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Wacky Weds: Building Collapse

This is the full video of the Toll Brothers townhome development located in North Carolina that was taken by Ed Braz of Ed Braz Wildlife Photography who wrote about the experience here. This is a follow up picture taken WRAL which had a few statements from the builder & inspection department. Unfortunately it appears that there will be […]

Filed Under: Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: Advanced Framing January 15, 2014 By SLS

4 New Advanced Framing Options?

Recently the NAHB Research Center (now known as Home Innovation Research Labs) in conjunction with DOE’s Challenge America Program released a new paper touting three new “Advanced Framing Techniques”. As you may recall I have pointed out multiple issues with OVE / Advanced Framing & actually promote using OFT or Optimized Framing Techniques. With that, I was interested in what […]

Filed Under: Common Sense Building Tagged With: Advanced Framing, CSB January 14, 2014 By SLS

Common Sense Building: Exterior Wall Sheathing 101

For most builders & crews the biggest question when it comes to sheathing a wall is “should we do it while the wall is being framed on the ground, or after we have stood it up?” For others that have to add foam on the exterior, some start to wonder, “if I need to add […]

Filed Under: Common Sense Building Tagged With: Advanced Framing, CSB, OFT March 5, 2013 By SLS

Common Sense Building: OFT – Optimized Framing Techniques

OFT or Optimized Framing Techniques is taking the best framing techniques that fit the house you are building & utilizing them to not only save resources but to also have a strong, durable structure that uses a minimal amount of connectors. Ah, but isn’t that what one might call OVE or Advanced Framing? Well before […]

Filed Under: Common Sense Building Tagged With: Advanced Framing, CSB, OFT November 29, 2012 By SLS

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