Steel-Frame House Construction

Framing with steel has obvious advantages over wood -- it doesn't rot, burn and insects can't eat it. But building with steel requires new skills that can present challenges to the home builder use to working with wood.  

Steel-Frame House Construction shows you the techniques, the tools, the materials, you'll need for working with steel, and how you can make the transition from being a wood framer to a steel-framer happen.

Includes step-by-step instuctions, and hundreds of photos and illustrations, that help you ease from the world of wood framing into the more lucrative world of steel framing.

The book also includes a FREE download for an easy-to-use estimating program, along with hundreds of estimates for material and labor costs for steel-frame construction.

If you've ever considered making the jump from wood framing to steel, let this book be your guide -- you won't be dissapointed. 

328 pp.