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use in building construction

  • construction of apartment buildings
    In construction: Timber frames

    These present-day “platform” frames are made of standard-dimension timbers, usually two or four centimetres (0.75 or 1.5 inch) thick, which are joined together by machine-made nails and other metal fasteners using hand tools.

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  • House of simple wood-frame construction. The frame's most important elements are the studs (uprights to which sheathing, paneling, or laths are fastened), joists (small horizontal timbers that support a floor or ceiling), and rafters (parallel beams that support a roof). The frame is usually built from 2 in. × 4 in. (5 cm × 10 cm) pieces of lumber known in North America as “two-by-fours.” Heavier lumber is used for joists and other supporting timbers.
    In light-frame construction

    …II in the form of platform frames. In platform framing, each floor is framed separately, as contrasted with balloon framing, in which the studs (vertical members) extend the full height of the building. Freed from the heavy timbers of the post-and-beam system, platform framing offers ease of construction. Carpenters first…

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