I am a homeowner with a day job who does not do anything construction related for a living. That being said I am working on framing out my basement and Bought this kzfaq.infoUgkxHQsUrwNr5GQrnx9V4xDdUr56qxwuiBHt gun. I have done a few walls already, have probably shot a couple hundred nails through this thing and have yet to have a misfire. It works awesome, good depth on every nail if you have your compressor set right. My literal only complaint is that it is a bit heavy and my arm can get a little tired especially whrn I am nailing at odd angles. That being said I am super happy with it and would buy it again. Hoping the old girl allows me to get my whole basement finished out!

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I went to school for carpentry and this is EXACTLY how they taught us to frame walls. GOOD JOB

Great video! I've been a carpenter for years. I went to trade school to learn to build houses and I've never seen a wall sheathed, wrapped or squared before standing it up. I usually work by myself so I can guarantee I'll be framing like you do in the video from now on. Thanks for the enlightenment!

All good tips. I framed for over 40 years and loved it. I like the fact that you can see how much you’ve done by the end of the day. My brother and I had a framing crew for many years. We started with just 2 employees and gradually worked up to 38. When we first started just 4 of us could frame a duplex in 4 days. That was from the slab to ready for the roofers and ready for all ext. paint and ready for all the other trades on the int. Something we did, that I rarely see, is we would put the sheathing on the walls when they were laying down, just as you, but we took it further. We’d also set the windows and doors, nail the soffits to the walls and put all the siding and trim on. Everything is a lot faster and easier when it’s laying down. On the end walls, we would put the gable trusses on with the soffits before lifting. (We had to leave the sheathing and siding off the corners so we could tie the walls together). The back walls were 96 ft. long and pretty heavy, as were the gable walls, so we used wall jacks. The roofs were usually a 4/12 pitch so that was low enough that we could lean over and nail the on facia from the roof. The only time we had to use a ladder for ext. was for the corners, precisely the sheathing, siding, soffit and corner boards.

You're like Matt Risinger that actually works and has a real set of tool bags

Measuring the cripples against the king stud was also the common way of gauging an individual's worth to the kingdom in medieval times.

Good tips. Been a builder/carpenter for 35 years. That's how I do it too.

Glad to see there are still craftsmen in the framing trade. Great video!

Attention to detail ! That is one thing that distinguishes a good tradesman from others . Thanks for sharing.

This is the first Perkins vid I’ve seen, I subbed and look forward to watching more. I’ve been in construction for 20 years at the same company and I truly believe you should never stop trying to learn better ways to build. It’s made me very good at what I do, I like y’alls “uncommon” sense!!

What an outstanding view. Also great video. My wife and I are going to build our work shop / storage building in two weeks. It's just 12x16, but it will be more finished out than just a frame building.

Thanks again for helping me with yet another project! I’ve learned many more ways to improve my quality in your videos.

I love building. I'm a carpenter and i know most of this but it cant hurt to know to much! Great video!!

Talent I wish I saw more of this in the field.!

Great videos and great work. I can appreciate someone who can walk and talk at the same time. Its definitely not something everyone can do. I have taken some terrible workers over the years and turned them into pretty good ones. Teaching someone the right way and taking the time to do things the right way is something that doesn't happen as often as it should. That view was absolutely amazing as well. I'd love to work on a job with you guys someday. If you ever need someone to help on some charity work or something else let me know and I'd gladly come down and help you guys in any way I can.

What a beautiful site when it comes to lunch breaks!

Nice explanations! Great job, guys. Spending a little more time doing it right the first time saves time down the road for other trades.

Great video, very informative! Thanks for making it!

First time in this Chanel great explanation and straight forward

2:23-2:34 he's talking about choosing good lumber to work with and that finding good lumber is difficult; as a former Lowe's employee that worked in the lumber department, he is 100% right. I might add that there's no such thing as a perfect board; just search for the best you can get and work with what you have.

Doing it the same up here in Montreal. A couple little differences I was tought to nail the bottom plate to the floor first before you nail any studs in. We use 2×6 on our exterior & load bearing walls We put a 1/4" × 5 1/2" foam under the bottom plate. We would use a chainsaw to open our window openings. When i started we put one osb 4×9 & then 2 4×9 sheeting. Something about letting the house breath. Now its all 4×9 sheeting 1/2" with a 1" styrofoam (isofoil) Its cool to see we are separated by a couple 1000 kilometers yet we have the same building techniques. Love your videos.

