House Framing 101 - Timber Frames Explained

This video goes over the bascis of house framing, what everything is called and the names given to all the different parts of a frame.
This is a frame I've built in Austlralia. I love seeing the differences in building codes and styles around the world, so in this video I also compare a few differences in this frame, compared to timber/wood frames that I've seen in the US

[@ddbeats632]

Dig your vids mate, love it how you just calmly, without ego explain your work

[@dac518]

Thank you for including american framing terms and differences. Im an aspiring apprentice and that really helped bring attention to how beautiful you and your accent are❤.

[@shaneashby5890]

We build very differently here in Australia than in America and yes for an American we do certainly sound funny to you guys lol

[@ashtondrake3407]

Very clear, concise explanations! Good work!

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

Thanks!

[@KaesOner]

Thanks Dave! As a sparky and fridgy who's always been fascinated in carpentry, your videos help me scratch that itch. (Although now im tempted to quit my hard-earned career and start a carpentry apprenticeship)

[@sullyy7]

Fridgy here too, love these videos. You're right, Carpentry is truly a very fascinating trade!

[@shaneashby5890]

Hey KaesOner, I’m a licensed carpenter that’s been doing 1st fix carpentry for 20 years here in Adelaide. Let me tell you if you don’t like hard work then carpentry isn’t for you. It’s extremely hard on the body and it’s more for men who are in their 20s and 30s not 40 and above. It’s extremely dangerous pretty much all the time you’re constantly walking on top of wall frames with 6-metre drops right next to you when you’re building the roof. I’m also constantly lifting roof trusses, LVL beams, and fibre cement sheeting, and HEBEL that weigh 40kg, 50kg, 60kg, and even 80kg plus on some occasions while walking up a ladder with that weight on your shoulder. Then you’re cold all the time during winter and walking in mud and then you’re always sunburned in summer and sweating all day. And the risk of injury is always there because of how dangerous all the tools are. I’ve sh0t myself 3 times with the nail gun and fell of the ladder before and broke a rib. And I had a guy cut his thumb off with a power saw right in front of me and I got worse stories than that! The money is very good but so many people say they want to be carpenters and then they quit for all the reasons I’ve said above. Or I have to fire them because they simply can’t keep up with the workload and pace and have difficulty understand how it all works. But Carpentry is the premier trade of all the trades and you could say we are the shot callers on site because we have the most detailed understanding of the entire construction process. And we can do every other trade but other trades can’t do our trade because how complex & detailed it is. Hope that was helpful mate 👍

[@shaneashby5890]

Oh and I forgot to say as well that even though I did wear ear protection I now have permanent ringing in my ears (Tinnitus) and hearing loss because of 20 years of daily using of petrol generators, nail guns, power saws, angle grinders, masonry drills, air compressors, explosive power tools, electric routers, electric planners etc etc. Your ears get hammered all day!

[@JustEPIC19]

Your knowledge is amazing, really loving your explanations!! 🙌🏻

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

Thankyou!

[@ziyuanwang5332]

your explaination is so clear! You are smart!

[@arunmarimuthu1572]

Excellent explanation..... One of your best videos. Thank you

[@oskarproy9826]

Love the in depth explanations, sensational vid bro!

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

Thanks mate!

[@rastiffi]

Mate, these videos are brilliant. Keep it up.

[@anguscuthbert6974]

Great explanation on everything mate keep up the great work

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

Thanks mate!

[@tb20million]

Loving your content Dave! Informative, humble and you seem like a genuinely nice guy. If you can turn up on time and do what you say you’ll do then you’ll dominate. Keep it up.

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

Thanks mate! Awesome to hear that you’re loving the videos, cheers!

[@smithchip2028]

Thanks mate...Great content, you are really a smart dude to actually understand and explain the engineering behind. It would be great if you can make another video on reading the engineering plan on site while framing and explaining the common mistakes made, such as non compliance items

[@nickksimo]

One thing about the lintel positioning, I like the ease of putting them up against the plate, but a small consideration is the extra load bearing of the cladding that would be fixed below the lintel and potential ceiling joists/battens inside. It’s probably inn-effectual but something to consider.

