February 28, 2022

BLDC 2300 Estimating 2

Week 7 Notes

Contents
Measuring Rough Carpentry...........................................2
Measuring Rough Carpentry Notes on Metric Units......4
Board Measure Explanation............................................4
Board Measure Sample Calculations..............................6
Rough Carpentry General Notes.....................................6
Floor Framing Quantity Take-off Demonstration.........12
NOTES from In-Class Demonstration:...........................14
Information for Assignment..........................................17
For next week:...............................................................20
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Measurement of Rough Carpentry – Floors

Sill plates, built up beams, floor joists, rim joists, cross-
bridging, strapping

Measuring Rough Carpentry

 Estimating commercial and institutional buildings
require different skills from housing projects.
 Larger projects include many details that contain
carpentry items.
Identify which parts of the building the details
apply to.
Establish the extent of carpentry work involved.
 The estimator needs to develop a systemic
approach.
 First proceed through large-scale detail drawings
one by one to identify carpentry details involved.
 Next, examine the small-scale drawings to
determine where the detail applies to determine
lengths/areas.
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 Estimators need to fully understand framing

methods for rough carpentry take-offs:
 stairs, beams, floors, walls, roofs
 building codes & design requirements may require
additional framing at specific locations
Blocking
Bridging
Extras at junctions and corners
Openings
Top plates

 Lumber for framing shall be classified and measured

separately in the following categories:
 Plates  Hip and valley
 Studs rafters
 Joists  Lookouts and
overhangs
 Bridging
 Lintels  Gussets and
scabs
 Solid beams  Purlins
 Built-up beams  Other items of
 Rafters framing
 Ridges
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Measuring Rough Carpentry
Notes on Metric Units
 Cross-section will be stated in millimetres using
actual dimensions instead of nominal.
 38mm x 89mm vs 2 inch x 4 inch piece of lumber
 Thickness of sheathing does not change, but
described in mm rather than inches.
 12.7mm sheet is same as a 1/2" inch sheet
 Spacing of lumber needs to be adjusted.
 400mm o.c. is slightly off from 16" (406.4mm) o.c.
 So a standard 4' x 8' sheet will become 1200mm
by 2400mm, which is 19.5mm narrower & 38mm
shorter.

Board Measure Explanation

 board measure is a volume calculation for wood
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 dimensional lumber comes from the volume of a

tree

 Unit of measurement of lumber is the board

measure (BM) or board foot (BF) / (FBM)
 One board measure or board foot is as follows:
 1ft long x 1ft wide x 1" or 0.08ft deep
 1000 BF = MBF M = 1000

 To calculate the board measure (BM) of lumber,

multiply the length in feet by the nominal width and
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thickness of each piece in inches, then divide the
product by 12.
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Board Measure Sample Calculations
 Quantities are rounded to the nearest whole board
measure / board foot.
 Pieces less than 1 inch thick are calculated using the
thickness of one full inch.

Rough Carpentry General Notes

 Differentiate and measure items of lumber
separately on the basis of the following categories:
 Dimensions (2x4, 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 2x12, etc.)
 Dressing (exact or custom sizing)
 Grade (Select Structural, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3)
 Species (Spruce, Pine, Fir, Douglas)
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 Special treatment (kiln dried, pressure treated,

etc.)

 Sheathing board shall be measured in square

metres / square feet.
 Describe separately wall, floor, and roof
sheathing.
 Measure common boards, ship-lap, tongue &
grooved, plywood, and other types of sheathing
separately.

 Describe and measure sloped surfaces separately.

 Do not deduct for openings less than 40 square
feet.
 Blocking and furring shall be measured in board
measure/board feet or linear metres/linear feet and
classified in the following categories stating purpose
and location:
 blocking between floor joists
 furring/strapping at wall cavities
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 nailing strips (for ceiling tiles, roof tiles, wallboard

 wood grounds (nailing strip at top & bottom of
walls)
 rough bucks (wood framing around rough
openings)
 sleepers (tapered framing at roofs, balconies,
decks)
 Bridging and Strapping (BCBC Requirements):
 Joist span is from end support to end support
includes clear span + bearing length at each end
support

 Bridging and Strapping (BCBC Requirements):

 Minimum bearing at end supports:
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38mm for dimensional framing members,
except;
19mm x 89mm at ribbon boards let into studs
(balloon framing)

89mm for built-up beams

 Bridging and Strapping (BCBC Requirements):
 If joist span > 7'-0";
add one row of bridging & strapping
perpendicular to joists.
 If joist span > 14'-0";
add two rows of bridging & strapping
perpendicular to joists.
 OR as shown on drawings because BCBC is
minimum.
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 Support at Underside of Non-loadbearing Walls:

 Additional joist is required beneath full length of
non- loadbearing wall.
OR

 Add solid blocking at 4'-0" o.c. beneath and

perpendicular to non-loadbearing wall.
Not required if length of non-loadbearing wall
is < 4'-0".
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 Framing at Stair Openings:

 Require double trimmer & header joists around
floor openings.
1. inside trimmer joists
2. outside headers
3. tail joists on centre
4. inside headers
5. outside trimmers
6. adjacent floor joists

 
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 Rounding for Joist Length & Spacing:

 Common lengths for floor joists range from 8 feet
to 18 feet @ 2-ft increments.
If joist length is 14.25ft long; round up to a 16ft
long joist.
 Divide cross span by joist spacing to determine
number of spaces. Round down because extra at end
is included as a rim joist.
 If cross span is 7.50ft and spacing is 1.33ft,
number spaces is 5.64; round down to 5 spaces.
 Add extra joist at each end if no rim joist (ie. in
between different joist types [J1 – I J2 I – J1]

Floor Framing Quantity Take-off Demonstration

(Handouts in Content Section of Learning Hub)
DIVISION 06 - WOOD, PLASTICS, & COMPOSITES
SECTION 06 10 OO - ROUGH CARPENTRY
FLOOR FRAMING CHECKLIST

 MAIN FLOOR LEVEL:

 2x4 EXTERIOR WALL SILL PLATE
 2x10 BUILT-UP BEAM (3-PLY)
 2x10 JOISTS @ 16” O.C.*
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 2x10 HEADERS @ STAIRS (ONLY FOR PLAN ‘B’

WITH STAIRS)
 2x10 RIM JOISTS
 2x2 BRIDGING
 1x3 STRAPPING
*add required number of trim joists at stair opening to
adjoining floor joists
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NOTES from In-Class Demonstration:
 Best practice is to add extra full joist under partitions
and non-loadbearing walls running parallel to joists
instead of using blocking (use extra joists for
assignment)
 Rim joist length is same as sill plate length
 74 joists spaces - for cross bracing you form an X so
74x2 = 148
 100 linear ft of strapping (50+50) (can be ordered in
lineal feet or board feet)
 Second example to be looked at on your own time
 
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Cross section of rim joist, sill plate and concrete wall

Cross section of laminated floor joists

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Information for Assignment
Sill plates go around the entire outside and across
concrete walls.

Top portion is
concrete slab for a
garage – no joists –
exclude this area

Blue – beam type 1

Green – beam type 2
Pink – beam type 3
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Extra rim joist
needed to cap this
area

Parallel walls to be accounted for - need extra full length

joists in this area
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For next week:
Assignment due before start of next class