I d never use a 1x4 for a top plate you need more surface showing for attaching drywall on the walls.
Rough framing and roof do interior myself.
The framing carpenters will arrive to put up the lumber framework for the floors walls and ceilings and then move to the sheathing siding and roofing installation.
Floor framing on top wall framing in middle roof framing on bottom t was a coincidence that another con tractor and i began framing houses next door to one another on the same day.
But by the time his house was framed mine was shingled.
Roof trusses are very sturdy for their size and weight.
While most home builders will outsource the construction of roofing trusses the rafter supports of the roof itself learning to frame a roof yourself is one of the true arts of carpentry and a basic primer is covered below.
Cut 2x4s right on the stack.
Roof trusses are also cheaper.
As brad pointed out make allowances for letting the drywall float at the interior partitions.
Sheathing applied to exterior walls covered with protective wrap.
Framing a roof is the last step in framing new construction.
If you do have to move wood plan so that you have to move it only once.
2 the framing phase.
This work can happen with remarkable swiftness.
The two basic types of roof framing consist of stick built roofs and roof trusses.
In the space of a week or two you may suddenly recognize this structure as being a house complete with walls and a roof.
Interior walls with roof trusses.
Your builder will then remove the forms and begin coordinating step no.
Trusses don t bear on interior walls unless specifically designed to.