Floors
A plywood or paneled deck that is secured to the joists from above.
What is a subfloor?
Horizontal track installed at the top of a window or door frame.
What is header track?
This type of product expands when exposed to the heat generated by a fire.
What is intumescent?
Used for repeated assembly of a standardized unit.
What is a template?
Supports - often made out of I-Beams - that help transfer the weight of the building above and distribute the weight of the floor so it can be transferred to the foundation.
What are posts and girders?
When laying out studs, this side should face the direction that layout starts.
What is the soft side?
A type of J-track that has one leg that is 1" long and another one that is 3" long.
What is a jamb strut?
The first thing to do when planning to use a crane.
The most common type of subfloor besides plywood.
What is OSB?
Used for many connections in heavy gauge or structural framing. Including joist to joist and joist to track.
What are clip angles? (Angle clips also ok)
The maximum distance allowed between the edge of a shaft liner panel and the corner of the track.
What is 1"?
What is 3?
A reinforced joist that run on either side of an opening in the floor and supports a joist header.
What is a built-up joist?
The weight of the finish materials applied to a roof, floor, or wall is known as this.
What dead load?
Often used to separate townhouses in a fire, these walls are framed with H-studs and C-track.
What are solid-type area separation walls?
What is a bypass wall?
Pre-manufactured bar joists are used to support this wavy material.
What is metal decking? (or pan decking)
The maximum gap between the top of a stud and the track for load bearing framing.
What is 1/4 of an inch?
When repairing sheetrock in a fire-rates assembly, the damage can be this big before you have to open the wall stud to stud.
What is 100 square inches?
DAILY DOUBLE:
Walls, floors, roofs, and/or panels that are framed in-line and engineered to support the weight from above and transfer it to the foundation.
What is load bearing framing?