Single-family

Video

Introduction to the SBC Industry

Learn how component manufacturers offer the most efficient structural framing solutions and how they've made a difference in communities across the country, allowing for the most effective use of time, labor and materials to frame all types of structures.

Video

Ask the Builder: Attic Trusses - Huge Advantages

Tim Carter, founder of Ask the Builder, shows the simple value proposition of the attic trusses used to create a “bonus room” in what traditionally is wood webs, insulation and dead air. 

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Ask the Builder: Prefabricated Wall Panels

Ask the Builder expert, Tim Carter, communicates how components expedite the building process and highlights the many reasons to build with wall panels.

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Ask the Builder: Wood Floor Trusses - Great Advantages

Ask the Builder founder, Tim Carter, enthusiastically shares the benefits of building with floor trusses using video taken during the construction of his daughter‘s new home.

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Ask the Builder: Floor Truss Framing

Ask the Builder founder, Tim Carter shows how floor truss framing saves time when installing floor heat tubing. 

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Ask the Builder: Attic Truss Design

Ask the Builder expert, Tim Carter, shows off the attic truss design of his daughter's new home. Tim highlights the benefits of using attic trusses to create more usable space and focuses on how they can be used to construct a regular staircase to the lower level.

Social Media

Sell More Walls to Builders

Framing the American Dream data suggests that installing wall panels completes the task of framing a building’s walls in a fifth the time, requires less framer skill and experience, and ultimately results in a product that is more precise. Reach builder customers in your networks with these social media posts.

Guidance Document

Promoting Wall Panels to Framers

If you are interested in promoting your wall panel packages to framers who prefer to stick-frame walls in the field, here are some tools you can use to begin that discussion.

Guidance Document

Promoting Wall Panels to Builders

If you are interested in promoting your wall panel packages to builders who prefer to stick-frame walls in the field, here are some tools you can use to begin that discussion.

Presentation

Framing the American Dream: Wall Labor

This slide deck provides more information about the Framing the American Dream project, as well as more in-depth information about what was learned when comparing the two wall framing methods. These slides can be downloaded and customized in any way you choose.