In regions that have construction craftsmen, tatemae and muneage mean a series of processes for scaffolding men to construct the framework by reviewing a banzuke hyo (a kind of the construction procedure manual) made by the head carpenter and to place a ridgepole on the top.
建前、棟上とは普請を生業にする職人がいる地域では、棟梁（大工）が中心になり大工の作成した番付表（組み立て手順書の様な物）を見て鳶職が軸組みの組み立てを行い一番高い棟木を設置する一連の作業を指す。