RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

Modified by CMagno

Residential Construction

Foundation A foundation is a masonry

wall built upon the footer. The house sits on the foundation.

The foundation helps to displace the weight of the house and carry it to the ground.

Footing- the very bottom of the foundation

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Slab A slab serves the

same purpose as the foundation. It also acts as the first floor of the house.

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Floor System A floor system

consists of several parts, they include common header joists, trimmer joists and others.

Floor Joist- Lightweight horizontal support member

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Girders Girders are

framing members used to support the

floor system/ construction .

Large horizontal member that takes the end load of joists

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Sub-floorSubflooring is the plywood that is nailed down to the floor system. Typically another layer of plywood is laid down on the subfloor prior to placing finished flooring down.

Subflooring is responsible for squeak flooring

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Wall Framing Wall framing

consists of several different parts assembled together to create a wall section.

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Top Plate Header Sill PlateSill plate: Bottom plate on concrete

Stud Sole PlateSole plate: Bottom plate is sitting on

wood/ concrete

Residential Construction Sill plate- support the outside walls

of the house. They are bolted to the FOUNDATION

Sill plate support the outside wall of the house.

Residential Construction Ceiling Joists Ceiling joists sit on

top of the walls on the uppermost floor of the house between the walls and the rafters.

JOISTS

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Rafters

Rafters are the framing members that carry the weight of the roof system including decking and shingles.

Ridge

The ridge is the highest point on the home. The upper end of the rafter is nailed to the ridge board.

RidgeRafter

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Roof TrussTrusses are pre-

fabricated, triangulated wooden structures used to support the roof.

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Shingles Shingles are

typically made from paper asphalt and stone grit.

They come in many different styles.

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ShakesShakes are made of wood and are

chemically treated with a rot, mold

and moss preventative.

fire retardant and decay-resistant chemicals

It is the most expensive

Slate Roof Tiles Slate is a fine-grained,

homogeneous rock.

Slate roof tiles are usually fixed using a nail fixing

It is the heaviest one.

Slate Roof Tiles

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Insulation Insulation value is

based on R-value. An R-value is the measure of its resistance to heat flow.

The higher the R-value the better the insulating material.

All building material has an R-value associated with it.

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GFCI-Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter

These pick up changes in electrical flow and automatically trip the integral circuit to prevent electrocution or accidental shock