Chapter 5 Wood Light Frame Construction

Front 1

wood light frame construction

Back 1

most versatile. easily and swiftly constructed

Front 2

balloon frame

Back 2

first wood framing system. unbroken from foundation to roof. firestops are required.

Front 3

joists

Back 3

floor

Front 4

studs

Back 4

walls

Front 5

rafters

Back 5

sloping roofs

Front 6

platform frame

Back 6

the advanced balloon framing, safer, convient.

Front 7

firestops

Back 7

fire protection component made out of various materials to seal openings and joints

Front 8

sheathing

Back 8

facing layer of boards or panels that join and stabilize the pieces into a single structural unit

Front 9

subfloor

Back 9

sheathing on floor

Front 10

sole plate

Back 10

joists at bottom of studs

Front 11

ridge board

Back 11

horizontal member at the edge of a roof

Front 12

sills

Back 12

bottoms of windows and doors

Front 13

plumb bob

Back 13

used to align the marks on batter boards with stakes, and then corner of walls.

Front 14

batter boards

Back 14

horizontal boards that represent foundation of building

Front 15

foundation sill plate

Back 15

made of preservative-treated wood for added resistance to insects and and moisture. bolted to foundation

Front 16

sill sealer

Back 16

made of compressible material to reduce air infiltration in the gab

Front 17

bridging

Back 17

consists of solid blocking or crossbracing between joists

Front 18

blocking

Back 18

short lengths of lumber inserted between framing members for a variety of purposes

Front 19

jack studs

Back 19

trimmers

headers rest on these shortened studs

Front 20

king studs

Back 20

jack studs are nailed to these

Front 21

cripple studs

Back 21

rough sill support

Front 22

shear wall

Back 22

resist lateral forces

Front 23

hold-downs

Back 23

prevent walls from pulling up foundation.

Front 24

let-in diagonal bracing

Back 24

located structural panels for lateral force resistance

Front 25

pitch

Back 25

slope

Front 26

rise

Back 26

vertical dimension

Front 27

run

Back 27

horizontal diminsion

Front 28

framing square

Back 28

a tool used to define pitch

Front 29

hips

Back 29

slope downard

Front 30

valley

Back 30

junction of a roof slope that connects to another roof or wall

Front 31

pattern rafter

Back 31

one rafter which other rafters are traced

Front 32

plumb cut

Back 32

vertical cut

Front 33

level cut

Back 33

horizontal cut

Front 34

birdmouth cut

Back 34

an angled notch in the rafter that allows the rafter to seat securely on the top plate of a wall

Front 35

advanced framing techniques

Back 35

members are spaced at 24 OC

single top lates

minimizes unneded framing members