Steele Trademark Homes Inc. Understanding the home building process. Showing posts with label Framing. Show all posts FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012 Proper Perspective on the Framing Process At this stage of home building, your house looks like a toothpick factory. To get a better perspective of each room, walk through the house and look at the bottom plate of each space to help you see the room. Posted by Wood+Steele at 10:16 PM No comments: Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: Framing THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012 All lumber is not created equal Just as you are conscientious in your choice of home builder, your builder makes a careful choice in the company that provides the lumber for your home. A good lumber company will be very stringent in the type of lumber that they sell to their builders, carefully checking each shipment to ensure that only the highest quality materials are provided for the building of your home. Posted by Wood+Steele at 11:38 PM No comments: Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: Framing WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 Another F Word: Framing Basic Steps of Framing Framing begins with the silseal (a black plastic membrane) and the silplate (2x8 or 2x10 pressure treated lumber (PTL)) on which the first floor rim board and the joist will be attached. 1. First Floor Framing- floor joists and key structural members first floor exterior walls first floor interior walls 2. Second Floor Framing- floor joists (double as first floor ceiling joists) second floor exterior walls second floor interior walls second floor ceiling joists roof canopy and roof decking Posted by Wood+Steele at 9:31 PM No comments: Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: Framing, The __ Word TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012 The Framing Process "This is my favorite portion of the home building process... The paper plan comes alive." --Steele Posted by Wood+Steele at 9:59 PM No comments: Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: Framing, Quotes Older Posts Home Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) Wood+Steele View my complete profile BLOG ARCHIVE ▼ 2013 (3) ▼ August (1) Steele Trademark Homes Inc. receives attention in ... ► March (1) ► February (1) ► 2012 (46) LABELS A great builder (5) A Well-Appointed Home (1) Banking (1) Carpet (1) Electrical (5) Foundation (5) Framing (4) HVAC (2) Kohler (1) Mechanics (1) Newspaper article (1) Paint (1) Plumbing (6) Quotes (8) roofing (1) Square footage (1) Stairs (1) Termite treatment (1) The __ Word (5) Understanding the home building process (1) Windows (1) Wood flooring (1) Picture Window theme. Theme images by andynwt. Powered by Blogger. Deze site gebruikt cookies van Google om services te leveren en verkeer te analyseren. Je IP-adres en user-agent worden met Google gedeeld, samen met prestatie- en beveiligingsstatistieken om servicekwaliteit te garanderen, gebruiksstatistieken te genereren, misbruik te detecteren en maatregelen te treffen.MEER INFORMATIEOK