 A wooden-frame detached house under construction Light-frame construction is a building technique based around structural members, usually called studs, which provide a stable frame to which interior and exterior wall coverings are attached, and covered by a roof comprising horizontal joists or sloping rafters covered by various sheathing materials. Modern light-frame structures usually gain strength from rigid panels used to form all or part of wall sections, but until recently carpenters employed various forms of diagonal bracing to stabilize walls. Diagonal bracing remains a vital interior part of many roof systems. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1712, 497 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Light-frame construction ...
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A roof tiled in imitation of thatch at Croyde, north Devon, England Rooftops in Vietnam Snow on the roof Roofs are one of the universal structures found on all buildings. ...
A joist, in architecture and engineering, is one of the supporting bars that run from wall to wall to support a ceiling (or floor). ...
A rafter is a structural member, a type of beam, which supports the roof of a building. ...
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Light frame construction has become the dominant construction method only in the North America and Australia because of its economy. Use of minimal structural materials allows builders to enclose a large area with minimal cost, while achieving a wide variety of architectural styles. The ubiquitous platform framing and the older balloon framing are the two different light frame construction systems used in North America. World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...
Platform framing is a light-frame construction system and the most common method of constructing the frame for houses and small apartment buildings as well as some small commercial buildings in Canada and the United States. ...
Balloon framing is method of wood construction used primarily in Scandinavia and the United States. ...
Materials
Light-frame materials are most often wood or rectangular steel tubes. Preferred woods for linear structural members are usually spruce, pine or fir woods. Light frame material dimensions range from 38mm by 89mm (1.5 by 3.5 inches — i.e. a two-by-four) to 5 cm by 30 cm (two-by-twelve inches) at the cross-section, and lengths ranging from 2.5 m (8 feet) for walls to 7 m (20 feet) or more for joists and rafters. WOOD is a pair of radio stations in Grand Rapids, Michigan owned by Clear Channel on the frequencies of 1300 AM and 105. ...
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Wall panels built of studs are interrupted by sections that provide rough openings for doors and windows. Openings are typically spanned by a header or lintel that bears the weight of structure above the opening. Headers are usually built to rest on trimmers, also called jacks. Areas around windows are defined by a sill beneath the window, and cripples, which are shorter studs that span the area from the bottom plate to the sill and sometimes from the top of the window to a header, or from a header to a top plate. The front door of a house is often decorated to appear inviting. ...
A window is an opening in an otherwise solid and opaque surface through which light and, sometimes, air can pass. ...
Pre-fabricated, pre-tensioned concrete lintels spanning garage doors. ...
Pre-fabricated, pre-tensioned concrete lintels spanning garage doors. ...
Wall sections usually include a bottom plate which is secured to the structure of a floor, and one, or more often two top plates that tie walls together and provide a bearing for structures above the wall. Wood or steel floor frames usually include a rim joist around the perimeter of a system of floor joists, and often include bridging material near the center of a span to stabilize a floor against vibration and to reduce sagging along the span. In two-story construction, openings are left in the floor system for a stairwell, in which stair risers and treads are most often attached to squared faces cut into sloping stair stringers.
Interior wall coverings in light-frame construction typically include wallboard, lath and plaster or decorative wood paneling. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
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Exterior finishes for walls and ceilings often include plywood or composite sheathing, brick or stone veneers, and various stucco finishes. Cavities between studs, usually placed 40-60 cm (16-24 inches) apart, are usually filled with insulation materials, such as fiberglass batting, or cellulose filling sometimes made of recycled newsprint treated with boron additives for fire prevention and vector control. This intricate ceiling is part of the Capitol Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, designed by architect Walter Burley Griffin. ...
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Roofs Roofs are usually built to provide a sloping surface intended to shed rain or snow, with slopes ranging from 1 cm of rise per 15 cm (less than an inch per linear foot) of rafter length, to steep slopes of more than 2 cm per cm (two feet per foot) of rafter length. A light-frame structure built mostly inside sloping walls comprising a roof is called an A-frame. A roof tiled in imitation of thatch at Croyde, north Devon, England Rooftops in Vietnam Snow on the roof Roofs are one of the universal structures found on all buildings. ...
An A-frame is a basic structure designed to bear a load in a lightweight, economical manner. ...
Roofs are most often covered with shingles made of asphalt, fiberglass and small gravel coating, but a wide range of materials are used. Molten tar is often used to waterproof flatter roofs, but newer materials include rubber or other synthetic materials. Steel panels are popular roof coverings in some areas, preferred for their durability. Slate or tile roofs offer more historic coverings for light-frame roofs. Look up shingle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ...
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Light-frame methods allow easy construction of unique roof designs. Hip roofs, which slope toward walls on all sides and are joined at hip rafters that span from corners to a ridge. Valleys are formed when two sloping roof sections drain toward each other. Dormers are small areas in which vertical walls interrupt a roof line, and which are topped off by slopes at usually right angles to a main roof section. Gables are formed when a length-wise section of sloping roof ends to form a triangular wall section. Clerestories are formed by an interruption along the slope of a roof where a short vertical wall connects it to another roof section. Flat roofs, which usually include at least a nominal slope to shed water, are often surrounded by parapet walls with openings to allow water to drain out. Sloping crickets are built into roofs to direct water away from areas of poor drainage, such as behind a chimney at the bottom of a sloping section. This article is about angles in geometry. ...
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Structure Light-frame buildings are often erected on monolithic concrete slab foundations that serve both as a floor and as a support for the structure. Other light-frame buildings are built over a crawlspace or a basement, with wood or steel joists used to span between foundation walls, usually constructed of poured concrete or concrete blocks. Something that is monolithic is something created in one piece, resembling a monolith such as an obelisk. ...
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Various forms of trusses are also used to form floor structures, ceilings and roofs. Newer truss joist products often use laminated woods, most often chipped poplar wood, in panels as thin as 1 cm (3/8ths of an inch), glued between horizontally laminated members of less than 5 cm by 5 cm (two-by-two inches), to span distances of as much as 9 m (30 feet). Web trusses are often formed of 5 cm by 10 cm (two-by-four inch) wood members to provide support for roofing systems and ceiling finishes in place of joists and rafters. Truss bridge for a single track railway, converted to pedestrian use and pipeline support. ...
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See also Platform framing is a light-frame construction system and the most common method of constructing the frame for houses and small apartment buildings as well as some small commercial buildings in Canada and the United States. ...
Balloon framing is method of wood construction used primarily in Scandinavia and the United States. ...
Dimensional lumber is a term used in North America for lumber that is cut to standardized width and depth specified in inches. ...
Timber framing is the modern term for the traditional half-timbered construction in which timber provides a visible skeletal frame that supports the whole building. ...
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