[@garybowers6497]

A guy I worked with always put them over the window, flush with internal face if they weren't full depth. His reasoning was you have solid blocking for curtains/blinds over every window. I like your point though haven't thought of that.

[@shaneashby5890]

Great video Dave you guys build pretty much exactly the same way as we do here in Adelaide.

[@giantman261]

Great videos. I don't think I have ever seen a lintel installed like that, certainly never detailed one installed that way.

[@msateesh5486]

Learnt some good stuff today great video mate

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

Thanks mate!

[@8MrBreadSticks8]

Great video mate.

[@simon.stjohn]

Dave, you are GUN! Your videos are so good, your explanations clear and spot on. You are so polite with coworkers, right on spec with what you do in every way. You have a huge career, interesting to see which direction you go. You'd be a top certifier (shish!) or presenter for The Block (ha!). Seriously but, I have owner-built two houses and renovated a third and your explanations would be very helpful for OBs starting out so bare them in mind as you make content, even though apprentices and builders are your main viewership. PS: I have noticed in US vids they don't use nogs....is that 'cos they sheet the entire building? Whatdya think of that - seems incredible bracing but cost more?

[@7310anthony]

In Tas we always wrap the wall then cut the paper out and put the windows in couldn’t imagine doing it after would be a pain hah!

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

Don’t know why we’re doing it differently in Victoria, your way is so much easier!

[@bretthague8780]

Great explanation mate. Be careful to allow a minimum of 15mm between the top reveal and head trimmer on all windows as per the AS, some windows looked like they were flirting with it. Keep up the good work bud.

[@Carolus_REX96]

Thank you for the explanation. In Holland we prefabricate all these walls because of the weather. I engineer these walls, we have outside walls with 38x235mm studs, because of our insulation standards.

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

235mm studs is insane! Do you know how the framers stand these walls up? Would hate to know how heavy they are

[@Carolus_REX96]

The wall, floor and roof prefab elements are very heavy, so in the production hall they use a overhead crane for turning the prefabs around. On site they use mostly a telescopic crane or sometimes a tower crane. A residential building is set up in 2 or 3 days. Mind you that the prefabrication time is the same as you are making your buildings in place as a carpenter.

[@stewatparkpark2933]

Most house frames are pre- fabed in a factory in Australia and delivered to site . Stood up by hand .

[@shaneashby5890]

@@stewatparkpark2933 In Adelaide, we never use prefabricated wall frames ever. We make all our own wall frames on-site by ourselves. And because of everyone always using roof trusses, I’d say 90% of carpenters don’t even know how to build a conventional roof!

[@pepsi4menu]

Awesome stuff brother 👍

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

Thanks mate!

[@tomv8952]

Fantastic video thanks mate

[@Euromiles]

Awesome video mate!

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

Thanks mate!

[@TheBuildRoom]

Great video - very enlightening. On your ply-braced sections doesn't the extra thickness of the ply impact the external cladding? IE wouldn't you have to space out any cladding to make up for the thickness of the ply or are you ripping the studs down too keep the total width at 90mm?

[@sovereignplays]

excellent explanation. New Subscriber here! Good Content!

[@satjiwan]

In my US experience is p years ago, the short m jack studs that come down from the top of the wall to window top plates are called “cripples” because they have no legs. Not very kind term but helps distinguish from the jacks supporting from the bottom plate UP. Vs from top plate down.

[@shaneashby5890]

Every is done completely different here in Australia mate. And all the terminology is different too.

[@derbauherr173]

You did an amazing job in explaining all the details! I’m wondering is all the used timber untreated?

[@shaneashby5890]

Yes, it’s all untreated. The only time you use treated timber is for building anything outside the house where they will be exposed to termites balconies, decks, pergolas, stairs, fencing etc.

