Building A House: Shear Wall Layouts & Tips For Walking Top Plate

We're building a farmhouse. Follow along as we frame this home, once it's done, we'll prepare for siding the exterior. Talking you through our steps the whole way.
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Wow! I framed apartments and houses back in the mid to late 1980s but I've never seen framing up close in almost 40 years! Carpentry technology has come a long way over the last 40 years! Thank you for demonstrating and sharing!

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Fax as a new residental super these vids are a godsend for understanding framing.

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Thanks Matt! Missed your absence and glad you are healing quickly. Cheers!

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@MattBangswood I just wanted to let you know, you're an inspiration and i appreciate all the videos you upload. I am pouring my foundation for my home in a few months and because of a lot of questions I had were answered watching you. So I decided I am accepting the challenge of building my own house. Thanks!!

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glad your back,i missed your vids.

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I learn a lot from your videos thanks

[@shaneoakley8757]

So glad you are uploading again! Hope you are well Sir!

[@jameshart1254]

I love how you teach on the job. I’ve learned so much just from watching your videos. Thank you for all that you do.

[@Bros35]

Love seeing all the content you are dropping! It’s great to have regular videos again

[@shanesouza4303]

@Matt, Pro Tip, keep feet on top plate. Much love. 😎✌️

[@MattBangsWood]

If and when your feet come off of top plate, assume the fetal position and yell.

[@shanesouza4303]

@@MattBangsWood yes, the yell is Headache for you and me both. 😜

[@highpockets82]

Great content and editing style! Looks like a good crew too! Nice work!

[@jsonny8905]

Loved this style of video! The way you guys frame is very similar to how we do it here in Australia. Except our walls are typically only 90mm wide, makes walking top plates a little more fun haha

[@roncrook8656]

Super glad to see back providing even more content. Thanks!

[@seankelly9998]

Love your videos. Keep them coming.

[@georgiojambou6536]

Very interesting as always. Hello from France

[@calbuilder7357]

Glad your back! Best videos on KZbin! Keep on keeping on.

[@kule510]

Great video!

[@AurigaMV]

You make good videos. Keep it up. 🤗👍

[@dustinkrebs8229]

Ets go big MATT! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@raganhayes4924]

i am not a carpenter by any means but i do have a decent idea of what is going on but i have to admit i had no idea what a shear wall is. Being in the State of Georgia where we don't have Hurricanes or earthquakes ( sometimes but small and rare on earthquakes) i didn't have a clue about them. We do have plenty of Tornados but a shear wall would be useless at stopping that.

[@johnh5898]

Matt’s a stud

[@xXiiBet]

how are you liking the badger belts matt? Glad to see you uploading more now.

[@chornii_boumer7324]

Thank you for the height tip.

[@nickmilhazes8611]

def gonna try the router for cutting the plywood out

[@kearansheppard12]

Always found it faster to square up walls and sheet them on the ground. Just a little bit heavier.

[@awesome19611]

Where’s FOX 🦊 I missed him he reminds me of my uncle on anxiety mode making those little sounds and squeaky voice when he get excited 😅😅😅 Glad you’re back MATT. Keep it up 👍

[@Petersaiki]

Slab on grade walking exteriors doesn’t seem so bad. Living up in the PNW with snow load, I used to hate walking exteriors cause by the time you framed out the basement with pony walls it got to be a little rowdy. Usually had to have someone walk exteriors with a propane torch to melt the 1/4 of ice off the plates 😤 By the time you were passed the one floor mark that’s when the “mental” warfare started. But I appreciated the idea of giving yourself something to do. 👍

[@glendiejohnson9203]

Please explain how you know how to cut out for window openings. Do you feel that you hit the stud?

[@joehuinker7009]

The fastener and hanger companies have you guys by the balls.

[@Fhrozn]

I wonder with the increase of routers on jobsites, if we will see an electric brake added to them and the same trigger type added like our battery saws. Seeing that bit spinning for 5+ seconds after is like using a circ saw with no guard. (I don't use a router on site though)

[@nicolasknauf4206]

There's a guy I work with with a DeWalt cordless router. It has the electric brake but only after you manually turn the switch off. There is no trigger, just an on and off. If they made one with a trigger I would grab one for sureeee.

[@dannyherbert67]

I see you have the badger trimmer set on. Did you just want a smaller set of bags? And do you miss the tape and chalk box holder on the top like the carpenter set.

