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Double Wall Framing Guide

Framing
February 03, 2021
By
Ben Bogie
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This collection of videos and animations covers basic wall framing as the first stages of a double wall house with 12-inch thick exterior walls. The jobsite was in Scarborough, Maine, climate zone 6A.

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