ACTUAL SIZE:
The finished (dressed) size as opposed to the nominal size of a piece of wood.
BARGE BOARD: Exterior visible flat trim board that follows the rake of the roof.
BATTENS: Narrow board used to cover cladding joins or used for decorative purposes.
BEAM: A supporting member.
BIRD'S MOUTH: The notch in a rafter that rests on the top plate of a wall.
BOARD: A piece of sawn, or dressed timber of greater width than
thickness. Usually 19 (3/4") to 38 (1 1/2") thick and 75 (3") or more
wide.
BOTTOM PLATE: Wall plate, sole plate; The bottom horizontal framing member of the wall.
BRACE: To make rigid.
BUILDING LINE: The outline of a building.
CENTERS: Crs; O.C; Term used for spacing; The measurement
of spacing for studs, rafters, and joists in a building from the center
of one member to the center of the next.
CLADDING UNDERLAY: A building paper that envelops the exterior walls or roof frame prior to the cladding being fixed. Reduces air movement and
helps avoid the risk of water ingress.
CLADDING: The exterior surface of a building.
CLEAT: A short horizontal member that ties opposing rafters together immediately below the ridge board.
CRIPPLE STUD:
Short studs placed between the header / lintel and a top plate or between a sill and bottom plate.
CRS: See CENTERS.
DIMENSIONS: Any of the three linear measurements, length, breadth and depth.
DRESSED: Relating to timber; Planed; Smooth; even surface; gauged.
DWANG: Nogging; A short piece of timber set between two studs, joists, rafters or purlins to keep them rigid.
ELEVATION: Side view of a building.
FASCIA:
Exterior horizontal visible flat front trim board that caps the rafter tail ends.
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FLASHING: Any piece of material, usually metal or plastic, installed to prevent water from penetrating the structure.
FLUSH: Being even with.
GABLE:
The roof ends and walls that form an inverted "V".
GAUGED: See DRESSED.
HEADER: Lintel;
A beam placed perpendicular to wall studs above doors, windows or other openings, to carry the weight of structural loads.
LINTEL: Header;
A beam placed perpendicular to wall studs above doors, windows or other openings to carry the weight of structural loads.
LONGITUDINAL: Running the length of the building.
LUMBER: Any of the framing wood.
MEMBER: Piece of timber that is part of a frame or structure.
NAIL PLATE: Gang nail plate; Metal plate with rows of sharp points that are hammered into butt-jointed timber to secure the join.
NOGGING: Dwang; A short piece of timber set between two studs, joists, rafters or purlins to keep them rigid.
NOMINAL SIZE: The rough-sawn size of a piece of lumber. Before
the lumber is planed or dressed. The nominal size is usually greater
than the actual dimension. e.g. 100x50 (2 x 4) actually equals 90x45 (1
1/2" x 3 1/2").
O.C.: On center; (See CENTERS)
ON CENTER (O.C.) Crs, centers.
The term used to define the measured spacing between studs, joists,
rafters, etc. O.C. measurements are taken from the center of one member
to the center of the adjoining member.
PARALLEL: Being of equal distance from each other at all points.
PLATE: The top or bottom horizontal framing member of the wall
PLUMB: Vertical; Upright.
PLYWOOD:
A piece of wood made of three or more layers of wood veneer laminated together with glue.
PURLIN: Timber used to support roofing sheets. Usually fixed on top of rafters.
RAFTER: Parallel
members of a roof that support battens/purlins
and roofing materials.
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RECTANGLE: Four-sided
figure with four right angles.
ROOFING IRON: Corrugated metal sheet used to clad roof.
ROOFING UNDERLAY: A building paper that covers roof frame prior to the cladding being fixed. Reduces air movement and
helps avoid the risk of water ingress.
ROUGH OPENING: Trim size;
The framed-in opening, slightly larger than the actual window/door,
that replaces wall studs to support the structure and accommodate a window/door.
SAWN: Rough sawn; Not gauged, planed or dressed.
SHEATHING: A material used as a backing to cladding.
SIDING: Cladding; Exterior wall cladding.
SILL: Framing member that forms the bottom edge of the window opening or external door.
SKID: A solid piece of timber that fits under a building in place of a footings or foundation making the building able to be moved.
SOLE PLATE: wall plate, bottom plate; The bottom horizontal framing member of the wall.
STUD:
A 100x50 (2x4) vertical framing member used to construct walls.
TOP PLATE: The top horizontal framing member of the wall.
TRIMMER: Under stud; Framing member that is cut to fit between the bottom PLATE and the HEADER.
UNDERLAY: A building paper that envelops the exterior walls or roof frame prior to the cladding being fixed. Reduces air movement and
helps avoid the risk of water ingress.
UNDER STUD: TRIMMER; Framing member that is cut to fit between the bottom PLATE and the HEADER.
VERTICAL: See PLUMB.
WALL CLADDING: The exterior surface of a wall.
WALL PLATE: wall plate, sole plate; The bottom horizontal framing member of the wall.
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