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Carpentry Floor Framing

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The extremities of a piece of lumber.






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. The part of the roof that extends beyond the dry well.






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






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






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






17. See box header.






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






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






20. The extremities of a piece of lumber.






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. See fire-stop blocking.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. An interior wall that supports the floor above.






34. See box header.






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. An interior wall that supports the floor above.






49. 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.






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