CONTRARY TO WHAT PEOPLE MAY
think, having a lot of brothers is not always fun. I know. I am the only girl in a family with six children. When there are so many kids, vou need a big house, but our family could not afford one.
We used to live in a very small house with just two and a half bedrooms. This may sound funny, but there were only two bedrooms, plus a space next to the washer and dryer where my oldest brother slept. My parents and baby brother slept in one of the bedrooms, and the other bedroom was for my other three brothers and me. My oldest brother didn’t have much room next to the washer and
dryer, but at least he didn’t have to share a room with three brothers.
Sharing a room with so many
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brothers was not much fun for me or for them. But one day when 1 came home from school, I heard some very exciting news. My parents sat us all down in the living room and told us that we were being given the opportunity to get a bigger house by an organization called Habitat for I lumanity. I just kept thinking about the bedroom that they told me I’d have all to myself. I could hardly sleep that night.
We now live in our Habitat home. Habitat really helped my family and changed my life forever.
-Ashley Hanners
frames square. This makes for quality construction and an easier time nailing the top and bottom plates.
Distribute studs, corners, and channels
Ask your crew to distribute studs along one ol the exterior through walls, with one stud per layout mark. Place the studs against the two tacked-down plates. Where corners and channels are required, decide which corner style you want to use. The sidebar on the facing page explains the main types of corners and channels. You can build corners and channels in place as you frame the walls, or you can build them all at once in a central location.
then distribute them and insert them in the walls as needed.
Keep your eyes open for studs that are bowed, twisted, or crowned. Set them aside to use for blocking and roof braces. This ensures a more uniform finished wall and makes it easier for finish carpenters to install cabinets, countertops, and interior trim. Its always good to think about how to make future tasks easier.
Nail on the top and bottom plates
It’s finally time to pry apart the two wall plates, that you tacked together in step 2. Working on one wall at a time, separate the top wall plate
