Building with Engineered Lumber

by SPIER, JOHN

• ISBN13: 9781561586974
• ISBN10: 1561586978
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-04-04
• Publisher: Taunton

Summary

Framing is bread-and-butter work for builders. Builders who want to stay on top of their business and meet customer demands for quality materials and excellent workmanship need to know about engineered lumber-how it affects home design, and how different types of engineered lumber are ordered, stored, handled, cut and installed. "Building with Engineered Lumber" delivers this information clearly, comprehensively, and in well-organized chapters that builders can put to work right away.

Table of Contents

Introduction	2	(2)
What Is Engineered Lumber?	4	(4)
A Short History of Engineered Lumber	5	(1)
Why Use Engineered Lumber?	6	(1)
Who's Using EL?	7	(1)
The Future	7	(1)
Types of Engineered Lumber	8	(10)
Beams, Girders, Joists, and Columns	11	(1)
Characteristics of Dimensional Lumber and EL	11	(1)
Beams and Columns	11	(4)
I-Joists	15	(1)
Trusses	16	(1)
Sheet Goods	16	(2)
Hardware Holds It All Together	18	(14)
The World of Steel Connectors	19	(1)
Hardware for Carrying Beams and Girders	20	(1)
Hangers of All Kinds	21	(4)
Hangers for Roof Construction	25	(2)
Tensile Connectors	27	(5)
Design and Planning for EL Construction	32	(10)
Fundamental Differences	33	(6)
Designing for EL	39	(1)
Hybridization	40	(2)
Working with Engineered Lumber	42	(14)
Safety First	42	(3)
Transportation, Care, and Handling of Engineered Lumber	45	(4)
Tools of the Trade	49	(3)
Techniques of the Trade	52	(3)
Site-Built Jigs	55	(1)
Beams and Girders	56	(14)
Types of Carrying Beams	57	(3)
Supporting the Beam	60	(4)
Assembling and Installing Beams	64	(5)
Finishing the Installation	69	(1)
Floors---Faster and Flatter	70	(12)
Designing the System	70	(3)
Supporting the Floor	73	(1)
Building the Floor	73	(9)
Engineered Components in Wall Framing	82	(8)
LSL or TimberStrand	82	(2)
Finger-Jointed Studs	84	(1)
Wall Headers	85	(2)
Columns in Walls	87	(1)
OSB Wall Sheathing	88	(2)
Framing Roofs	90	(16)
Engineered Roof Design	91	(3)
Roofs You Can't or Shouldn't Build with EL	94	(1)
Assembling the Engineered Roof	94	(11)
Cover It Up!	105	(1)
Trusses	106	(6)
Types of Trusses	107	(1)
Disadvantages of Trusses	108	(1)
Applications for Parallel Chord Trusses	109	(1)
Roof Trusses	110	(2)
Subcontractors and the Engineered Structure	112	(8)
Educating the Subs	113	(1)
Utility Systems	113	(3)
Other Subcontracting Issues	116	(4)
Index	120