Framing

Build them on the floor, lift them with specialized jacks, and eliminate extra footsteps wherever possible by Lynn S. Hayward

Delivered to your site, prefabricated panels can save time and improve quality on production houses or a custom home by Fernando Pagés Ruiz

Requirements for floor and wall framing, and more by Redwood Kardon, Michael Casey, Douglas Hansen

Guidelines for working efficiently and knowing how good is good enough by Larry Haun

Everything from rafters to kitchen cabinets fits better when you get the walls square and the studs in the right places by John Spier

Tips from a custom framer make the engineered-lumber learning curve easier to negotiate by John Spier

by Ashton Avegno

by David Grandpré

Framing the entire gable while it's flat on the deck is fast and easy. Raising it is a challenge and a danger. by John Spier

Glue, staples and a little engineering turn sheets of plywood into trusses and columns by Roger Fleck

A survey of methods and materials used to build warm, inexpensive and strong corners by Charles Bickford

A stud wall, not a laminated stringer, shapes these stairs by Scott Paschal

If you assume the foundation is accurate, you may end up custom cutting each rafter and fussing with every miter in your trim by Rick Arnold, Mike Guertin

A framing contractor explains his efficient sequence for keeping walls straight and true by Scot Simpson