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Wall framing in house construction includes the vertical and horizontal members of exterior walls and interior partitions, both of bearing walls and non-bearing walls. . These stick members, referred to as studs, wall plates and lintels (sometimes called headers), serve as a nailing base for all covering material and support the upper floor platforms, which provide the lateral strength along a
The completed frame of a modern timber-frame house Ridge-post framing (left) and story framing (right, with jetties) Historically, the timbers would have been hewn square using a felling axe and then surface-finished with a broadaxe. If required, smaller timbers were ripsawn from the hewn baulks using pitsaws or frame saws.
A-frame gable-style house, Portugal. A gablefront house or gablefront cottage has a gable roof that faces its street or avenue, as in the novel The House of Seven Gables. A-frame: so-called because the steep roofline, reaching to or near the ground, makes the gable ends resemble a capital letter A.
Painter, a tradesperson responsible for the painting and decorating of buildings, and is also known as a decorator or house painter. [8] Also includes Paper Hanger. Pile driver, a tradesperson who installs piles, drills shafts, and constructs certain foundation support elements.
A formalized lintel, the lowest member of the classical entablature. Also the moulded frame of a door or window (often borrowing the profile of a classical architrave). Area or basement area In Georgian architecture, the small paved yard giving entry, via "area steps", to the basement floor at the front of a terraced house. Arris
Section view through a house roof drawing showing names for parts of the structure. [clarification needed] (UK and Australia). Ctrs. means centers, a typical line to which carpenters layout framing. Domestic roof construction is the framing and roof covering which is found on most detached houses in cold and temperate climates. [1]
Adzes are of many shapes and names. Framing Chisels are heavy duty. In Western carpentry common sizes are 1 1/2 and 2 inches wide. They are designed to be struck with a mallet; A slick is a very large chisel designed to be pushed by hand, not struck. drills for boring holes in timber framing were
A type of moulding that is part of a larger piece of wood such as a frame (as opposed to being applied independently). stile. Also called a style. A vertical member of a frame on a door, window or panel. Contrast rail. stringer A timber, usually 2 by 12 inches (5.1 cm × 30.5 cm), that supports the treads and rises in a staircase. sweep 1.