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  2. Wall stud - Wikipedia

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    Wall studs are framing components in timber or steel-framed walls, that run between the top and bottom plates.It is a fundamental element in frame building. The majority non-masonry buildings rely on wall studs, with wood being the most common and least-expensive material used for studs.

  3. Framing (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Wall framing in house construction includes the vertical and horizontal members of exterior walls and interior partitions, both of bearing walls and non-bearing walls. . These stick members, referred to as studs, wall plates and lintels (sometimes called headers), serve as a nailing base for all covering material and support the upper floor platforms, which provide the lateral strength along a

  4. Sound transmission class - Wikipedia

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    This is because a wall with 2x4 wood stud framing spaced 16 inches develops significant resonances which are not mitigated by the cavity insulation. In contrast, adding standard fiberglass insulation to an otherwise empty cavity in light-gauge (25-gauge or lighter) steel stud partitions can result in a nearly 10 STC-point improvement.

  5. Timber framing - Wikipedia

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    wall studs (subsidiary upright limbs in framed walls), for example, close studding. The horizontal timbers include: sill-beams (also called ground-sills or sole-pieces, at the bottom of a wall into which posts and studs are fitted using tenons), noggin-pieces (the horizontal timbers forming the tops and bottoms of the frames of infill panels),

  6. Wall plate - Wikipedia

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    Lower wall plates, base plate, floor plate, or bottom plate [4] — a second lower wall plate to which the wall studs are through nailed and which is the bottom of the wall section when assembled as a rectangular assembly. On an upper story, the lower wall plate is nailed to the platform of the supporting floor. The supporting platform is being ...

  7. Sill plate - Wikipedia

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    Unusual sill framing in a granary of half-timber construction. Long tenons project through the sill plate. Timber sills can span gaps in a foundation. A sill plate or sole plate in construction and architecture is the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached. The word "plate" is typically omitted in ...

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    Buoyed by promised pardons of their brethren for their Jan. 6 crimes and by Trump’s embrace of popular extremist far-right figures, those groups will likely see a resurgence after January ...

  9. Toenailing - Wikipedia

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    Fastening a wall stud to a sole plate in stud framing. Used in place of end nailing when fastening locations are not easily accessible, like installing blocking between studs and joists. Attaching a rafter to the top plate of a wall at its birdsmouth. Commonly used with screws in carpentry to quickly secure temporary framing or work aids such ...