Centerline Construction Chat 3 – Framing
Categories: Building a Home, Centerline Construction Chat, New Home Plans | Posted: October 27, 2010
Watch Jeff Satterwhite’s video to learn more about the process and materials involved with Framing a home.
(Watch the first two steps of Home-Building in Jeff’s other Centerline Construction Chat episodes, the Footings and the Foundation.)
Framing – The exterior and interior walls that build the frame of a home.
This is a typical wall section. Most walls are built laying flat on the floor because they’re easier to build and then you can erect them into the vertical standing walls you see. The basic construction material is called a Stud, which goes from the bottom plate to the top plate.
The other is called a Corner which is where another wall will come up and marry to the wall and they will be joined at the top.
Jacks sit underneath Headers which hold up the openings. So the headers are the support for the entire system in the Framing section. Jacks are essentially used to hold the Headers up.
The header is typically designed with two 2-by-10’s which are the main support of the Header with plywood spacer and the bottom is a 2-by-4 which gives the Header strength and makes up the Header unit. The header sits on top of the Jacks and will be nailed at the side and the top. Normally there is a double-top plate, so there will be two 2-by-4’s for strength to make the unit.
The bottom plate on a slab construction home is a pressure-treated item. It is code in NC that any wood that comes in contact with a concrete surface has to be pressure treated. Therefore, the bottom plate on the entire structure is pressure-treated.
The other items are made up of framing materials that are not pressure-treated. There are a lot of species of wood used for these. These particular pieces in the video are made of Spruce.
This home will be a 10-foot high home, with the height on the first floor being 10 feet and the second floor being 9 feet.
The framing crew will take the basic dimensions of the floor plan and lay out the walls to build the home.
Thanks for watching! For more information or questions, go to www.gocenterline.com or contact Jeff Satterwhite at (910) 620-8883 or Jeff@gocenterline.com
