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Framing/Framing Principles

Framing Floor to Roof

House Framing

House Framing

Like the human body, a house has a skeleton that gives it support, shape and a framework for outer coverings. A house's skeleton is called the frame. Though some new homes utilize steel framing, most houses are made of wooden beams, floor joists, walls studs, roof rafters and related components.

Exterior Walls

Framing exterior walls is a pretty straight-forward process. Assembling walls on a level surface -- probably the subfloor or slab -- and raising them into place will help you frame faster. However, raising walls usually requires some extra help.

There are two basic framing methods: platform and balloon construction, as shown at right. Platform construction is much more common than balloon framing, though balloon framing was employed in many two-story houses before 1930.