Audel Carpenter's and Builder's Layout, Foundation, and Framing

447 Pages·2004·2.33 MB·English

by  Mark Richard Miller

Audel'"
Carpenters and Builders
Layout, Foundation,
and Framing
Audel TM
Carpenters and Builders
Layout, Foundation,
and Framing
All New 7th Edition
Mark Richard Miller
Rex Miller

Contents
Acknowledgments xiii
About the Authors xv
Introduction xvii
Chapter 1 Locating a Building 1
Selection of Site 1
Staking Out 1
The Lines 1
Laying Out with Transit Instruments 2
Method of Diagonals 3
Points on Layout 5
Summary 6
Review Questions 7
Chapter 2 House Foundations 9
Slab-on-Grade 9
Crawl Space 15
Basement Construction 21
Pile Foundation 22
All-Weather Wood Foundation 22
Summary 23
Review Questions 24
Chapter 3 Concrete Forms and Hardware 25
Need for Strength 25
Bracing 26
Economy 27
Fastening and Hardware 28
Lumber for Forms 28
Practicality 31
Texture 34
Size and Spacing 34
Stripping Forms 34
Stripping Forms for Arches 38

Special Forms 38
Prefabricated Forms 41
Summary 41
Review Questions 42
Chapter 4 Site Equipment 43
Ladders 43
Setting Up a Ladder 49
Ladder Shoes 49
Ladder Accessories 51
Special Products 51
Ladder Safety 55
Scaffolding 56
Scaffolding Components 56
Scaffolding Safety Rules 62
Summary 71
Review Questions 72
Chapter 5 Concrete-Block Construction 73
Block Building Materials 74
Standard Masonry Units 74
Mortar 76
Block Building Methods 77
Basic Block-Laying 77
Laying Blocks at Corners 79
Building Walls Between Corners 80
Construction Methods 85
Walls 85
Building Interior Walls 87
Sills and Plates 87
Installation of Heating and Ventilating Ducts 88
Electrical Outlets 88
Insulation 90
Flashing 91
Floors 92
Summary 96
Review Questions 97

Chapter 6 Frames and Framing 99
Methods of Framing 99
Balloon-Frame Construction 99
Post-and-Beam Construction 99
Platform Frame Construction 99
Framing Terms 100
Sills 100
Girders 102
Joists 103
Subflooring 103
Headers and Trimmers 104
Walls and Partitions 104
Ledger Plates 106
Braces 106
Studs 106
Bridging 107
Rafters 107
Lumber Terms 107
Standard Sizes of Lumber 107
Framing Lumber 108
Summary 109
Review Questions 109
Chapter 7 Floors, Girders, and Sills 111
Girders 111
Construction of Girders 111
Placing Basement Girders 111
Sills 114
Types of Sills 115
Anchorage of Sill 116
Setting the Sills 116
Floor Framing 117
Connecting joist to Sills and Girders 117
Bridging 118
Headers and Trimmers 118
Subflooring 121

Summary 122
Review Questions 122