Structural Framing Built Straight, Square, and Strong

Materials and Code, Done Right

We frame with the right material for the job. Dimensional SPF lumber for standard walls and platforms, and engineered products where spans and loads call for them: LVL and glulam beams for long headers and open floor plans, I-joists for flat, quiet floor systems, and rim board that ties it all together. Choosing engineered lumber where it belongs prevents the sag, bounce, and callback problems that show up years later.

Wind resistance is not optional on the Gulf Coast. We install a continuous load path from roof to foundation using hurricane ties and hangers, properly nailed structural sheathing for shear walls, and anchor bolts and hold-downs sized to the engineer's plan. Load-bearing and shear walls are framed and connected exactly as drawn, and non-structural partitions are kept clearly separate so nothing carries weight it was never meant to.

Framing Additions Into Existing Homes

Tying new framing into an older Houston home is its own discipline. Decades-old bungalows and mid-century houses settle, so plates rarely start level and existing members are not always where the plans assume. We scribe new work to the structure that is actually there, sister and reinforce original framing where new loads land, and detail the connection so an addition reads as part of the original house instead of bolted onto it. Getting this right up front is what lets an addition pass frame inspection clean and gives the finish trades a square structure to work from.