Question: You are building a 5 1 ' 8 2 ' rectangular house with a gable roof with a 9 ' ceiling. Each corner has a

You are building a 51'82' rectangular house with a gable roof with a 9' ceiling. Each corner has
a California corner, and the OC spacing is 19.2''. The front and back doors are 36''80''. The
front window is large 4' tall and 6' long. The other front windows include two 36''60''
windows and there are two side by side 12' garage doors facing the street. The back of the
house has one back door one 4'4' window, one 2'3' bathroom window and one 36''60''
bedroom window. The two sides of the house each have two 236''60'' windows. Answer the
following questions:
a. What type of dimensional lumber should be used for the exterior walls?
b. How many king studs are required?
c. How many jack studs are required?
d. How many board feet of wall lumber would you order for this job? Don't forget about
top/bottom plates, cripples, blocking and bracing.
e. Draw the framing plan.
You are building a 5 1 ' 8 2 ' rectangular house

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