Join us to get great money-saving tips, cool ideas, and valuable advice from home improvement expert Don Vandervort! An illustrated look at how a typical wood-frame floor is built, including sublooring and more. Though some floors are built on a concrete slab flat on the ground, most floors are raised above the ground.
When viewing a framed house before the wall coverings are installed, the building often seems complicated and to some, a daunting project. Taken in that context, house or building framing is not all that difficult. It is a good idea, however, for the inexperienced to begin with a small, simple construction, rather than a two story, complex design.
Nails and screws are ancient wood-fastening technology that still get the job done today. But how do you know which one to use for any given project? That question was actually easier to answer a few decades ago because now there are many more types and sizes of nails and screws available, and many more—and better—ways to drive them in.
It's one of the age-old carpentry questions: when to use screws? When to use nails? And sometimes there's no consensus. Is there a case where nails are better than screws, from a structural standpoint?
A platform bathtub is enclosed in a framed platform and surfaced with tile, wood, or other finishing material. The project may require reinforcing existing floor framing in addition to the construction skills and tools to build the platform and plumbing know-how and tools to install the unit, its water and drain lines and faucets. This project is very straightforward for a carpenter, so you may be well served to hire out this phase.
I am constructing a 12x16 shed. I have 2x6 pressure treated joists on 16" center. These joists are resting on concrete blocks.
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When wood is kept in direct contact with concrete, the moisture in the concrete will be drawn up into the wood, and after a period of time the wood will rot. A sill gasket made from a soft plastic material is designed to prevent moisture to seep from the foundation to the lumber frame. Sometimes just a simple plastic sheet is placed under the bottom plate if a wall is built on a basement cement floor which provides the same barrier. What about when a seller complains that his basement is perfectly dry, the concrete is dry and the wood is dry and there is no rot.
The finished product: closed storage underneath the deck created by a beautiful lattice wall with a gate. Build the frame for enclosure. Nail 2x4s to existing posts to create the frame needed to secure the lattice panels.
This article teaches you how to build a floor for a house on a concrete foundation. This framing system can also be used for framing storage shed floors. This floor framing system is typical over basements and crawl spaces. Did you use this instructable in your classroom?
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