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Boat Barn:  Framing Detail (Page 2)
 
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Boat Barn Framing Detail (Continued)

These pages are dedicated to highlighting details of the barn framing for my--and others'--future reference.

Please click on any of the photos for a full-size version.

backwindowframe-o.jpg (43599 bytes) 15

The rough openings for windows in the back (west) wall are identical to the ones for the clerestory windows in the south wall.  There are five windows framed, centered on the longitudinal center of the barn, and located with the bottom edge 3'-6" above floor level.  This will provide an ample 6" space above the 36" bench I plan to build along the entire wall.

backwall2-o.jpg (51604 bytes) 16

This shows the five window openings.  The bottom of the wall is to the right in this photo.

backwindowjambs-o.jpg (43309 bytes) 17

Here we have an image showing the framing above and below the windows in the back wall.  The jambs between each window are tripled to channel the loads carried by the wall to the foundation, just as they are on the clerestory windows on the south wall.

 

framingabovebackwindows.jpg (49779 bytes) 18

The back window headers, and framing above the headers to the top plate.

endwalltopplates-o.jpg (46759 bytes) 19

The doubled top plates for the end walls feature a 5-1/2" gap at the end, onto which a piece secured to the side walls will overlap when the walls are raised.

frontwallframing.jpg (53319 bytes) 20

Framing for the portion of the front wall outside of the 18' wide door opening is straightforward.

maindoor1-o.jpg (58303 bytes) 21

The large main door opening.  AS temporary bottom plate spans the bottom of the opening; this will be removed once the wall is secured in its vertical position.

maindoor2-o.jpg (46932 bytes) 22

This is a view from another direction, showing the overall size of the main door, and the framing details of the header, jack studs, and other framing members.

maindoorheader-o.jpg (46315 bytes) 23

The main door header is identical in construction to the window headers, though longer, obviously.  It's triple 2x10s with double 1/2" plywood spacers to fill out the thickness as needed.

maindoorheaderjacks2-o.jpg (51226 bytes) 24

Part of the main door header, showing the double jack studs inside the main stud at the edge of the opening.

maindoorframing-o.jpg (41024 bytes) 25

This is the bottom end of the same studs shown in photo 24.  Note how the pressure-treated bottom plate is extended slightly past the studs to allow a temporary section of bottom plate to be secured between the sides of the opening.

nailingstud-o.jpg (46050 bytes) 26

To provide a place for the sidewalls to be nailed to the end walls, opposite corners of the end walls feature this full-length nailing stud.

nailingblocks-o.jpg (60117 bytes) 27

The other, opposite ends of each end wall feature evenly spaced blocking instead of full-length nailing studs.

 

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