Audel Carpenter's and Builder's Layout, Foundation, and Framing PDF
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Audel'" Carpenters and Builders Layout, Foundation, and Framing Audel TM Carpenters and Builders Layout, Foundation, and Framing All New 7th Edition Mark Richard Miller Rex Miller Contents Acknowledgments xiii About the Authors xv Introduction xvii Chapter 1 Locating a Building 1 Selection of Site 1 Staking Out 1 The Lines 1 Laying Out with Transit Instruments 2 Method of Diagonals 3 Points on Layout 5 Summary 6 Review Questions 7 Chapter 2 House Foundations 9 Slab-on-Grade 9 Crawl Space 15 Basement Construction 21 Pile Foundation 22 All-Weather Wood Foundation 22 Summary 23 Review Questions 24 Chapter 3 Concrete Forms and Hardware 25 Need for Strength 25 Bracing 26 Economy 27 Fastening and Hardware 28 Lumber for Forms 28 Practicality 31 Texture 34 Size and Spacing 34 Stripping Forms 34 Stripping Forms for Arches 38 Special Forms 38 Prefabricated Forms 41 Summary 41 Review Questions 42 Chapter 4 Site Equipment 43 Ladders 43 Setting Up a Ladder 49 Ladder Shoes 49 Ladder Accessories 51 Special Products 51 Ladder Safety 55 Scaffolding 56 Scaffolding Components 56 Scaffolding Safety Rules 62 Summary 71 Review Questions 72 Chapter 5 Concrete-Block Construction 73 Block Building Materials 74 Standard Masonry Units 74 Mortar 76 Block Building Methods 77 Basic Block-Laying 77 Laying Blocks at Corners 79 Building Walls Between Corners 80 Construction Methods 85 Walls 85 Building Interior Walls 87 Sills and Plates 87 Installation of Heating and Ventilating Ducts 88 Electrical Outlets 88 Insulation 90 Flashing 91 Floors 92 Summary 96 Review Questions 97 Chapter 6 Frames and Framing 99 Methods of Framing 99 Balloon-Frame Construction 99 Post-and-Beam Construction 99 Platform Frame Construction 99 Framing Terms 100 Sills 100 Girders 102 Joists 103 Subflooring 103 Headers and Trimmers 104 Walls and Partitions 104 Ledger Plates 106 Braces 106 Studs 106 Bridging 107 Rafters 107 Lumber Terms 107 Standard Sizes of Lumber 107 Framing Lumber 108 Summary 109 Review Questions 109 Chapter 7 Floors, Girders, and Sills 111 Girders 111 Construction of Girders 111 Placing Basement Girders 111 Sills 114 Types of Sills 115 Anchorage of Sill 116 Setting the Sills 116 Floor Framing 117 Connecting joist to Sills and Girders 117 Bridging 118 Headers and Trimmers 118 Subflooring 121 Summary 122 Review Questions 122
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