The Complete Guide to Framing
Safety, tools, lumber, plans and permits, floors, walls, roofs, stairs, remodels, coastal rules and the business side. Section 18 covers Montecito.
Open the guideOne guide, thirty-one math scenes and 119 tools in 3D, tied to a four-stage path.
Safety, tools, lumber, plans and permits, floors, walls, roofs, stairs, remodels, coastal rules and the business side. Section 18 covers Montecito.
Open the guideMove the sliders and watch studs, rafters, stairs, joists and shear walls change. Every rule shows its numbers.
Open the mathSpin each tool, watch how it works, read the mistakes and safety notes, and take the quiz. Eight families, from tape to telehandler.
Open the toolsEach stage names what to read, what to play and what to build. Tick items as you finish them. Ticks stay in this browser only.
Search for the thing you are stuck on. All scenes are in the math page.
Section 1 and 2 first. Then follow your stage.
Much of Montecito sits outside the City of Santa Barbara. County of Santa Barbara rules and Montecito Fire apply there, with design review from the Montecito Board of Architectural Review. Guide section 18 lists what we found and what is still unconfirmed.
The approved plans, the adopted 2025 California Residential Code and your inspector overrule this site.
Read guide section 2 before you use a tool. Fall protection starts at 6 feet on residential framing.
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