Framing Floors and Stairs with Larry Haun. In Framing Floors & Stairs, Larry Haun and his brother Joe frame the floor of a basic 1,600-sq. ft. house.

They take you step by step through the entire process, showing you practical ways to organize tasks, streamline procedures and handle tools and materials efficiently.

Here's your chance to watch a framing master at work, and to become a better, more efficient carpenter yourself. Each section of the tape covers a specific topic in detail: sills joists posts and girders sheathing floors The companion book to this video is The Very Efficient Carpenter.

Larry Haun has been a production framer for almost 40 years and a teacher of apprentices for almost 25. He has honed his skills and techniques on hundreds of tract and custom houses, finding countless ways to save time, reduce costs, minimize problems and improve quality.)

Framing Walls with Larry Haun. Efficient techniques from a master In this wall-framing video, Larry Haun and his brother Joe build the exterior and interior walls of a basic 1,600-sq. ft. house.

Starting from the completed floor deck, they take you step by step through the entire process, showing you practical ways to organize tasks, streamline procedures and handle tools and materials efficiently.

Here's your chance to watch a framing master at work, and to become a better, more efficient carpenter yourself. Each section of the tape covers a specific topic in detail: layout plating headers, cripples, trimmers and rough sills detailing plates building and raising walls plumbing and lining sheathing walls The companion book to this video is The Very Efficient Carpenter.

Larry Haun has been a production framer for almost 40 years and a teacher of apprentices for almost 25. He has honed his skills and techniques on hundreds of tract and custom houses, finding countless ways to save time, reduce costs, minimize problems and improve quality.)

Framing Roofs with Larry Haun. They take you step by step through the entire process, showing you practical ways to organize tasks, streamline procedures and handle tools and materials efficiently.

Here's your chance to watch a framing master at work, and to become a better, more efficient carpenter yourself.

The How-To Guide to Retying Straw Bales with a Baling Needle.

Constructing a straw bale home requires the merging of solar design with alternative building techniques. Videos are a great way to show actual building methods and techniques. Take a front-row seat on the work site, learning from the experts as they stack the straw bales and mix the mud. Learn about post-and-beam wall framing, foundations, roof construction and insulation, interior thermal mass walls for improved efficiency, rainwater cisterns, electrical wiring, and photovoltaic systems. Learn earth-plastering techniques that create beautiful wall finishes. Understand how window placement and other structural elements can help to heat and cool your home and lower your energy bills. See how the structure works as a whole and how both energy efficiency and superb aesthetics can come from the same materials.

• Introduction and Design of a Green Home
• Breaking Ground On This Sustainable House
• Rainwater Cisterns
• Adobe Walls For a Home
• Framing for a Straw Bale Home
• How To Build Straw Bale Walls
• Electrical Wiring and Generating Electricity From Sunlight
• Windows and Insulation For An Energy Efficient Home
• Earth Plaster for Exterior and Interior Walls
• Finish Work With Ecological Materials
• Finish Earth Plasters For Beautiful Wall Surfaces
• Conclusion and Final Thoughts On Building A Straw Bale Home

Watch the work of the experienced master Myron Ferguson and learn all the techniques and methods he uses to create smooth, flawless walls and ceilings. Techniques for Walls & Ceilings

From the video guide you will learn:

• How to choose and mark the material.
• Make installation of drywall on walls, ceiling, arches, etc.
• How to putty plasterboard walls.
• Install sockets and switches on the walls of plasterboard.
• How to repair plasterboard walls.

Ceramic-tile countertops can be as attractive as they are practical. Countertop is the perfect introduction to the techniques of tiling. With a bathroom as his job site, professional tilesetter demonstrates how to get traditional results with modern materials. You'll learn

• how to work with both backer-board and mortar-bed substrates,
• how to trim tile around a sink,
• how to detail countertop for a clean, crisp look.

If this is your first go at tilesetting, professional tilesetter gives you the confidence to see the job through. If you're an experienced tilesetter, you'll find this video full of new ideas to bring to your next tile job. By watching tilesetting, you'll learn how to: lay out tile for an orderly appearance in any shaped space, determine the proper consistency and coverage for thinset, cut tile, using a snap cutter, biters and a wet saw, and finish a grout job that requires no next-day scrubbing.

Now you can tile any wall in your house. From layout to grouting, professional tilesetter offers his special insights into the techniques you need to accomplish the task. Using a bathroom job site, tilesetter handles typical problems such as uneven, out-of-plumb walls, and maneuvering around bathtubs, plumbing and windows.

Rich in visual detail, the learn video is clear enough for beginners and specific enough for professionals. Tilesetter teaches you to see the creative possibilities in awkward situations: a badly placed pony wall, for instance, becomes an attractive focal point when you tile it with a cove and a contrasting pinstripe.

You'll learn how to:

• use a jury stick to compare alternative layouts quickly
• apply a moisture membrane for a waterproof substrate
• mix mortar and float a vertical bed
• cut and shape tile, using biters and a snap cutter

Once you learn what professional tilesetter shows you in this step-by-step video workshop, you'll be able to tile any wall in house. From layout to grouting, experienced master offers his special insights into the techniques you need to installing tile walls. Using a bathroom as his setting, tilesetter handles typical problems such as uneven, out-of-plumb walls, and maneuvering around bathtubs, plumbing, and windows. The video workshop is clear enough for beginners and specific enough for professionals. Tilesetter teaches you to see the creative possibilities in awkward situations: a badly placed pony wall, for instance, becomes an attractive focal point by tiling it with a cave and a contrasting pinstripe. By watching Byrne you'll learn to se a jury stick to quickly compare alternative layouts, apply a moisture membrane for a waterproof substrate, mix mortar and float a vertical bed, and cut and shape tile using biters and a snap cutter. As tile master demonstrates his craft, you'll experience firsthand the pace and subtleties of the tiling process. With practice, you'll be able to accomplish professional results on your own.