Dan Kolbert – Framing High-Performance Homes 2025
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Product Overview (by Elutify):
A Builder’s Guide to High-Performance Assemblies, Building Science, and Modern Framing Techniques
This comprehensive online course covers the critical building science behind framing for different wall assembly types, including advanced techniques, materials, and best practices for building resilient and high-performance walls, roofs, and floors.
Join residential building contractor Dan Kolbert (a co-author of “Pretty Good House”) in this intensive training. Through a combination of instructional interactive modules informed by real-world examples, you’ll learn how to plan, layout, and build different types of assemblies to increase the efficiency and long-term durability of homes.
What’s Included in This Course:
- Nearly 3 hours of in-depth video instruction
- Instructional video and supplemental downloads included
- On-demand access to learn at your own pace
What You’ll Learn in This Course:
This course provides critical information on how to frame your high-performance home. Starting with core building science principles, you will explore a variety of wall, roof, and floor sections and the criteria for choosing the right one. You will then move on to practical implementation – planning, forming a team, and how to get the work done correctly, efficiently, and cost-effectively.
Key Learning Areas:
- High-Performance Assemblies: Learn to choose between Larsen Truss and Double-Stud walls, floors framed with Dimensional Lumber or I-Joists, and Cut roofs vs. Trusses.
- Building Science Principles: Understand the 4 control layers (Water, Air, Vapor, Thermal) and how they apply to modern construction.
- Team & Project Management: Discover how to effectively work with architects, engineers, your crew, and subcontractors.
- Efficiency Strategies: Master design, material, and work efficiencies to keep your project on schedule and on budget.
Course Outline: Framing from the Ground Up
– Introduction to High-Performance Framing:
- Intro to Course
- “Pretty Good House” (PGH) Principles
- The House as a System
- The 4 Control Layers
– Wall, Roof, and Floor Assemblies:
- Different Wall Assemblies: Pros and Cons
- Floor and Roof Assembly Options
- Advanced Framing Techniques
- How to Decide: Weighing Financial, Technical, and Environmental Factors
– Planning & Collaboration;
- Working with Architects & Engineers
- Planning for Air Sealing
- Working with Your Crew and Subcontractors
- Blocking for Trades
– Efficiency in Practice:
- Design Efficiencies
- Material Efficiencies
- Work Efficiencies
– Tricks of the Trade & Best Practices:
- Insider Tricks of the Trade
- Lines of Communication and Responsibility
- Thinking about the Building’s Future
- Things to Remember
Meet Your Instructor: Dan Kolbert
Dan Kolbert is a residential building contractor in Portland, ME, and has worked in the trades for 4 decades. He is a key figure in the building science community, having facilitated the original, monthly Building Science Discussion Group since 2009.
Dan is a respected writer for Fine Homebuilding magazine, Journal of Light Construction (JLC), and GreenBuildingAdvisor.com. He is also a co-author of the influential book, “Pretty Good House: A Guide to Creating Better Homes.”
Ready to Master High-Performance Framing?
Whether you’re a builder, designer, or architect, this course provides the critical knowledge you need to stay ahead of the curve. Enroll today to build more efficient, durable,
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