Residential Framing: A Homebuilder's Construction GuideOpens the subject to anyone explores all the standard framing methods for floors, walls, ceilings, and roofs demystifies some of the more obscure tasks, such as building gable dormers, multiple pitched roofs, staircase construction, and structural foundations. Theres even a section devoted to post and beam construction. The book concludes with a discussion about door and window installation, exterior siding and interior finishing.Popular Mechanics.,