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As someone who has done a bit of framing professionally, I just died when you said dessert plate. Funniest thing I've heard all day XD

Awesome book that gives you step-by-step photos ru-vid.comUgkxTNB_zFBSnTo_O1PqfVUwgi7ityw0JlKt and directions to make every day project. I can see myself making a few of these projects and giving them as housewarming and holiday gifts!

I frame for $1m+ custom homes for a living. You did good, and your names for things are hilarious! We do call the “center beam” a beam sometimes, “ridge beam”, “ridge” are common. I’m sure it’s been said, but the header is indeed for strength. When you’re framing, think of the weight that starts at the peak if your roof (especially here in New England during winter…snow load!) and transfers down to the foundation and footings. When we frame, we do our best to have the rafters sit directly over the studs in the wall below it, and those studs should line up with your floor joists (when applicable), which should sit over the studs in the floor below, etc. all the way down. This is also helpful for the other trades when they run wire, pipe, ducts, etc. Windows and doors are voids in your framing where weight isn’t being transferred directly down. Depending on the weight above, your header may need to be spec’d (for instance the house I’m on right now has several engineered LVL beam headers that are 24in tall, because there is a post on top carrying weight of other LVL structural beams). It many cases, a simple dimensional lumber header is fine (3 pieces of 2x10 laminated with 2 pieces 1/2 inch plywood for a 2x6 wall, 2 pieces 2x10 laminates with 1 piece 1/2 inch plywood for a 2x4 wall). Laminating these pieces gives you the load bearing of 2 or 3 pieces if wood, standing on edge, and the correct thickness for the wall, especially for longer windows or doors where a less tall header could sag in the middle (think slider doors or triple windows). The header transfers the weight above it to the jack (reacher lol) studs that it sits on, which then bear the load to the floor. For larger headers (we do any header over 3ft) you should do two jack studs on either side. This won’t apply to your treeless tree house, but you also need to know what’s in the floor and where the weight bears. Again, our current house has headers in doors that bear weight from structurally important beams for the floor above it. This means that under the jack studs, in the floor below, we needed structural beams that spanned to the main load bearing beams in the basement (which sit on columns that transfer to the footings). Tmi? Lol

What I find magnificent here: Your jumps and moves at the beginning of many videos attract my two toddlers to be quite and check whole videos along with their woodworking junkie dad, me. Thanks for that man, I am encouraging you to continue with these.

I think the technical name for the beam across the top is a "Jim Beam."

I'm a 45 year old man who just closed on my first house this week. My wife instantly asked me if I'm going to build a treehouse like the guy I'm always watching on RU-vid. Um this is neither in my skill set or my energy level. But hey dreaming, planning, saving, and being patient brought us this far, so who knows. Can't hurt to dream.

Three burly, bearded bespoke builders beautifully and brilliantly breaking boundaries!

Is there a Simpsons-esque Treehouse of Horrors episode for Halloween?

I subscribe to a bagillion different construction/builder channels on RU-vid, but this series, more specifically this episode, is hands down my favorite building series I've ever watched. I would pay good money for a "Construction with Bourbon Moth" series. Love it man! Hope the foreman is happy!

As a carpenter, I now have some new terminology that I will use everyday.

the Larry Haun Framing Video Series is all you ever need if you want to learn framing.

Haha these terms and explanations are hilarious! Great work! The other carpenters over there thinking "how cute" haha

Your family is living its best life with you as a woodworking father who loves them. You are a shining example of what men should strive for; before I saw this video I liked your channel for its quality and now I like you even more as a person seeing that your commitment is genuine. Your humility is a breath of fresh air in a world that is increasingly full of self-absorbed narcissists.

I think you need to make a poster with all of these new terms for framing! I for sure need one hanging in my wood shop!!!

I love it! Dinner plate, dessert plate,..jack reacher stud!!! (He is my favorite character...read every Child's book!!) You are a treat!

Dude your nomenclature is cracking me up. You sir are the entire can of corn. Subscribed!!

That little clip of your wife asking you to open that large jar (I assume for printing) was just an alpha move in addition to cutting things off your foot and I loved it!

I hate sponsored videos, but the way he does it is great!

Working on a treeless treehouse myself for my boys right now! Thank you for the videos and encouragement!

Been doing construction/framing for over 30yrs, there were a few things I saw/heard that were a tad off, but your Kung Fu skills are way better than mine so you win! 😂😂😂

Thanks for letting me have my fun on Sat. morning! I hope Thee Foreman is going to have as much fun playing in it as you did building it and us watching you build it!

