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Complete Book of Framing: An Illustrated Guide for Residential Construction (Complete Book of Framing)
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Manufacturer: R.S. Means Company
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 694.2
EAN: 9780876290149
ISBN: 0876290144
Label: R.S. Means Company
Manufacturer: R.S. Means Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2007-06-30
Publisher: R.S. Means Company
Studio: R.S. Means Company
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Summary: THE TITLE DOES NOT LIE: THIS IS EVERYTHING YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW AND DID NOT EVEN KNOW IT
Comment: A former US Secretary of War spoke longly once of the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns, etc. This book has all knowns and unknowns, and more.
I especially like the writer's philosophy of education. He shows us clearly, carefully and with great good humor how to organize and plan and teach and assign and supervise a work crew folowing an architectural plan. For me working alone and until now making it up as I go along based on old memory and mediation technique, this is more than I can now imagine I need to know; but as a teacher it shows me just the best way to teach and to manage my classroom. Read this section as well, especially as he hides a lot of his best secret tips in the boxes here.
As a bilingual teacher, I also love his bilingual section of terminology, very complete, with only a very few inventions and one arguable mispelling. The v and the b are pretty much interchangeable in Spanish, and I had always spelled his bisagra with a v (as they say v de vaca instead of de burro) having learned this usage in hardware stores in Nicaragua twenty years ago. Maybe it is a regionalism. It's enough to drive me to my huge Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages , Seone's Neuman and Baretti, which does spell my visagra with a B! Oh well, in Guatemala a quarter century ago I used to see roadside signs in the mountains offering "serbesas vien frias").
In any case, I am glad to know this previously unknown, and with most people actually working in America now talking Spansh this section is very useful, recognizing the reality of our contemporary work crew.
What I know of building I learned some thirty five years ago from an old Italian carpenter who had built the city of New York, with work crews using every European language you could find, including axe-wielding Swedes who eschewed the saw for their sharpened axes, boards at a time. I did not acquire that skill from him but others, and so have been behind the times until meeting this book.
What we then might have considered overbuilding and especially over-nailing are now code. The great part of this very new book is it presents the latest International building code and practices, and nailing patterns which make up for our modern inferior wood, which my Italian master would have rejected as too wavy, too green, too knotty and especially too light. Toe in nowadays four nails and then a nail zig zagged every two feet. Makes good sense. Get'er done.
Really this book contains a wealth of information valuable to any level of user, from the brand new beginner to the journeyman, as advertised. By this book you can train a crew. And it is not written in any kind of useless, cutsey "For the complete idiot" style, but professionally with deep wisdom and knowledge and experience. This man Scot knows what he is talking about, and shares it all, clearly, comprehensively, in a way you can immediately use and with clear illustrations. This man is an excellent teacher.
For example from the section entitled "Teaching Framers" he presents everything any teacher ever need sto know (beside content):
"You have to take training seriously if you want your framers to take learning seriously. You are a teacher whether you want to be or not. The only question is whether you are a good teacher."
"Good teachers have confidence in their knowledge and an understanding of those working for them. Remember:
"A picture is worth 10,000 words
"A demonstration is worth 100 pictures
"Tell your framers what you are going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them. Repetition makes learning easier.
"It is important that framers understand the structural significance of their work (p. 276)."
This is the golden secret of any and all pedagogy, including Paolo Friere's Pedagogy of Hope. Do not worry if your knowledge of the content is lacking; this book contains all necessary knowledge. It is complete. It shows me the latest and most useful way to frame, and more, inclduing such needed tasks as the hanging of exterior doors and nail-flange window units. Get this book and you may need no other, and will at least enjoy a great read with a wonderful, kind and knowledgeable companion. Read it.
This makes an excellent follow-up to this author and master carpenter's six year old Builder's Essentials: Framing & Rough Carpentry.
One more personal story: My father's father was an Irishman who worked melting the tar for roofing Boston; he was the kettleman who sent up buckets of "hot" by ropes to pour on the roof. My father after the war went to work with him, but confused him as my father called down to his father, "Please send up another bucket of hot." The others quickly replaced my father as his father could not understand this polite and respectful request, and instead shouted down the obscenities upon my grandfather in terms he could comprehend, to which he was accustomed.
Scot here writes: "The words please and thank you can make a framer feel much better about working for you. It is an easy way to let him know that what he does is important and appr4eciated (p. 264)."
I have learned much from this thick book and am certain you will, too.
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This straightforward, easy-to-learn method will help framers, carpenters, and handy homeowners build their skills in rough carpentry and framing. It shows how to frame all the parts of a house: floors, walls, roofs, door & window openings, and stairs - with hundreds of color photographs and drawings that show every detail. The book gives beginners all the basics they need to go from zero framing knowledge to a journeyman level, and it provides valuable tips and tables for the experienced carpenter. Start with the basics. The book begins with types of lumber, nails, and what tools are needed, followed by detailed, fully illustrated steps for framing each building element - from planning and layout through specific nailing patterns. "Framer-Friendly Tips" throughout the book show how to get a task done right - and more easily. The book also includes: - Advanced framing topics for complex walls, roofs, and stairs - shown step by step for a clear understanding.
- Essential details, such as how to install window flashing and pre-hung or sliding glass doors.
- The latest building code requirements (including earthquake and hurricane construction).
- New materials like composite wood products.
- Time-saving methods for taking measurements and figuring rafter lengths and angles. Other features: Website access to framing formulas and a glossary to bring you up to speed on framing terms used by contractors and lumberyards (in English and Spanish).
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