Trade Terms
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Let's Build a "Wall"
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Potpourri
100
A narrow wood strip nailed to a wall or ceiling as a nailing base for finish material.
What is a Furring Strip?
100
Finish Material such as sheathing, drywall and paneling as usually sold in this size
What is 4 X 8 sheets?
100
A wood block used as a filler piece and support between framing members?
What is blocking or a spacer?
100
What type of framing.
What is Post and Beam?
100
This type of stud are typically stronger, lighter and easier to handle that wood.
What is a steel stud?
200
The top and side members of a door or window frame that comes into contact with a door or window.
What is a Jamb?
200
Furring on masonry walls generals are done on what centers?
What is 16" centers?
200
In wall framing, a short framing stud that fills the space between the header and a top plate.
What is a cripple stud?
200
What general type of ceiling.
What is vaulted?
200
These are thew two purposes for installing firestops.
What is slows the flow of air that feeds the fire and can actually block flames?
300
The upper horizontal framing member of a wall used to carry the roof trusses or rafters.
What is a top plate?
300
These are three types of studs?
What is common(king), trimmer and cripple?
300
A horizontal structural member that supports the load or an opening such as a door or window.
What is a header?
300
This is a type of opening.
What is a rough opening?
300
A roof with two slopes that meet at a center ridge.
What is a gable roof?
400
The lower framing member attached to the top of the lower cripple studs to form the base of a rough opening for a window.
What is a sill?
400
This nail is used for installing sheathing that is 1/2 inch of less.
What is 6d?
400
The lowest horizontal member of a wall or partition to which the studs are nailed. It rests on the rough floor.
What is a soleplate?
400
Red marks these kind of studs,
What is a cripple stud?
400
A roof with 4 sides running toward the center.
What is a hip roof?
500
An L-shaped arrangement of lumber used to support ceiling joists and keep them in alignment>
What is a strongback?
500
This is the spacing for nails when installing sheathing for panel edges and intermediate studs. (There are two answers)
What is 6" apart for panel edges and 12' apart for intermediate studs?
500
An opening in the framing formed by framing members, usually for a window or door.
What is a rough opening?
500
The are points to this.
What is a header.
500
1X4 strip used to prevent joists from twisting or bowing.
What is a ribband?