Be sure to check wall studs and floor joists for crowning. A crown is a curve in the lumber. If you look at bridges, they all have a crown to them where the center is much higher than the ends of the bridge. All crowns in lumber should point up towards the sky. Lumber that is s...
nice straight lumber for the ridge board this will make installing the rafters easier and also make for a straighter ridge line. To make it easier on the carpenters framing the roof the ridge board should be laid out before being handed up. When framing ...
But even the L/360 limit is a bit conservative, because the IRC tables are based on #2-grade treatedlumber, while some lumberyards stock mixed #1- and #2-grade treated lumber and others stock all #1 grade. When you use better than #2-grade lumber, the allowable span based on the Ame...
Framing Storied roof framer Will Holladay has come out with a new roof framing guide—Handy Formulas for Stick Framing Roofs.Think of it as the CliffsNotes version of Holladay’s first book,A Roof Cutter’s Secrets to Framing the Custom Home.Holladay pulled out the illustrations from this fam...
Not sure the pitch of roof or the lumber I would need. Does anyone have a plan or advice on how I should build this! Thank you!willywilly2020 Member # Posted: 22 Nov 2020 08:44pm Reply Quote JayyRYou should start your own thread! I'm sure folks would be happy to give you ...
R502.1.11.1 [IRC 502.8.1] Sawn lumber. Notches in solid lumber joists, rafters and beams shall not exceed one-sixth of the depth of the member, shall not be longer than one-third of the depth of the member and shall not be located in the middle one-third of the span. Notches at ...