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- Page 1 True Scale House Framing Kit User Guide Gable 59913 V0623...
- Page 2 • Always exercise caution when using sharp tools. Pitsco Education complies with the California Proposition 65 law and has labeled any products in this guide that fall under that law with a warning. The applicable warnings are: Cancer | Reproductive Harm | Cancer and Reproductive Harm | Drilling, sawing, sanding, or machining wood products can expose you to wood dust, a substance known to the state of California to cause cancer.
- Page 3 Materials Included • Lumber • 60 – 2" x 4" (1/8" x 1/4" x 24") • 5 – 2" x 12" (1/8" x 3/4" x 24") • 20 – 1" x 6" (1/16" x 3/8" x 18") • 80 – 2" x 6" (1/8" x 3/8" x 18") •...
- Page 4 Before Building Before you begin to build a house, there are some things you should be familiar with. First, read through the glossary located in the back of this user guide to help you understand the instructions and drawings. Second, become familiar with the use of the architect scale, sometimes called an architect rule. Architects use these extensively to make scale drawings and to measure scale parts.
- Page 5 Place the lumber on the drawing and make sure everything fits. Make sure the wall tie is facing the correct direction. In this case the short 2" x 4" pieces should be flush with the topside of the wall. Nail and/or glue the wall. Cut the top cap plates (4 feet, 9 inches and 3 feet, 11-1/2 inches).
- Page 6 Assembling the Walls When building a house, a contractor begins by placing the floor joists on the foundation and then putting the floor sheeting on the joists. The floor then becomes the work surface to build the walls. The outside walls are usually made first beginning with the longest wall.
- Page 7 Temporary brace Assembling a Gable Roof The truss layout on Sheet 9 shows how the trusses will stand on the top of the walls. The gable end trusses are flush with the outside of the house walls. The W trusses are on two-foot centers, meaning that the center of each truss is two feet from either side of the truss.
- Page 8 • Place a W truss on the marks on the cap plate two feet from the gable end truss. Place a 21-3/4-inch ridge board between the trusses at the peak of the roof. Nail and/or glue it in place. Nail and/or glue the truss to the cap plates on the outside walls only.
- Page 9 • Measure 11 feet, 11-1/4 inches from each end of the house and place a mark on the 2" x 6" on top of the ceiling joists. Measure 12 feet from the side of the house and place a mark on the 2"...
- Page 10 Glossary Bird’s mouth: A bird’s mouth is the notch made into the rafter so it has full bearing on top of the wall. Brace: A brace is a temporary board placed on a wall at an angle to the studs. When the wall is plumb, the brace is nailed on the top and bottom to keep the wall plumb, or, in other words, to keep it from racking.
- Page 11 Racking: Racking is when a wall, or a rectangular shape, leans to one side and is no longer a rectangular shape. Braces are used to keep walls from racking. Rafter: Rafters are the sloping boards of the roof of a building. Ridge: The ridge is the highest point of a roof.
- Page 12 P.O. Box 1708 • Pittsburg, KS 66762 shop.pitsco.com Toll-Free Orders 800-835-0686 True Scale House Framing Kit UG 59913 V0623...
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