Does anyone have any suggestions out there on books that I can read about framing? I work with a renovation company and was a finish carpenter, but we have recently been doing large additions on homes here. Plus I wanted to build a large garage/shed/barn for my mom and dad at our family farm to store stuff in. I have been watching as closely as I can the other carpenters who are framing the house we are working on right now, but they don’t often have time to sit there and teach me what they are doing. I would really like to be able to hop in there with them and tag along plus get a wage increase for my extra knowledge. I am more of a visually learning person, but I can definitely read the technical stuff and understand it well.
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Try "The Very Efficient Carpenter" by Larry Haun. Available from the Taunton Press, I think.
Taunton used to have a series of books on various aspects of construction, which were a compilation of articles from Fine Homebuilding past issues. I think they're still available - I learned a lot from the books, and as I recall, there are some good framing articles from Larry Haun, Don Dunkley, Scott McBride, and others.
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I spent a couple yrs. framing houses and small apt. buildings. I second the Haun book; "The Very Efficient Carpenter".
I never read Haun's book but I've read his articles in FHB. That man can frame.
A book I did use as a reference when framing my house years ago was "A Graphic Guide to Frame Construction" by Rob Thallon. Available through Taunton Press. It worked for me. Lots of drawings.
My house hasn't fallen down.
Yet.
I forget the title but the author is George Nash..He get's into detailed drawings and everything
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