Components of Construction
The lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level.
What is a foundation?
The process of constructing the skeleton of a building
What is framing?
A cut made across the grain of the wood.
What is "cross cut"?
A manufactured wood panel made from thin layers of wood veneer glued together.
What is plywood?
A wall that supports weight from the roof or floors above.
What is a load-bearing wall?
Walls that support the weight of the roof or floors above.
What are bearing walls?
The material used to build the exterior walls in a typical residential construction build.
What is 2x6?
Typical spacing for studs when framing a wall.
An engineered wood product made from wood chips, sawmill shavings, or even sawdust.
What is particleboard?
Decorative woodwork used around doors, windows, and floors.
What is trim?
A pre-assembled structural framework designed to support a roof
What is a truss?
The pieces of lumber that create a floor during framing.
A cut made along the grain of the wood.
What is a rip cut?
Wood that comes from deciduous trees. Must explain what a deciduous tree is. Must give one example of this type of tree.
Hardwood
A tree that loses its leaves yearly
Maple, oak, walnut, mahogany, ash, hickory, hemlock
Material applied to the exterior of a building for protection and aesthetics.
What is siding?
Sloped pieces of lumber that make up a roof.
What are rafters?
A layer of boards or panels that covers the exterior walls of a structure.
What is "sheathing"?
A cut made at an angle across the thickness of the material.
What is a bevel cut?
Wood that comes from coniferous trees. Must explain what a coniferous tree is. Must give one example of this type of tree.
Softwoods
Trees typically with needles that do not lose their "leaves"
Pine, spruce, cedar, fir
The material that makes up the surface underneath of a finished floor.
What is subfloor?
Describe the purpose of headers.
Horizontal "beams" that support the weight above openings like doors and windows
A beam or structure supported at one end and projecting beyond its support.
What is "cantilever"?
A cut that combines both miter and bevel cuts, is typically used for angled joints.
What is a compound cut?
A type of engineered wood made from strands of wood that are oriented and bonded together.
What is OSB (Oriented Strand Board)?
The name for the studs that support a header in a window or door opening.
What is jack stud or trimmer stud?