Discussion Forum
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Alum-A-Pole
We are thinking about buying Alum-a-pole and I was hoping to get all opinions and experience with it. The jobsite we are on has very limited accessablity and on one side…
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Eyebrow Dormer Class
All, A forum contributor over at JLC is going to be coming out west (Portland, OR) the first week of January to teach a class on eyebrow dormers. We are…
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garage slab- Learn me!!
Way back in the day, the framers here at Pioneer did the foundations, framing, siding, and flatwork (slabs, sidewalks, patios, porches, etc). It has been a long time since I…
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Some Framing
Deiselpig has got me wanting to post some pictures. So here goes. We just finished the house in the photo album. We'll be back to hang windows on Friday when…
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Some Framing Pictures
I thought I'd post pics of the frame we are on. Work got really slow and we let our third guy go, so now we are a two man framing…
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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
I'm looking for some information about products to use that are less likely to affect someone with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. A few acquaintances suffer from this, and it made me…
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Groin, Cove & Stickframing
I thought I post some pictures here of a cove ceiling I framed yesterday and the groin I framed today, and some of the rest of the house as it…
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DeWalt 36V Circ Saw
Anyone have any experience here with this guy? http://www.dewalt.com/us/products/tool_detail.asp?productID=14868 Anyone know if Bosch will come out with a saw soon?
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Hip Truss Question from a Stickframer
Monday, we'll set hip trusses on the frame we are on. I've only every done hip trusses once and that was while I was still in school and just a…
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I-Joist Rafters
Probably Thursday we'll start the roof of the frame we are on. We are going to use I-joists as the main rafters and we've added about 1100 sq of space…
Reader Projects
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The Jasper
This is actually the same Mascord floorplan as the other one I posted, but a different elevation. The roof pitches for this one were 8-12 & 10-12. We precut most…
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Framing an I-Joist Roof
Early 2008, we started to get really slow. We ended up with 4 custom homes and this was the second one of the year. It was very fun to frame,…
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Muirkirk Hand Cut
This house just started out as a rambler with a huge roof that we chose to stick frame instead of truss. After we got it framed and saw how much…
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Bernie’s House
We signed up this customer in the summer of 2007 as the market was starting to slow down. This is a Mascord design...