In this book and the companion videos, Framing Roofs, Framing Walls, and Framing Floors and Stairs, Haun shows you step by step all the techniques he uses to frame a basic house, from laying down the sills to cutting the rafters. You'll learn about:

• Cutting and installing posts and girders;
• Joisting and sheathing floors;
• Laying out, cutting, assembling and raising walls;
• Framing gable roofs, hips and valleys, and truss roofs; and
• Building various types of stairs.

This book is nothing less than a complete course in basic framing, with practical information about how to organize tasks, streamline procedures and handle tools and materials efficiently.

You may never match Haun's remarkable speed, but you can use his methods to make your own framing work go faster and more smoothly, whether you're just starting out or have been framing houses for years.

Table of Contents
Introduction—Chapter 1 Getting Started: Tools, Plans, Codes and Permits, Lumber and Materials; Chapter 2 Framing Floors: Sills, Posts and Girders, Joists, Sheathing Floors; Chapter 3 Framing Walls: Layout, Plating, Headers, Cripples, Trimmers and Rough Sills, Detailing, Building and Raising Walls, Plumbing and Lining, Sheathing Walls; Chapter 4 Framing Ceilings: Joisting for a Gable Roof, Joisting for a Hip Roof; Chapter 5 Framing Roofs: Gable Roofs, Hip Roofs, Intersecting Roofs, Truss Roofs, Sheathing Roofs; Chapter 6 Building Stairs: Straight-Flight Stairs, Stairs with a Landing, Stairs with a Winder; Index.

About the Videos
In the three companion VHS videos, Framing Walls Video, Framing Floors and Stairs Video and Framing Roofs Video, Larry Haun shows you all of the techniques and skills covered in this book. It's a rare chance to watch pros frame an entire house, and to see for yourself how to do the work.

The videos are now available in DVD format: Framing Walls DVD, Framing Floors and Stairs DVD and Framing Roofs DVD.