[@dannoteller1557]

Looking good Matt 😩

[@Tyler-ol6gm]

What router bit do you recommend? Appreciate it! Ours last so little use its disappointing

[@Randy-kh6gy]

do a toolbag whats in and review on the badgers

[@hammertime7349]

When u said at 5:43 sometimes ull see people use sheer panels on there sheer walls and they’ll fir out everything else what do you mean by fir everything else out?

[@danielpotter906]

This is probably your best video I've seen. I did kinda trash you last time. If you have been framing within the last 20 years your gonna need some thick skin and you took it pretty well. I struggle finding guys who can walk plate and you hit the nail on the head about staying focused and not getting into your own head. It is 100 percent a mental thing. I have a fall from 22 ft onto a concrete sidewalk and broke my pelvis. I'm still up there doing it today. Plus I router all my windows too. It is faster and cleaner. Explaining what we deal with sizemic wise should help all the other out of state people understand why we build this way. You guys should ditch the metabo/Hitachi guns. We run the superframer Promax guns. They are 100 dollars cheaper and hit harder and the actual gun dimension is alot shorter and about 10 lbs lighter 😂 since it is shorter it actually fits in a standard stud bay.

[@lorenrickey5481]

Love my Max guns!!

[@MattBangsWood]

Just seeing this, good talking with you on FB Daniel. Luckily, I started pushing a broom 12 years ago.. So I've heard everything under the sun, especially after 100M+ views on KZbin, there isn't much that hasn't been said! I haven't used the Max Guns, can you reply with a link to the gun you're using? Are they 21* nailers?

[@sergeykiselev1125]

Hi, what size of OSB sheet is used for walls? for the roof? Length and width. I want to compare it with European sheets

[@dredhead117]

yeah, them shear wall patterns here in California can be annoying Matt, but I mean, we do get earthquakes from time to time, so I'll give it to the engineers/inspectors on this one

[@tylercoull6025]

Hey Matt big fan of your videos I’m a carpenter here in Canada might be a stupid but what is your reasoning for standing your sheathing up? Just less joints or is that code?

[@djmeece]

Great content! Btw Haven’t seen Fox on the last several vids. He go his separate way?

[@fordstoner6516]

hey matt why not use the zip system on this project?

[@CarpinterGamez]

Saludos desde Miami Florida para la próxima corta abajo primero

[@baseball4697]

Hey, Matt. Why vertical with the 4x8’s rather than horizontal? Wouldn’t horizontal with a broken pattern be stronger? Thnx for all the vids!

[@floorrez308]

California

[@stevef.8041]

Whoa, the plight of the lowly construction worker. Love the video and info, but, the guys are using no hearing protection. I am glad to see some are wearing eye protection. I get it, I've been in their position, and now paying for it in the loss of perfect hearing. But I know this kind of work requires communication, so hearing protection is out. Whatever you are being paid to do this work, you deserve much more money.

[@mjnelligan7288]

Where has fox been ?

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[@ericgarcia7567]

Sup Bradda Matt how you doing

[@XxlgtgmrxXS]

why the double ottom sill ?

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👍✌

[@frankbourque8526]

So do you guys ever use 2x10/2x12 headers? 2ply with 2x4 or 2x6 sill

[@MattBangsWood]

No, we can’t do the built out 2x option. 4x6 minimum for 2x4 walls, 6x6 for 2x6.

[@frankbourque8526]

Damn yeah. Do you atleast get a decent deal for those beams? I feel that is a better construct versus 2x

[@mrm8528]

Im cool as a cucumber in the 20s but once we hit 30 ft i get that shaky leg😂

[@AdrenalineEuphoria]

Hey, what's the reason you guys don't put the plywood on before standing up the exterior walls?

[@mj984]

Finde es ziemlich merkwürdig Bauweise. Bei uns in Deutschland dürfte sowas garnicht gebaut werden. Das Haus könnte bei uns nicht die Schnee und Windlasten aushalten weil die ganze Statik nicht unsrer Norm entsprechen.

[@dylanmounsey7515]

Router is cutting windows out too slow I could mark and cut traditional way faster without sacrificing quality but I guess whatever makes the boys happy poo

[@MattBangsWood]

Just never liked how sloppy people cut, nothing compares to a routers cleanliness.. so I guess I sacrifice a bit of time for that. Also don’t have to snap out.

