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2. Truss uplift - Wikipedia

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   Truss uplift. Truss uplift or truss lift is the shrinking of the wood in wooden trusses, causing the bottom-most piece to bow upwards, most notably near the middle. Truss lift is an issue in wood-frame construction where non-load bearing walls meet ceilings, as the truss lifting it pulls the ceiling drywall up. This in turn pulls the angle tape ...

3. Wall stud - Wikipedia

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   Stud. Sill plate / sole plate / bottom plate. 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.

4. Blocking (construction) - Wikipedia

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   Blocking (construction) Solid “bridging” to stabilize floor joists. Blocking placed as attachment points for cabinets, while doubling as bracing against compression of the studs. Blocking (dwang, nog, noggin, and nogging) is the use of short pieces of dimensional lumber in wood framed construction to brace longer members or to provide ...

5. Furring - Wikipedia

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   Vertical, metal furring is applied to the wall to create a channel and receive the siding material. In construction, furring (furring strips) are strips of wood or other material applied to a structure to level or raise the surface, to prevent dampness, to make space for insulation, to level and resurface ceilings or walls, [1] or to increase the beam of a wooden ship.

6. Nail (fastener) - Wikipedia

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   Drywall: a specialty blued-steel nail with a thin broad head used to fasten gypsum wallboard to wooden framing members Finish : a wire nail that has a head only slightly larger than the shank; can be easily concealed by countersinking the nail slightly below the finished surface with a nail-set and filling the resulting void with a filler ...

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