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Overview
Unlock your potential as a carpenter with The Very Efficient Carpenter: Basic Framing for Residential Construction by Larry Haun.
With over 35 years of production framing experience and two decades of teaching apprentices, Haun shares invaluable techniques for framing a basic house efficiently. This book provides a step-by-step guide through essential processes, from laying down sills to cutting rafters, ensuring you master the craft of residential construction.Key Features:
- Comprehensive Techniques: Learn the intricacies of cutting and installing posts and girders, joisting, sheathing, and framing various roof types including gable, hip, valley, and truss roofs.
- Detailed Instructions: Step-by-step instructions guide you through the entire framing process, making it accessible for both novices and experienced carpenters.
- Stair Construction: Gain insights into building various types of stairs, enhancing your skills in this essential aspect of carpentry.
- Foundational Knowledge: The opening chapter covers crucial topics like tools, plans, codes, permits, lumber, and materials, ensuring you have a solid foundation before diving into framing.
- Safety First: Additional safety tips and site-built tool information are woven throughout the book, emphasizing the importance of a secure working environment.
The Very Efficient Carpenter is your complete course in basic framing, designed to improve your efficiency and proficiency in residential construction.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781561583263
- ISBN-10: 156158326X
- Publisher: Taunton Press
- Publish Date: October 1998
- Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
- Page Count: 224
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