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Framing commercial jobs can be more lucrative than residential work. But most commercial jobs require some form of metal stud framing. This book teaches step-by-step, with hundreds of job site photos, high-speed metal stud framing in commercial construction. It describes the special tools you’ll need and how to use them effectively, and the material and equipment you'll be working with. Commercial Metal Stud Framing reveals the shortcuts, tips and tricks-of-the-trade that take most steel framers years on the job to discover. Hundreds of job site photos that show exactly how to assemble each part of the structure This book shows how to set up a crew to maintain a rhythm that will speed progress faster than any wood framing job. If you've framed with wood, this book will teach you how to be one of the few top-notch metal stud framers. Get up to speed Fast! Learn tricks of the trade and basic methods to master high-speed metal stud framing in commercial construction. If you're an experienced wood framer, you already have many of the skills you'll need. This manual is written by a framer who runs one of the largest metal stud contractors in the country, and it tells you just about everything you need to know to transfer those skills to metal stud framing in commercial buildings. Detailed Instructions:
Easy to read, conversational, and includes hundreds of job site photos that show exactly how to assemble each part of the structure. Once you see how the steel framing is done, you'll find it's considerably easier than wood. But to earn top pay on a commercial site, you need more than just the basics. You'll need the shortcuts and proven techniques for dealing with specific problems that stump the novice. Trade Secrets! Secrets the author has learned over the years from old-timers who showed him the ropes, and from his own experience as he worked around the problems that come up on every job. The Author: Ray Clark has for the past 15 years worked in several states in the residential and commercial drywall and metal stud framing trades, sharing experience with other metal stud framers across the country and mastering his craft under the guidance of some of the nation's top framers. He has also taught framing in junior college, and it was while searching for a clear, accurate text that he realized it was up to him to write one. This is the first full-scale metal stud framing text, and he's filled it with the tips and tricks that normally only years on the job can teach. Includes: Book By: Ray Clark ISBN: 1-57218-079-X 208 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11 |
