House Framing Requires Skilled Contractor
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A rough carpenter creates wood frames and does projects that require less artistic detail.
If you need a building frame or subfloor built, an unfinished or rough carpenter is who you need for the job. Here's a look at what they bring to the table.
Rough carpentry jobs
Unfinished or rough carpenters work on different types of jobs than finish carpenters, who complete smaller and more artistic wooden structures that might require a significant amount of creative and technical precision, such as kitchen cabinets.
Instead, unfinished carpenters build wood frames for larger structures and complete carpentry projects that require less artistic detail or decorative precision. You can hire a rough contractor to build a residential house frame, erect a commercial building frame or install a subfloor into your home or building. These carpenters often study and implement blueprint diagrams to ensure that the structure is built properly and erected in the appropriate location, perform measurements and saw wood to verify that the parts are all the appropriate size and nail or fasten wooden materials together to build stable structures and frames.
The contractors can also design and build wood molds to pour concrete structures that can include kitchen countertops, bathroom sinks, outdoor benches or large driveways. To complete the process, the contractor often builds the wood mold according to the ideal measurements and the optimal design of your fixture, and after the correct amount of concrete has been poured into the mold, the concrete solidifies and assumes the shape of your particular fixture.
Rough carpentry professionals can also effectively design, build and install wood scaffolds for workers who need to access high areas of buildings, structures or shipyards. These workers often conduct thorough measurements and follow the blueprint diagram to ensure that the scaffold is built effectively according to the requirements of the project.
Additionally, unfinished carpenters are also hired to build wooden structures or frames for many commercial jobs, including advertisement billboards, temporary support systems, and large infrastructure projects such as tunnels, sewage systems and bridges.
How much to frame a house?
One of the most common jobs rough carpenters often take on is house framing.
The wooden house frame is the initial skeleton structure of your house, and the frame assumes the proper shape and establishes the correct dimensions of your home so that the wall and roof coverings can be attached to the frame later during the construction process. The skeletal wood frame often includes the walls, the roof, the different rooms, the doorways and the window frames of your home.
During the planning process, the contractor you hire should provide you with a diverse range of suggestions and options that can enable you to help determine the size, shape and features of your home. The contractor then utilizes an accurate blueprint diagram of the design specifications and employs subcontractors to help complete the project successfully.
The cost of hiring a rough contractor to build a wooden house frame depends on the materials used to make your house, the size of your ideal home, the location where you live and the contractor you choose to hire. Most contractors calculate the estimated price of your project according to a square footage formula that includes the costs of materials and labor. Although the exact price is different for each particular project, the average price to have a house frame built usually ranges from around $10 to $20 per square foot for the materials and an additional $5 to $10 per square foot for the labor. As a result, the price for framing a 2,000 square foot single-family house usually ranges from between $20,000 to $50,000.
Subfloor cost
Unfinished carpenters can also install a subfloor into your home, which is the hard and solid foundation of your floor often covered by carpet, hardwood or tile.
To install a subfloor, contractors usually conduct measurements, install the wood and fasten the parts together with screws and nails to ensure that there are no gaps interfering with the smooth surface of the subfloor. The length of time required for the contractor to complete a subflooring project can vary depending on the size of your floor and on the difficulty of the job, but the subflooring project can usually be completed within two to five days.
The contractor should also give you options for which material to use in your subfloors, the most common of which is plywood slabs or oriented strong boards. While plywood sheets feature long and solid slabs of plywood, oriented strong board sheets are instead produced from gluing several miniscule wood chip pieces together to form each sheet. Plywood sheets are beneficial because plywood is generally more strong, evenly aligned and moisture-resistant than oriented strong boards, but oriented strong board sheets are beneficial because they are significantly less expensive than plywood sheets.
The exact price of installing a subfloor depends on the size of your floor, the professional you hire and on the material you choose to use. Most contractors charge approximately $2 to $5 per square foot, which includes both materials and labor. Thus, the average cost of hiring a rough carpenter to install a subfloor on a 2,000 square foot area typically ranges from around $3,000 to $10,000.
