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

This introductory video outlines the general requirements and preparations for working on a log building. It emphasizes serious safety instructions, particularly chain saw safety.

1. Introduction
2. Intent
3. Short Course
4. Safety
5. Signals
6. Chainsaw
7. Fuel Mix
8. Starting Saw
9. Saw Maintenance

Demonstrates the necessary tools and explains log building terminology.

1. Introduction
2. Cut & Shape
3. Equipment & Supplies
4. Terms
5. Notches 
6. Log Terms 
7. Credits

Preparation of building site and instructions for setting up pre-building site.Preparation of building site and instructions for setting up pre-building site.

1. House Start
2. Books
3. Log Storage
4. Foundation
5. Level
6. Fist Logs