Larry Haun Roof Framing

Starting from the top of the walls they take you step by step through the entire process showing you practical ways to organize tasks streamline procedures and handle the right tools and materials efficiently.

Larry haun roof framing.

Framing a dutch roof fine homebuilding a dutch roof has elements of both a gable roof and a hip roof. Framing a roof with larry haun pro framer larry haun shows how to cut and install ceiling joists rafters and roof sheathing in the third episode of this framing video series. In this article builder larry haun explains how the framing is laid out cut and installed. Starting from the top of the walls they take you step by step through the entire process showing you practical ways to organize tasks streamline procedures and handle the right tools and materials efficiently.

Photo courtesy robert wedemeyer. Here an entire roof s worth of rafters has been ganged up and larry is cutting the bird s mouths using a worm drive saw with a swing table. In framing roofs larry haun and his brother joe build the roof of a basic 1 600 square foot house. Starting from the top of the walls they take you step by step through the entire process showing you practical ways to organize tasks streamline procedures and handle the right tools and materials efficiently.

In framing roofs larry haun and his brother joe build the roof of a basic 1 600 square foot house. When i first began framing for instance i laid out a common rafter with a framing square and made the plumb cuts at each end and the bird s mouth cut at the plate line. Larry haun has been a production framer for almost 40 years and a teacher of apprentices for almost 25. He has honed his skills and techniques on hundreds of tract and custom houses finding countless ways to save time reduce costs minimize problems and improve quality.

Larry haun framing video series there have been few professionals with as much knowledge passion and enthusiasm about home building as larry haun.