First use a set of plans draw by a Building Designer/ Architect who has had field experience working as a framing carpenter. He/ she knows what the people in the field need to see on the plans to get the JOB DONE!
Hi Matt, I’m 51 years old and have always wanted to learn carpentry in the field, but my trade was as a mechanic and in hvac. At my age, would you recommend starting a career as a carpenter as an apprentice, and if so, how would you advise me to get started? Thank you for all your videos, you’re amazing and i absolutely love watching everything you’ve passionately put together for your viewers!
Thanks Matt for the lesson. When you cut the headers in advance, do you wait until are more built-up or as you go/need? Same goes for the support 2x4 and 2x6 please?
Very educational. I would have preferred a different order of explanation, though. It's probably a personality thing, but I would have liked the grid part to be first. It helps me with orientation. Basically from rough to detail, instead of detail to rough. My preffered order would be orientation, rough, detail, pitfalls. Might be just me, though. However, overall a good video.
No money in it unless you’re overly efficient with massive crews that don’t have problems.. Multi family in the area pays $12-14/ft. Custom pays $25-40/ft. I can build 3,000SF custom for $99,000 in labor.. or 8,000SF multi family for $99,000.
@@MattBangsWood I was the PM for a general contractor on a 400 unit / 450k sqft apartment complex. The framer’s contract alone was $10mill You have got to get into that.
Second a simpler set of smaller house plans for demonstration and explanation would make the presentation easier to follow without getting lost in detail because of the larger house size. "Keep it simple stupid."
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