Wood Framing Book Recommendations
Wood Framing Book Recommendations
(OP)
Hi. Does anyone have any books that they would recommend for typical details for wood framing. I'm not looking for a timber design book - I'm comfortable that I can work out the demands and capacities with the textbooks that I have. Most of my experience is in concrete, steel, and masonry - I'm not very familiar with typical wood framing details.
Most of the textbooks that I have come across cover member capacities but don't really get into typical details. I'm starting to do some of this work and don't want to show atypical or wacky details.
Thanks
Most of the textbooks that I have come across cover member capacities but don't really get into typical details. I'm starting to do some of this work and don't want to show atypical or wacky details.
Thanks






RE: Wood Framing Book Recommendations
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto: KISS
Motivation: Don't ask
RE: Wood Framing Book Recommendations
RE: Wood Framing Book Recommendations
What I learned is framers tend to overbuild, sometimes to their own detriment. Keep your details as simple as possible and always be repetitive, use the same connectors as much as possible as they only cost a couple of bucks at the most. Keep your nailing schedule very simple and overly-conservative because they will be over-nailing with the gun anyway. Be aware of conflicts with uplift connectors at the foundation, such as large openings and congestion of king studs and other framing members. In my neck of the woods the framers are often foreign and may not speak the language, so keep that in mind in your detailing and notes if that applies to where you are. It may be a reality like it or not.
RE: Wood Framing Book Recommendations
RE: Wood Framing Book Recommendations
Garth Dreger PE - AZ Phoenix area
As EOR's we should take the responsibility to design our structures to support the components we allow in our design per that industry standards.
RE: Wood Framing Book Recommendations
Maybe they are for "non-knowing" architects.
RE: Wood Framing Book Recommendations
I'll try to get out to jobsites as much as possible, unfortunately I have a small project now and need to get up to speed as much as I can. Thanks for everyone's input.
RE: Wood Framing Book Recommendations
I'd definitely agree with that statement. I've tried to optimize wood framing connectors and quickly learned that it isn't worth it, because they'll never get it right. Just find a good, conservative way to envelope it.