Framing

Tips from a custom framer make the engineered-lumber learning curve easier to negotiateby John Spier

From undersize nails to overloaded trusses, here's a look at what builders get wrong when they wing it without an engineerby David Utterback

Glue, staples and a little engineering turn sheets of plywood into trusses and columnsby Roger Fleck

How one builder stiffens walls by running studs from floor to rooflineby Sean Sheehan