Framer

For the Framers of the US Constitution, see Founding Fathers of the United States.

A framer in the United States nailing the roof decking to prefabricated trusses using a nail gun. His tool belt and safety glasses are typical. Hearing protection and fall arrest equipment is missing.

A framer is someone who frames (shapes or gives shape to, particularly in this case someone who constructs). In building construction a framer is a carpenter who assembles the major structural elements of a wood-framed building called the framing. Framers build walls out of studs, sills, and headers; build floors from joists and beams; and frame roofs using ridge poles and rafters. Timber framers are framers who work in the traditional style of timber framing with wooden joinery.

See also

• Platform framing
• Balloon framing