| Framing with steel has obvious advantages over wood, yet building with steel requires new skills that can present challenges to the wood builder. This new book explains steel framing techniques for homes. It shows you the techniques, the tools, the materials, and how you can make it happen. Includes hundreds of photos and illustrations, plus a CD-ROM with steel framing details and 37 pages of steel-frame cost estimates.
As lumber prices rollercoaster, and quality declines, light-gauge steel framing has become a cost-effective alternative for building homes in North America. But making the switch from wood to steel can be a mystery for a wood-frame builder or framer. Lack of a skilled work force is one of the biggest barriers keeping steel framing from taking a more significant market share. Until recently, only a few framers knew how to properly frame out of steel.
This book takes a major step toward changing that. It provides the basic methods in an easy-to-follow, hands-on format to quickly bring the home builder or framer up to speed on steel framing. If you're a prospective steel framer, you'll find the clear instructions here will shorten your learning curve significantly, and save you time and money. The book covers not just how to frame the house, but everything you need to know before you even pick up a screwgun:
- Design and Standardization
- Tools and Fasteners
- Preparing Take-Offs and Estimates
- Foundations and Anchoring
- Installing Floor Joists
- Standing Walls
- Rafters and Roof Trusses
- Specialty Framing
- Stick Framing and Panelization
- Thermal Considerations
- Nonbearing Walls
- Attaching Exterior Finishes
- Working with Subcontractors
- Job Site Inspections
- Selling to the Homebuyer
Included in the book is the text of the NAHB Research Center's Prescriptive Method for Residential Cold-Formed Steel Framing—the basis for most code requirements for steel construction. It shows exactly how residential steel must be framed, and gives the span tables, load requirements and fastening schedules you need to erect code-approved framing.
A free CD-ROM inside the back cover has all the construction details from Prescriptive Method in an accessible format. Insert these illustrations into your bid to show how you will assemble the steel, or print them for your crews as instructions. Also on the disk, National Estimator, an easy-to-use estimating program with 40 pages of manhour estimates, and material and labor costs for residential construction.
About the Author
Tim Waite, a licensed professional engineer, has worked as a field engineer for the past 20 years. He was introduced to the light-gauge steel framing industry in 1992, and tooled up side-by-side with steel framers nationwide to find the most cost-effective details for residential steel framing. With the NAHB Research Center, he conducted classroom and hands-on training seminars for builders across the country and overseas. Subsequently, Tim wrote the National Training Curriculum for Residential Cold-Formed Steel Framing for the American Iron and Steel Institute. He serves on several committees for standardizing steel framing details and methods. In 1997 he started the Hawaii Steel Alliance, Inc., an association developed to further educate the industry and promote the use of steel framing. He currently works for the North American Steel Framing Alliance.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: What is Light Gauge Steel; Chapter 2: Design and Standardization; Chapter 3: Designing the Steel-Framed House; Chapter 4: Light Gauge Steel; Chapter 5: Steel Framing Tools; Chapter 6: Steel Framing Fasteners; Chapter 7: Types of Construction; Chapter 8: Before Construction Begins; Chapter 9: Foundations and Anchoring; Chapter 10: Floor Joists— First Floor; Chapter 11: Wall Construction—Loadbearing Walls; Chapter 12: Second Floor Construction; Chapter 13: Roof Framing with Rafters; Chapter 14: Roof Framing with Trusses; Chapter 15: Roof Completion Details; Chapter 16: Specialty Framing; Chapter 17: Thermal Considerations; Chapter 18: Wall Construction—Nonbearing Walls; Chapter 19: Exterior Finishes; Chapter 20: Working with Utility Subcontractors; Chapter 21: Inspections; Chapter 22: Selling to the Homebuyer; Prescriptive Method for Residential Cold-Formed Steel Framing; How to Use the Steel-Frame Cost Data Disk; List of Steel-Framing Details; Index. |
