JLC • NEW ENGLAND EDITION • JULY 1995 JLC • NEW ENGLAND EDITION • JULY 1995
LAYOUT TRICKS
FOR
ROUGH OPENINGS
n experienced framer goes beyond
the blueprints and knows how to
detail the frame to make things
easier for the subs who follow. In this article,
I'll cover a number of tips for framing
R.O.'s that save my company time and
money.
Stairwell Openings
Explaining how to size rough openings
for every stair design is beyond the scope
of this article (and beyond the scope of
any mortal being). But rough openings
for straight-run stairs are fairly simple. If
the stairwell opening is placed between
an upper and lower flight of stairs (as
when the main stairs