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Introduction to the SBC Industry

Learn how component manufacturers offer the most efficient structural framing solutions and how they've made a difference in communities across the country, allowing for the most effective use of time, labor and materials to frame all types of structures.

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Ask the Builder: Attic Trusses - Huge Advantages

Tim Carter, founder of Ask the Builder, shows the simple value proposition of the attic trusses used to create a “bonus room” in what traditionally is wood webs, insulation and dead air. 

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Ask the Builder: Prefabricated Wall Panels

Ask the Builder expert, Tim Carter, communicates how components expedite the building process and highlights the many reasons to build with wall panels.

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Ask the Builder: Wood Floor Trusses - Great Advantages

Ask the Builder founder, Tim Carter, enthusiastically shares the benefits of building with floor trusses using video taken during the construction of his daughter‘s new home.

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Ask the Builder: Floor Truss Framing

Ask the Builder founder, Tim Carter shows how floor truss framing saves time when installing floor heat tubing. 

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Ask the Builder: Attic Truss Design

Ask the Builder expert, Tim Carter, shows off the attic truss design of his daughter's new home. Tim highlights the benefits of using attic trusses to create more usable space and focuses on how they can be used to construct a regular staircase to the lower level.

Guidance Document

Best Way to Frame Marketing Guide

This marketing guide is designed to help market the Best Way to Frame website to all of our target audiences. The marketing guide includes step-by-step instructions on ways to market Best Way to Frame.

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Truss Configurations

Educate your market about possible truss configurations and correct terminology. Introduce those new to the industry to 23 widely-used truss profiles. A must-have for your sales department.

Truss Configurations flyer
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BCMC Build 2015: Side by Side Time Lapse

This time-lapse video provides a side-by-side comparison of two identical homes being framed. The only difference between them is the house on the left was stick-framed on site, while the house on the right was framed using floor trusses, wall panels and roof trusses.  The video provides clear proof that structural components are the better way to frame.

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Framing the American Dream Video Preview