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Carpentry Floor Framing

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The extremities of a piece of lumber.






2. A continuous row of building material - such as brick - siding - roofing - and flooring.






3. Gravel- or stone-filled excavation for catching water so it can be absorbed into the earth.






4. Boards or sheet materials that are fastened to roof and exterior walls and on which the roof covering and siding are applied.






5. A term applied to concrete that has not fully cured.






6. Insects that live in colonies and feed on wood.






7. Horizontal members of a frame that rest on and transfer the load to sills and girders.






8. Diagonal braces or solid wood blocks between floor joists used to distribute the loads imposed on the floor.






9. Short joist running from an opening to a bearing.






10. A sloping structural member of a roof frame that supports the roof sheathing and covering.






11. A wood block that is used to reinforce the web of an I-joist - often at locations where the I-joist is supported in a hanger and the sides of the hanger do not extend up to the top flange.






12. Metal flashing plate over the foundation to protect wood members from termites.






13. The distance from the center of one structural member to the center of the next one.






14. In platform construction - framing members that cap the floor joists; also called a band joist - rim joist - or joist header.






15. Any construction of stone - brick - tile - concrete - plaster - and similar material.






16. Horizontal timbers resting on the foundation supporting the framework of a building; also - the lowest horizontal member in a window or door frame.






17. Any construction of stone - brick - tile - concrete - plaster - and similar material.






18. A type of frame in which the studs are continuous from foundation to roof.






19. The highest point of a roof that has sloping sides.






20. The distance from the center of one structural member to the center of the next one.






21. A thin - wedge-shaped piece of material used behind pieces for the purpose of straightening them - or for bringing their surfaces flush at a joint.






22. Horizontal members of a frame that rest on and transfer the load to sills and girders.






23. Full-length joists that run along the inside of an opening.






24. Method of wood frame construction in which wall are erected on a previously constructed floor deck or platform.






25. Horizontal timbers resting on the foundation supporting the framework of a building; also - the lowest horizontal member in a window or door frame.






26. A thin - wedge-shaped piece of material used behind pieces for the purpose of straightening them - or for bringing their surfaces flush at a joint.






27. The highest point of a roof that has sloping sides.






28. Diagonal braces or solid wood blocks between floor joists used to distribute the loads imposed on the floor.






29. See box header.






30. See fire-stop blocking.






31. Boards or sheet materials that are fastened to roof and exterior walls and on which the roof covering and siding are applied.






32. Treatment given to lumber that applies preservative under pressure to penetrate the total piece.






33. The narrow surface of lumber running with the grain.






34. Method of wood frame construction in which wall are erected on a previously constructed floor deck or platform.






35. A one-dimensional measurement of length in foot increments.






36. A one-dimensional measurement of length in foot increments.






37. A narrow board let into studs of a balloon frame to support floor joists.






38. A term applied to concrete that has not fully cured.






39. Short joist running from an opening to a bearing.






40. Full-length joists that run along the inside of an opening.






41. Metal flashing plate over the foundation to protect wood members from termites.






42. Boards that have been finished with tongue-and-grooved edges.






43. Top or bottom horizontal member of a wall frame.






44. Treatment given to lumber that applies preservative under pressure to penetrate the total piece.






45. Materials installed to slow the movement of fire and smoke within smaller cavities of a building frame during a fire; also called draft-stop blocking.






46. Top or bottom horizontal member of a wall frame.






47. The narrow surface of lumber running with the grain.






48. A wood block that is used to reinforce the web of an I-joist - often at locations where the I-joist is supported in a hanger and the sides of the hanger do not extend up to the top flange.






49. See box header.






50. In platform construction - framing members that cap the floor joists; also called a band joist - rim joist - or joist header.