opening chapter on tools, plans, codes, permits, lumber, and materials, and additional information throughout the book on safety and site-built tools. The Very Efficient Carpenter is no less than a complete course in basic framing.\n