Wall Framing

[@zephyr1408]

Dave you’re a good leader ! I am a finish contractor now and see guys yelling, belittling, cussing and acting silly. ( I am in the states). Being from a leadership background you may not realize just how much those guys respect you? You know what you’re doing , confident & teach w/ o holding class! Keep it up young man and remember your creator!

[@Sean-bp6xb]

Love watching... and learning. Watching from Ontario Canada 🎉

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

I’m glad you enjoy it! Thanks!

[@sematagi9291]

Luke "I'm lazy but I'm not that lazy!" haha, nice capture on this series, great work.

[@arunmarimuthu1572]

Great work. Enjoyed the video....

[@morganazzopardi2187]

U are very intelligent at what u do. Wish there were more builders like u

[@UmarRehman-]

in love with your work bro , i am doing BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECH in Canada 🇨🇦

[@Sjwolosz321]

Watching from The USA . some similarities in the framing process . Biggest difference being metric . I am always the lead / layout man . One thing here I have seldom every seen . Is a slab flat and level enough to use pre-cut studs !! Though many will just roll with it and wonder why the floor above has a heave in it or the trusses won't bend straight atop the plates because one is higher than the rest . Then again there are instances where an engineer does not want contact with internal webbing " It changes the moments " I've pulled up on sites where the slab looked like a rolling hills and the contractor refused to let me customize to plane . Outta Here Jackson !! . Most of my homes in the last 2 decades have been in the multi-million dollar range and huge . We generally have to shoot in .Establish a benchmark height and customize every stud. Some homes so complex that we have to use a total station to determine elevations and locations within a mm .. Seldom use trusses , Floor trusses yes , Roof trusses almost never . Those are for simpler homes where is something is wrong , It won't bite you in the butt . This reminds me of the furious frame days when you got to move it . Stand still long enough , You'll get nailed to the wall and drywalled over.. Other differences is the lingo . Nogs we call purlins , fire blocks or lateral stabilizers , Here we lace our double top plates . The only time we use single top plates is on non bearing walls. Though a bearing single top plate is allowed by code here as long as it's attached with a gusset plate and proper N-10 nails and whatever bears above must be bearing directly in line with the stud below . It's allowable by code here , But many inspectors aren't aware of it and many don't feel safe about it. Where walls tie in .. We call T's or channels , Then corners are a variety pack depending on the exterior application . Seldom see metal straps .Before they came out , It was let in bracing , Then came T bracing . The wall was squared lying flat and a line snapped , A saw kerf and install . Then the metal strap , Had the damnedest time getting them taut , But I see that has improved with the tensioner you all use now . Used to sheathe the wall with a variety of products , gypsum , foam , celotex . Code was 25% of the first and second story must be structural sheathed and 40% of the first story of three .. Then came along plywood and OSB "Horizontal mulch " and sheath the whole exterior and tattered house wrap !! Then Zip system now . Hate to see what space age stuff they will try next. I started in the the days before nail guns , lasers and battery powered tools . Hand driving an entire. Don't miss those days at all . Peace

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

The slab was pretty good, but we spend a lot of time lasering the plates before starting the beams and subfloor, and we will pack everything to be level. We’re the same with the top plates, we frame everything on the ground with a single plate, and once we’ve plumbed the walls and done the gang plates, someone will run around on a ladder and put on the pitching plate. I’ll love to attempt to build a house without nail guns just to see how damn hard it’ll be. I can imagine how hard that would have been

[@Sjwolosz321]

@@DaveDoesCarpentry Thanks for the reply . Hand driving , Back then it seemed a carpenters IQ was determined how he fast he could smash a nail. Had to be tap and smash like a machine and nailing off a roof Had to keep the hammer bouncing between hits like a drummer. Extremely tiring , Grateful for nail guns

[@TBird89]

Mate there’s no way in hell that the Gen y would hand drive nails in… they wouldn’t be at work the next day because “it’s too stressful and you’re putting pressure on them and because they missed a smoko break they are exhausted. 😁😁😁😁 Here on Australia kids grow up day dreaming about being a chippy using a Paslode and driving a Ford Ranger otherwise they won’t come to work.

[@datrakapo4807]

@@TBird89 lol too true.. only to join a crew and they get you moving steels and passing tools all day lol

[@cmagyar7157]

@@TBird89why would gen y hand nail when it’s the least efficient way possible?

[@michaelcataldo1651]

Wow that’s a tight squeeze for the brickies

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

They’re not going to have a good time 😅

[@michaelcataldo1651]

Hahaha. Man I love ur work! I’m a chippy from Sydney but mainly do renovations, decks, pergolas etc. those boys are lucky to have you as a boss!

