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Simple Layout And Framing Of Walls Framing walls is known in construction as rough carpentry. This has always seemed to me as a contradiction of terms. The framing holds the skin (drywall, sheathing, siding) and has the buildings life lines running through it (plumbing, electric, heating, A/C, telephone, and cable). Like the skeleton is to a body, as are framed walls to a house. Must Have Tools For Homebuilding There are many tools that you must have handy when building a house but there are a few that get used often in the building process. I'll start with the obvious. A hammer. In this day and age, many builders use compressors and framing nailers. The hammer still has a place on the jobsite.