[@shanesouza4303]

@MattBangsWood after watching you, I finally tried it. 300+ dollar DeWalt and it died b/c of the switch on the 3rd window. Went back and grabbed the Bosch. Worked great. I too have cut windows and doors out of osb my entire life. I can cut a straight line w/o even popping it. Still nothing compared to the results I just got on the last two bldgs. Try it once and you'll never go back. Plus with all of the new window sealing materials and codes, it can't be beat. 😎✌️ P.S Matt is correct on sloppy cutting. Most look like a chainsaw was used. 😜

[@lorenrickey5481]

I like the Bosch too! Tons of power!

[@sawyertilley4469]

I'm a framer and while i love the work, the community/indstry is kind of driving me off of it. It seems like every company/jobsite i get linked up with is at least half comprised of burnouts who spend the day drinking, getting stoned, or talking shit about the women in their lives. (Theres a time and place) This might be naive to ask or expect of the trades but does literally anyone know how to avoid companies full of burnouts/drunks? Or is this something that i'm just going to have to take as a given with this line of work.

[@MattBangsWood]

I’ll be as transparent as I can with you - a lot of the guys that work for us, my Pops included, struggled with addiction at one point. I worked for a contractor when I was 19 that employed 20 or so random Craigslist hires, many of which were either hammered by 1PM or high on something. I never wanted that, I wanted to build out something where people are happy to go to work. Don’t hate the people they’re around.. You’re working for the wrong people, unfortunately it’s hard to find a good group, but I promise they’re out there.

[@Bill_N_ATX]

Sadly, it’s pretty rampant in the trades. I remember my grandfather and father, who were Ironworkers, often working hundreds of feet in the air, and they and their coworkers would often start the day with a couple snorts of whiskey just to “warm up”. Then as soon as they were off work, start the real drinking. Now, a lot of the larger companies, especially those working on larger contracts, have alcohol and drug policies with random tests and such. So it’s the small guys where the folks who need that bong hit in the morning migrate to. I worked with one company where we joked they drug tested regularly, just let them know which ones you wanted tested. Thankfully, they weren’t in a position or task where they could get someone killed or hurt.

[@sawyertilley4469]

@@MattBangsWood Thanks for the reply Matt. Strangely enough it's comforting to know that i'm just finding the wrong companies. Keeps me hopeful about finding the right one. i'm still young so it's daunting sometimes to look at the trade as a future with what i've seen so far. But knowing theres better companies/groups out there keeps me motivated to find them.

[@peterlaughlin930]

What happened to foxy?

[@crucifire9224]

If it ain’t sketchy,it ain’t fun.

[@xuv5607]

As you know Matt sometimes you can't shear all the walls because structural engineers have moment frames designed into some walls and if sheared the inspector will call it out as being "over sheared" WTF. Only in Cali!!

[@anthonysmith9410]

Where is Foxy?

[@RoofRyders-wx2qi]

When walking on top plate, use feet.

[@crazyc232]

How many boxes of nails y’all be going thur 😬.

[@rigocarranza953]

you guys drop a coke jajajajaja

[@hyvemynd605]

Wait who in the actual fuck buckles up in the Telly

[@kickyourfaceandlaugh607]

2x6 top plates is easy I want to see you do all that on 2x4 like me. I run on 2x4 top plates. And 3 pm? That’s a half day for my crew.

[@Tom-sd5ru]

The new guy is a lil too hollywood

[@MattBangsWood]

Which one? Lol..

[@Tom-sd5ru]

@@MattBangsWood the hispanic gentlemen. Its all good though. He loves the camera lol

[@Tom-sd5ru]

Wheres ur old man n jay. Old school cats lol

[@mrsbradpittiful]

Why is it that framers always have the most putrid tattoos !?!?

[@MattBangsWood]

I was tattooed before I was a framer, for what it’s worth. If you think my arms are bad, you’d have a stroke seeing my office space.

[@StoutBuildingCo]

Bang on brotha! @mattbangswood

[@slater1993]

YOYO hook me up wid a date wid the fox and i want the same tool bags he use..ok make it happen captain....cheese cake factor .ill go as the construction work foxy can be da pro skater yo

[@MattBangsWood]

Come to work. We’ve got room for one or two more.

[@slater1993]

only if i get to work wd foxy fox .....@@MattBangsWood

[@chuckleaf8027]

Routering out windows???

[@MattBangsWood]

Common for us.

[@CurrentlyObsessively]

2:38 RIP somebody's coke can

[@joelhunter4082]

Where has fox been?