[@revs75]

love the longer vids

[@rorycoe3311]

Nice vid man, alot goes into the planing of walls its not just bang bang bang. Hot tip when your prepping a wall for studs leave the plates together, load the studs into place(your effectively also measuring whether or not you can build the wall with no obstructions at the same time), then move the back plate to the otherside... saves getting your tape out!

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

That’s a good tip! Cheers mate

[@morganazzopardi2187]

Nice long vid. Cheers mate

[@TonyTomas-nr1ld]

What’s the reason why you didn’t get Pre Nail Framing for this build?

[@stewatparkpark2933]

The boundary clearance is crazy .

[@donaldzeng7407]

hi Dave, you did quite a few triple studs at the corner of walls, is there any rules that i could follow when i am building my walls to know where to put triple or double studs. thanks in advance. Donald from brisbane

[@dachopper1]

Hey Dave, have you done any double stud or offset external wall stud walls? Thoughts ?

[@cruzmakaveli9891]

Mate, great content. i work in the building industry as well but don't get to spend much time on Site to see how you guys work and set out. Like this type of content, very informative and interesting. Learning a lot mate.

[@AlwaysSearching..]

Love the content bro, the notes you have on your phone that you wrote down as an apprentice would you be able to upload them any where to see them? Currently doing an on-site apprenticeship in aus not allowed to study because of my visa. There’s a lot of details that are hard to keep track of. Would be very helpful to have 👍🏼

[@fartnyaface]

Hey mate great content, just wondering how do you clad the external walls being so close to the boundaries?

[@tritruong-pj7dg]

they might use the Brick veneer mate, and sit inside the wall to do it. U can see that in the another channel : Brick by Ty

[@xuesongbai-d1k]

Dave, how many days does it take your team to frame this house?

[@ramsy3558]

Can you please do a video on how to mark out for windows to work For bricks

[@davidandrews2954]

Using that AEG gun , you must have an arm like pop eye .

[@Sabreshift]

I'm a chippy in NZ and we almost never frame an entire house from scratch. Are there frame and truss manufacturers? You'd think it would save alot of cost in labour to get them made and delivered.

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

There are frame and truss manufacturers here. I love framing our walls on site tho, I haven’t done much wall framing recently as we have been getting a lot of prefab builds, so I was a bit slow today (and had a few mistakes) but definitely love doing it this way. When ever we work with prefab (especially when there’s steel) we end up spending so much time cutting out and changing walls anyway I rarely make trusses on site or do hand pitched roofs. Trusses are usually supplied

[@Sgten01]

We built our own frames on current project in nz. Such a stress less experience tbh, only fuck up were the trusses, might do rafters ourselves next time. F&T plants don’t give a fuck, you get what u get.

[@DanTuber]

is that timber treated?

[@samueltjennings]

Chisel? Pry bar? Same same.

[@VictoriousGardenosaurus]

For the Rithm

[@enjay8950]

Why is the house built so close to the boundary? how does the brickie get in... better yet, how do you clear the weeds n shit once you live there in that tiny fuckin shamble

[@shanereid282]

They won't be able to do a proper job but that's Oz construction standards for you 😂. Water will eventually weep up through the slab into the frame. Nothing against Dave , it's just the industry in Australia is a joke 😢

[@michelereid]

Me, a female in the finance industry….nodding like I understand all the instructions 😂😂😂

[@VgniK88]

Do an apprenticeship just watching your vids, reckon I’ll pass lol😂

[@aaronpeddle4553]

A 900 opening for a 820 door is way too much. make it 880mm

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

There was a mark at 880mm. I made the stud work with the end of the wall, and when we have 20mm sheet flooring we will pack the stud to make the opening 880mm

[@lukebeerls3164]

That aeg framing gun is the biggest piece of crap ,especially for framing ,actually all there tolls are crap and that's coming from someone that owns all there shit but that gun is junk

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

We’ve had two very different experiences with it then. Did it start off good for you and then start to suffer from wear and tear? Or did you never like it. What gun are you using instead of the AEG?

[@lukebeerls3164]

@DaveDoesCarpentry the firing pin on the gun is too short and makes it hard to shoot noggins or anything on a angle ,I have had the reps out and have showed them how it doesn't fire properly ,there response was they will let them know in the factory ,also its so heavy and awkward, I frame with a makita air framer and the maxx air framer and for trusses I use the paslode or air