Across
- 2. ______-___ A framing member located in the lower third of a stick-framed roof, designed to counteract the outward force or spread when the roof structure is under load. (2 words)
- 5. International Residential Code
- 9. ____-_____ Bottom horizontal member of a frame wall.(2 words)
- 11. The horizontal structural member over an opening (for example over a door or window).
- 13. A series of sloped structural members that extend from the ridge or hip to the wall plate, designed to support the deck and its associated loads (2 words)
- 14. One of a series of wood or metal vertical structural members placed as supporting elements in walls and partitions.
- 15. ____-_____ The wood framing member that lays flat against the foundation wall usually anchored with bolts (2 words)
- 16. ______-________ old construction system that uses continuous studs that run from the foundation to the roof of a building (2 words)
- 17. A structural member carrying building loads from one support to another. Also called a "girder".
- 18. Wooden 2 X 8's, 10's, or 12's that run horizontally and support a floor or ceiling, and supported in turn by beams or bearing walls.
Down
- 1. ___-_____ a horizontal member of a frame wall supporting ceiling joists, rafters, or other members.(2 words)
- 3. prefabricated triangulated wooden structures used to support the roof.
- 4. ______-___ horizontal members between the rafters in the upper third that stop the rafters spreading. (2 words)
- 6. A vertical structural compression member which supports loads, also called a post
- 7. ____-____ prevents the roof rafters from sagging. (2 words)
- 8. ________-________ common framing method where each floor is independently constructed. (2 words)
- 10. _____-______ an upward bowing of the truss's bottom chord. (2 words)
- 12. _____-_____ a non-structural horizontal member used to line up the top of opposing roof rafters during construction (2 words)