[@douglasfreedom8943]

Thanks mate Question: with the internal walls what is the plaster fixed to at the top? Is there not a 45mm gap from top plate to underside of truss?

[@bionicbonerboy]

In QLD we wrap before windows

[@fattymole123]

Mate this was phenomenal. Your content is top tier. Any chance you could do a similar framing explanation / compliance info for decks?

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

Thankyou, I appreciate it! I’d love to do that and also a full walk through on how to build a deck! Just waiting to get my next deck job

[@Sjwolosz321]

I had a hard enough time moving from Washington DC to South Carolina and learning the lingo of carpentry . I have 43 years experience and every word I knew for one thing was called something else . I survived and got southified . Most everything you called out , We call differently. I never liked installing windows beforehand. flashing , housewrap etc . I've built parts of a house way out of sequence and told it was better and it turned out looking like trash . My ears perked on the lintels" header" being installed at the top . That's the way I like . But was told by some community college , online two week degree engineer that it's against Code because it needs to be placed atop the window opening and crippled up .. Why? .. He said for wind shear ?? On a brick veneered house ?? with brick ties at 18"x24" wall anchoring ?? Well .. I guess we need a header under the window sill as well . Because it will get the same amount of wind shear at the sill Einstein . Yes we used to use metal cross bracing of all types . Used to be let in bracing , then metal T bracing that needed to be scarfed in , Then metal strap bracing. Code here is 25% of the first and second must be structurally sheathed or engineered to comply . So nowadays . They just sheet the entire wall . Seemingly solves all problems of racking and shear without having to think . Pre-fab , Cross square and sheath on and out of level floor and get an automatic out of plumb wall . Brilliant my padawan learner ..

[@belindaciccone4328]

Nice work

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

Thankyou!

[@Joesmith_138]

My house has a top plate were part of it (one top plate) has been chewed in one corner by termites and has one of those v joins near it,would that effect anything do u reckon,obviously you cant see it but are they able to be replaced also?

[@jivarasulaiman9814]

Good on you mate !

[@crazybrazy5213]

Bro would you recommend any Carpentry schools in Australia that foreign carpentry students can apply and for? That would be really appreciated thanks

[@ddbeats632]

Dbl plate allows you to run bearing Timbers wherever needed

[@garybowers6497]

Great video. I've always been a little confused by jamb studs. When engineering plans mention double or triple jamb studs beside openings over a certain width, does that mean the number of studs under the lintel, or beside the lintel? Ive seen both. For example, 2500 opening says triple jamb stud; would this mean 3 jamb studs under the lintel each side of the window/door, then one common stud to top plate each side?? (I've also seen 3 under lintel than 3 beside to plate as well) I've seen people just do a single jamb stud under lintel then 3 triple studs to the top plate. To me this isn't right as you aren't providing any more support to the lintel, just more support to the top plate. What's your take? Keep the videos coming mate.

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

The engineering plans for the job will have a table showing you how many studs they want under the lintel or beside the lintel. Depending on the job the engineer sometimes wants them to be done differently, typically for a triple stud, they call for 1 under the lintel and 2 running the full way up next to the lintel

[@DaveDoesCarpentry]

I agree with you, I don’t think it makes much sense having 1 stud under the lintel and 2 running besides it. We just have to trust the engineers know what they’re doing 😂

[@swarve]

Great video! Any ideas how they get away with no nogs in the US? They have crazy high walls without nogs (or blocking as they call it).

[@shaneashby5890]

That's crazy you need noggings to stop the timber wall studs from bowing under load.

[@Shashika]

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[@brandondyck4215]

Is the new construction market in high demand in Australia like it is in North America?

[@shaneashby5890]

As a carpenter mate we got more work than we can keep up with it’s insane. Too many people and not enough houses to put everyone!

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I am going to do carpentry when I am older with your business

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That is not a timber frame

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