The Best Carpenter That I Ever Knew - My dad could build anything. I watched him build a room addition on our house when I was a child, build furniture in the garage and even built his own campers for his truck. My dad is truly the best carpenter that I ever knew and remains so to this day.

Problems Created From Roof Leaks to Roof Framing - You're not going to need to be a construction specialist or have 50 years of experience in the construction industry to look at a section of your roof framing that is suffering from water damage, to get a pretty good idea that you might have a roof leak.

Five Tips for Easier Gable Roof Framing - If you're planning on building a gable roof, it wouldn't be a bad idea to pick up a couple of books or read a few articles, especially if you don't have any idea how to build one. Let me see if I can help you, by providing five tips for easier gable roof framing.

Wall Framing Stud Tips - Contractor Secrets - One of the biggest problems with framing studs today is that they are cut from the center or near the center of small trees. I don't know if it's true, but a friend of mine was telling me that the average tree cut down today is no bigger than 6 inches in diameter.

House Framers Use Different Words on the East Coast - When I first started working as a house framer in Southern California, there were more terms for more different things than you could possibly ever imagine. Some of these contractors got their training on the East Coast or Midwest and eventually migrated to the west coast.