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House frames can be made out of thick posts and beams (the oldest framing method) or extra-long studs (the balloon grames of the Victorian era). But Tom Silva typically frames in one-story "platforms" consisting of 8-or-9-foot-high stud walls resting on a plywood-sheathed subfloor. Each story is framed atop the previous one, until it's time to put on the roof.
House frames can be made out of thick posts and beams (the oldest framing method) or extra-long studs (the balloon grames of the Victorian era). But Tom Silva typically frames in one-story "platforms" consisting of 8-or-9-foot-high stud walls resting on a plywood-sheathed subfloor. Each story is framed atop the previous one, until it's time to put on the roof.
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