Another great video Brothers! Keep up the good work. Keep the videos coming!

Awesome 👍. I'm learning alot watching you . Thank you and stay safe .

Keeping it more real than it should. Thanks guys.

Maybe best instruction on KZfaq. Thank you, I'm in the process of building my house and these are incredibly helpful.

Amaizing my friend thank for video and tip the walls

I like how you think things out. On your video's you mention " its easier on your back" which is great advice and something your body will happy you did as you age. I often see workers do things that are just terrible for their bodies on job sites and I often hear the same people say how their body is hurting. Be smart think it out. Thanks for another great video.

Thanks for the tips! Greatly appreciated.

Good video. Looks like a beautiful spot to work. We do things slightly different. When assembling an exterior wall, we put the wall plates on some scrap blocks so that we can feel that the studs are flush on the interior face (drywall side). Sometimes you get variants in width of studs or plates and we like to have the drywall side flush and the exterior side is less important as you often have an air space for masonry or strapping for siding. Also, a stud that is crowned a 1/4" should be used to cut up for pieces above and below your windows. Keep the straighter ones for studs and cripplers. Find a supplier who can get you premium grade lumber and you will have straighter material without wained edges too.

What a beautiful jobsite location , I envy you guys that get to stick frame everyday in places like that.

Such a good video. I love these guys. I’m preparing to build my own house, so these tips are golden.

Thank You for sharing your tips guys...

That's awesome I've learnt alot of tips from you guys so thank you very much 👌

Ive watched many of your videos. All great advice & attention to detail. Ive been in the trades my whole life & worked with every type of builder. You're among the best from what I can see. I especially like this video, you killed several birds with one shot and made it easier as well.

Gotta say, I love the house wrap! I work at Jennings so it threw me off to see our logo. Keep up the good work and thanks for the great video.

Double thumbs up! Thanks for the time savers

I hella like the square the wall, anchor it, and put sheating and tyvek before its vertical... nice...

Amazing, thanks for all the info!

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Nice work guys so simple it makes sense 👍

Nice job. Many many carpenters don't overlap the rim and sills with the sheathing and inspectors don't flag it. The only thing holding down the walls are the nails in the plates. Thats so important to keep the walls anchored down when there is uplift in high winds or seismic concerns. It also adds another layer of moisture protection to the rim and sills which so often rot out from improperly flashed openings above. I've seen million dollar homes with absolutely terrible framing practices. You guys are stellar.

Very impressive- you got results.

Usually I don't coment the video, also because I don't speek english so well. But let me tell you that you are great !!! I learn a lot of thinks on your video :-) Thanks a lot !!!

Omg, now I have to take my trailer apart and redo the whole thing ...haha

Good job!!

Great video, thank you.

The temporary hinge was brilliant in keeping alignment with the edge.

Wow I really dont know what I'm doing. Thanks for the tips.

Most new builds here in NZ use prenailed framing... it’s quicker, but not always better. We also require a lot more cross bracing because we get so many earthquakes. Great video though, it’s nice to see there are still actual craftsmen around the world, building with pride in their work.

This was very useful info thank you

Thank you good lesson.

Thanks I enjoy the videos. Learning alot

Great video as always!

I like starting with the bottom plate already tacked in place on line. Then you don't have the extra added step of lining it up.

You would think that these tips would be common practice amongst licensed trades persons. The fact is is that anybody can go to the local Building Center and grab one of those air nailers and call themselves whatever. Big difference between a perfectionist and a butcher. Great video guys

Thank you for explaining the crown. I always thought it was about the wood grain at the end of the board. I have built my own barn and shed plus other things. But I was not doing it your way. Luckily my stuff worked out.

We used up acoustic sealant the bottom plate to stop drafts as well as typar it before lifting the walls to save doing it from a ladder after.

Another tip I like to use is to reverse the bows in my king and jack studs so they straighten out when nailed together!

if only i found this video sooner. great one guys

very nice work!!

