Term Used For A Floor Or Ceiling Support Member

A large beam in the ceiling of a room carrying joists is a summer beam.
Term used for a floor or ceiling support member. For ceiling and. Some newer homes have manufactured i beam shaped joists. Members places at right angles to joists studs and rafters to form and support openings in a wood frame joist horizontal framing members used in a spaced pattern that provide support for the floor or ceiling system. The system used to support a building s load.
The term binding joist is sometimes used to describe beams at floor level running perpendicular to the ridge of a gable roof and joined to the intermediate posts. This term is used to refer just to the footing of the structure. Joists which land on a binding joist are called bridging joists. Parallel framing member installed horizontally to support floor and ceiling loads.
The ceiling function is usually denoted by ceil x or less commonly ceiling x in non apl computer languages that have a notation for this function. The j programming language a follow on to apl that is designed to use standard keyboard symbols uses. A horizontal framing member usually spaced at a regular interval and used to support a floor or ceiling. Parallel framing members that are used in a series to support floor and ceiling loads.
Ledger board strip a strip of lumber nailed to a beam girder or rim joist on which the floor joists rest for support. Knee wall a short wall on an upper floor that is not regular height because a roof plane extends through its surface at a lower point. Joists are supported in turn by foundation walls girders and bearing walls. An interior wall designed to support the weight of the.
A floor s framework is made up mostly of wooden joists that run parallel to one another at regular intervals. Ceiling joists are usually 2 by 6s or sometimes 2 by 4s if it is an older home. Turret a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle. Joist hangers metal brackets designed to hold joist ends.
Plastic laminate thin sheet material of plastic composition used for finishing of interior millwork do not use the terms formica or melamine plate a horizontal woo framing member which provides bearing and anchorage for wall floor ceiling and roof framing. Using hangers is usually faster and easier than toenailing joists. Any horizontal structural member that is used to support roofs wall loads and floor loads often called a header. A structural component made of straight wood or metal members usually in a triangular pattern with pinned connections at the top and bottom chords and which is used to support structural loads as those on a floor roof or bridge.
A general term used to refer to the skeleton or frame of a house and the materials that cover the outside of the frame.