Love following this tree house journey!! Thanks for sharing! 👍🏾

Loving this series. Gives me enough confidence to try a much more mini version for my two little site supervisors.

The treehouse is coming together nicely! And a side note: Great choice in Bourbon! That is made in Kentucky, and the County I live in! It’s always nice to see a man with good taste!

Fireman’s pole is a must it needs a pole yes definitely , love the build i wanted one as a kid and never built it , great job Jason

Great work Jason. I really love these videos and admire the way you keep challenging yourself.💪👍

You sir, are very entertaining and knowledgable. Thank you for your videos and inspiration.

I did some framing on our closet addition this summer, I used my son-in-laws framing gun, man that thing has a kick. I have been used to using my 18 g and 23 g nail guns for woodworking. Great job and I love the new terms you gave them.

I’m enjoying this build and look forward to seeing it completed.

I really appreciate this video series. It shows me the process without unnecessary size. I will be adding a porch/ entrance way 8x12, and the rafters are my weak spot. It is nice to see the whole process done by someone who is also easy to watch.

I love the terminology! Great video

I love your work as much as your sense of humour. Great job 🌞

Thank you for making this longer than an episode of Friends

For a non-constuction builder you do a great job. I enjoy all your videos very much, and look forward to seeing Ivor in his new play/tree house.

You did well Jason. I am hungry now looking for the dessert plate now. 🤣🤣🤣

Completely redefined the terminology for framing a house! I love it!!!

Hey man, i see all your videos from France. I really like your job. You are professionnal and funny. Stay what you are. Thanks a lot. Fred from Toulouse.

Absolutely loved this episode. Your comments and naming brought a smile to my face and made me laugh. Thank you.

I have great respect for those in this world that jump in and just do it. It’s how I learned and we learn by failing ha! Great videos and you’re fun to watch outside your comfort zone…

It's really cool that you put a window in the roof truss, ceiling space. Don't know if you thought of this but, you could put like a little 2nd floor "bed loft" area up there. Then you can put a small bed and a chair, sitting spot in the loft area. Lucky kid, best dad ever! I bet, in 20 years, he will still be talking about this project.

as usual you have made my day. truly enjoy your videos. you have given many ideas to make something

You’re very modest my friend! Very well done. Looking forward to the next video.

Looking wonderful

I love the tree house or house on stillts? Your terminology is spot on. One thing I'd add before moving forward is some hurricane ties at least to roof framing. Not sure how high of winds you get but that will add to up lift force on the roof. Love the show keep it up.

Thank you for sharing your expertise

I was definitely entertained! I'm loving the new terminology.

The dinner plates need some bolts securing it to the floor. Nails are good to hold the wall in place to square everything thing up but, bolts are needed to secure them in place.

Framing my first ever shed soon and this video has got me jack reachered to start it.

Awesome job! That is one WAY overbuilt roof (which is fine). I normally either make by own trusses on the ground or buy them. Its a lot easier to use trusses but there is nothing wrong with a ridge and rafter roof. They've been around for a very long time.

Your carpentry skills are amazing! This is going to be a beautiful treehouse once you are done!

Dessert plate!! Hahahahahaha....love it

Love this series

Great new terminology! Keep up the good work!

I love this series! Also love the Bourbon Saturday morning wake up vid. I won’t lie though. I cringed a little on the back wall when you were shooting the big nail gun towards your foot! 😅

The treehouse is looking amazing so far. I love watching your videos! Keep it up man -Johnny

The treeless treehouse is looking fantastic!

Greetings from Western Washington, raised a couple miles from you in Lebanon. I posted my greenhouse framing video a couple weeks ago. I must say, you did a better job than me on framing up your structure. Keep up the posts. R/Chris

I truly enjoyed your unique way of framing, especially the names. :)

Simply awesome !

You nailed it.

I know most of the terms in contracting and I'm gonna start using yours. They just make more sense haha. man I've been waiting for the next episode of this series. God bless buddy

Great work!

Love the framing terms.

Really nice work on that project!!!

Your knife skills have impressed me, sir!

Hey brother, great video! In the future, if you’re not already aware, you can use a chalk line to mark your studs on your plywood to speed up your nailing. Instead of trying to chase a stud, (especially when it’s laying down) you just mail in the chalk line. Helps me, thought it may bless you as well. Thank you for the video.

Dig it! Good work If you’re a perfectionist, like my building crew, then yes, you should use a flush trim bit. We measure and cut the voids before attaching the sheeting, leaving them just a little long, then come back and get them flush with a router.

Glad you are back on this! It is looking great! I would fight to be able to live in this in the warmer months if i was your son!