Looks so fun.

Excellent!

It's also good practice to keep your headers high and just build tour window openings down.rhen you are not relying on little crips

Thanks for this.. I'm 67..volunteering at Habitat for Humanity.. and always learning..

Nice informative video, just wish you would have explained mistake number four. Typical framers will begin by nailing every stud ,trimmer, and cripple to the sole plate without consideration of channel blocking and nailing headers to king studs etc. Would have been nice to point out to start nailing in order of accessibility. Example at 3:45 in the video you show clearly that there is room to screw the header to the king stud. If a 16”oc stud is right next to the king stud and nailed already at the sole plate, it makes it almost impossible to efficiently nail/screw header to king stud. Keep up the imformative videos!!

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Seattle framer here. We put our ply vertically to minimize on horizontal rack blocking for edge panel nailing. We also can't cover nailing until inspection. Curious you used zipwall for roof but not walls. Also, this is just a personal thing, i push all headers to touch the top plate, then you don't need load bearing cripples. I also use HH6 to hang them instead of jacks, great for standard load bearing applications under 6'.

Somebody forgot the sill seal. Beautiful view. I'm going with northern VA.

Good video. Was a professional rock hanger for many years. I almost never saw those diagonal tack nails pulled out after the wall was raised. Usually had to beat them down into the corner before hanging the bottom rock sheet.

These guys are top notch.

wow super tips thanks!!

Awesome video! Subbed!

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Nice job boys!

Loving these old tutorials 🤙

Really nice!

Good job guys

I am an electrical contractor by trade but do pretty much everything. You guys do great work. Sad how quality is going away. Its good to see other people such as yourself still care.

Fantastic, short and very informative. Really liked "nailed it" (Jason i think), i rewinded 3times. He should have one liners in each video, it will be really entertaining

Great job as always. I want you to build my next house!

Perkins Brothers I have a question for you. Would it also be a good idea to put rainscreen mat on housewrap while it is laying horizontal on floor before raising it up? And And any advice on how to apply it around window and door openings? Your tips are so helpful. I learned a lot from just two of your videos. I look up to your building wisdom and experience. I subscribed and will look forward to future videos. Thank you for the work that you do!

Nice work fellas

Very nicely done. We alwaysed toe nailed the bottom plate to layout first with the gun 1.5 inch up at 45 deg you wont have to remove it. Crips nail to a king stud above a header does nothing. Unless on the 16 center.

Great video we use they same techniques but tack the bottom plate before nailing studs. Also cut your cripples a 1/16" long as they will shrink a bit on the cut edge.

As a DIY'er I have never seen the tack method. Wow, really make it square and true

Great common sense work!

Wish I watched this video a week ago..just finished framing an addition on a home,could’ve saved ourselves 2 days of work

Saw a comment about marking tops of studs ...agree. I've used a lumber keel crayon in a holder for years. Pick a bright color. If you mark crowns up on studs rafters floor joists a quick glance will tell you if there's a mistake. Like your vids well done and to the point.

I like the idea of laying tyvek down as well as the sheathing. Most of the time you are doing things in different phases though, or the framing crew doesn't do the flashing. Also, highly recommend putting some of the sill foam underneath to stop air leaks or good ole subfloor adhesive. The nail trick will keep the sill from sliding on the adhesive.

Good job.

Great video

Good job guys. I personally like OSB for most applications. However I like plywood for sub floors.

Hi, great video, what r the standard size studs u use for jack/kings..?

I'd like to work for you guys. Amazing builders. Good job

Wow that was good stuff!crown out makes perfect sense. Covered rim joist with sheeting,always pull diagonals,cripples above headers diamentions at ends. All makes you think this is common sense,but I still have to splain this Lucy. Over nd over! Just gonna get evbody to watch your channel!! Thanx again...

Muy bien todo ...desde Argentina

Although it is more work to sheath after the wall is vertical . It is more difficult to cut and cleat any crown that is bowed toward the exterior. For years we used a metal straight edge on walls and dimensional joist to ensure we had a perfectly straight / flat surface

Best building channel on the web! Subbed!

We use to go through the stack and separate all the crowns and use those for corner, leads, and jacks