I am looking to increase my knowledge of wood frame residential construction. My background is with commercial buildings and I have not been exposed to very much wood frame detailing. I am starting to dabble in a bit of residential design and am looking for any good resources that you can recommend, or, alternatively any plans you can send my way to use for reference purposes? Info for cold climates would be particularly helpful.
According to your other most recent comments, it appears that you're working in Canada and have a Canadian M.arch... therefore, your first step is to look at CHMC's publications since they are the gold standard for residential wood frame construction details here. I find it strange you did not come across this during school. Their publications are typically free online as PDFs if you spend 2min researching their database.
Besides that, https://buildingscience.com/ is a great resource and one of it's authors, John Straube, is a superstar.
Thanks for the helpful info, and yes, I did read the CMHC woodframe construction book a couple years ago, and I do have a decent working knowledge of woodframe construction - just looking to find some additional reference resources since it isn't something I deal with on a daily basis.
Jun 29, 18 3:15 pm ·
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Non Sequitur
I recommend you buy a copy. It's a great quick & dirty reference guide.
Jun 29, 18 3:33 pm ·
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OneLostArchitect
Buy CMHC? Why if it’s free?
Jun 29, 18 8:06 pm ·
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Non Sequitur
A hard copy is handy to have. I find pdfs too slow.
Residential Wood-frame Drawings / Details
I am looking to increase my knowledge of wood frame residential construction. My background is with commercial buildings and I have not been exposed to very much wood frame detailing. I am starting to dabble in a bit of residential design and am looking for any good resources that you can recommend, or, alternatively any plans you can send my way to use for reference purposes? Info for cold climates would be particularly helpful.
Thanks!
According to your other most recent comments, it appears that you're working in Canada and have a Canadian M.arch... therefore, your first step is to look at CHMC's publications since they are the gold standard for residential wood frame construction details here. I find it strange you did not come across this during school. Their publications are typically free online as PDFs if you spend 2min researching their database.
Besides that, https://buildingscience.com/ is a great resource and one of it's authors, John Straube, is a superstar.
http://www.awc.org/pdf/codes-s...
Wood Frame Construction Manual
https://www.amazon.com/Graphic...
Graphic Guide to Frame Construction
wait... what happened? We're helping someone here?
I know. Next it'll be dogs and cats living together...
Maybe it's because the query was polite, concise, and didn't presume anything.
Democrats and Republicans actually talking without screaming..................Nah.
While we're at it, I'd like to win the lottery, please :O)
Alas, that's a likelier scenario than yours, geezer :O/
Thanks for the helpful info, and yes, I did read the CMHC woodframe construction book a couple years ago, and I do have a decent working knowledge of woodframe construction - just looking to find some additional reference resources since it isn't something I deal with on a daily basis.
I recommend you buy a copy. It's a great quick & dirty reference guide.
Buy CMHC? Why if it’s free?
A hard copy is handy to have. I find pdfs too slow.
Yes, it's exhausting being so nice.
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