Archives: Framing

Garage Workshop – Stair Design

By Todd Fratzel on Framing

The other day I posted about one of my projects for the summer being building stairs up to my new workshop in the garage. This weekend I took some measurements and designed the stairs. As you can see I’m going to have the stairs go in two directions with a small landing part way up.…

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Framed Bearing Wall

By Todd Fratzel on Framing

Basement Bearing Walls Last year at this time we began framing the house. Looking at the pictures reminds me of one thing I chose to do in our new home that is a bit different. I chose to frame a bearing wall down the center of the basement instead of using lolly columns and a…

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Engineered Lumber

By Todd Fratzel on Framing

Engineered Lumber Framing Today I was looking at some old photos from last year when we started framing the new house. One of the things that caught my eye was this photo of the floor framing. Engineered lumber products have drastically changed the residential home market. As you can see in the photo I used…

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