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   Guest_ | Feb 22, 2000 02:29am | #1

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   Scott,
   That is a wide open question. What specifically are you asking for? Info on layout techniques? Info on spacing and sizing? Speed tricks? Engineering? Ideas on raising the walls? If you are more specific you get the help you are looking for from the fine folks here. Some of the details needed may be the following. You need to determine what the rafter seat cut depth will be. What type of ceilings are in the rooms connecting to the gable end? What type of wind bracing and sheathing you are using? Do you plan to install any finish materials before it is raised? ECT...
   good luck,
   Bob

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   Guest_ | Feb 22, 2000 03:25pm | #2

   *Okay Bob, I'll bite. What are your speed tricks?Blue

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   Guest_ | Feb 22, 2000 09:12pm | #4

   *Blue,You had to ask that one didn't you. "Tricks" probably was not a good word to use. A new faster method for me may be something another guy learned from the beginning. Speed is not always good either. My only chance of building something quicker is to learn a new trick or method because my body just doesn't move as fast as it once did. Now to answer your question. These are a few ways I have experimented with that may be or not be faster ways to frame a balloon wall. The construction master calculator can give you all the legnths of the studs. I don't use that one because it makes me use the tape measure too often. I like to snap the wall out on the deck, layout and cut the longest stud, pull all my stud layout off of that stud, then throw all the other studs in place crowned up hanging over the top plate, mark the long points and cut each one in place using the correct bevel cut. I have seen many guys not cut the bevel and just cut the stud square thinking that is faster, but I can't stomach that kind of workmanship. I have applied (as many others do) finish materials such as soffit and facia, windows and siding before walls are raised. In most cases I don't care for those methods. If the gable wall has a wood framed fireplace chase next to it, I do like to attach it to the gable wall and raise them together. These probably are not "tricks" to most framers , but to the original question poster, who knows? What I see as the most critical part of the whole thing is the engineering such as what stud size, stud spacing, and what sheathing is to be used. Inexperienced carpenters often make bad errors there.

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   scott_eychaner | Feb 22, 2000 09:12pm | #3

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   any one have info about balloon framed gable end walls?