For never doing this before to me it came out looking great. I want to build a shed and have never built anything like that before but I wanna try.

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyy. More treehouse videos. Yay. Framing. Yay it looks awesome

Very entertained. Thank you.

Great video as always!

The "tree" house definitely needs a fireman's pole 😁 Loving this series. You're one cool dad Jason 👏👏👏👏

Awesome build. God Bless 💖💖😄😄

The fact that Ive never framed, and now if I do( Im sure my son will want a thunderdome at some point), im gonna use your terms, is all the joy I needed for the day. Mmmmm dessert sounds good right now.

Turned out great Jason! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

You make me want to go buy some wood & build something. Not a "not- a-treehouse house" but something. Thank you for this video.

Great stuff! makes me want to build one myself....too bad I have a very small backyard an an HOA to contend with. Looking forward to every video! Keep it up!

Absolutely epic!

Maybe this will get me motivated next summer to add the house portion to the Playground we made.....there is a spot for the play house up top, but we just didn't get that far. Too busy building everything else. We did use X supports on the outsides of the towers and have a crawl through tunnel to the upper tower instead of a bridge. The towers also make great starting points for moneky bars, swing sets, slides, climbing walls, and tire swings. I could easily see some good places for monkey bars and a climbing wall on your setup. Another fun addition we made was a custom fireman's pole. Best of luck on your build. 👌🏼

You are a never-fully-grown-up, Jason! Just like me. Crazy dude, nice project! Great job framing it!

It's been many years since my high school architecture class, and I never ended up being a contractor, but from what I remember (and the comments seem to back this up) you did really good :) My main concern would be the bottom of the walls just being nailed in. I know to tie wooden walls to brick or concrete bases you bolt a board to the brick/crete to then attach the other wood bits but I can't remember if you simply nail the walls to that board or bolt them in too 🤔 (logic says bolting would be stronger downward pressure, but with high enough winds to knock a wall over bolts/screws might shear where nails would flex) Edit: watching the sponsor ad, gotta say several months back I picked up a bottle of Woodford based on a recommendation by a friend and seeing you drink it, it was definitely a good choice 👌 (bit pricier than Crown or Wild Turkey but good rich flavor)

Het ziet er goed uit geweldig gedaan top job 🤩🎉En het was een leuke film 🎥 bedankt 👌👍👋🏼

Lookin sharp Bro ! Keep it going !!! 👍🏻🇺🇸👍🏻 everyone should have a treehouse !!

Hahahaahahah, first thing in the morning watching your show make my day thank you.

Great episode! Fun names…Jack Reachers and King Cobras especially. 😂

Your videos are wee moments of pure happiness...

Love this Video! The Foreman has to be around more to inspect your work! LOL You are a great father!

Great, ya nailed it!

20 years ago I was using a Hitachi framing nail gun firs time and I nailed my left thumb. And my thumb nail still grow broken. By the way good job Jason. Greetings from El Salvador.

Looking good.

21:45 in video boy you left out the best part about how people from all around the hood come to you because you are an expert a opening jars / man you have mad skills we haven't even seen yet !!!

The treehouse is looking good !!!!

I know you’ve been telling us this is a treehouse for your son and his friends, but it looks like you’re actually building a guest cottage, or at least something more than a simple treehouse. Whatever it is, it’s really looking great! Looked at it again…that’s more than a treeless treehouse, no question about it.

You do the coolest videos, keep it up :D

I have to admit, building a 12 & 12 gable ends on the ground for a small building is SMART! Here I thought you were going to cut and stack your outer trusses. Not bad ROOKIE!

Love the Nomenclature

Little heads up for next time. You should have double top plates. Then if you get pre cut studs (which are 92 5/8) then by the time you add your single bottom and double top plate you'll be at 8 foot high walls. Everything else looks pretty good though.

Hola! 🖐Absolutely awesome! Well done, good job. I'm no expert but I have dabbled a bit in framing and this looks like something I would do. Nother I ever built came crashing down so you should be good to go. I'm sure there's some I's to dot and T's to cross with this structure so I can't wait for the next installment. Really enjoying this series. Take care and have a good one, Adios!👊

Looks great, small tip (framed many a wall), when you step on the piece of wood before you nail gun it, make sure your foot is back 3-5 inches from the inside corner. Here's why: I've seen dudes basically shoot themselves in the foot with the nail gun by having their foot too close and missing the piece they were aiming for. Steel toe shoes, help, but aren't impervious and you looked like you were just rocking cloth shoes. Like I said, just the tip. Keep up the fun videos.