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  2. Wall stud - Wikipedia

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    A stud is graded for vertical application and its stress requirements and allowable visual defects reflect that application. A stud is most similar to a #2 grade, which is held to a higher standard during grading. The biggest difference between the two is the frequency, placement and size of knots and overall allowable wane.

  3. Wall footing - Wikipedia

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    Wall Footing . A wall footing, or strip footing, is a continuous strip of concrete that serves to spread the weight of a load-bearing wall across an area of soil. [1] It is a component of a shallow foundation. [1] Wall Footing. Wall footings carrying direct vertical loads might be designed either in plain concrete or in reinforced concrete.

  4. Shallow foundation - Wikipedia

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    A shallow foundation is a type of building foundation that transfers structural load to the Earth very near to the surface, rather than to a subsurface layer or a range of depths, as does a deep foundation. Customarily, a shallow foundation is considered as such when the width of the entire foundation is greater than its depth. [1]

  5. House plan - Wikipedia

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    Elevation view of the Panthéon, Paris principal façade Floor plans of the Putnam House. A house plan [1] is a set of construction or working drawings (sometimes called blueprints) that define all the construction specifications of a residential house such as the dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques.

  6. Bearing capacity - Wikipedia

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    A general bearing failure occurs when the load on the footing causes large movement of the soil on a shear failure surface which extends away from the footing and up to the soil surface. Calculation of the capacity of the footing in general bearing is based on the size of the footing and the soil properties.

  7. Joist - Wikipedia

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    There are approved formulas for calculating the depth required and reducing the depth as needed; however, a rule of thumb for calculating the depth of a wooden floor joist [3] for a residential property is to take half the span in feet, add two, and use the resulting number as the depth in inches; for example, the joist depth required for a 14 ...

  8. How To Use the 28/36 Rule To Determine How Much House ... - AOL

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    Are you dreaming of becoming a homeowner? One of the first things prospective homebuyers ponder is how expensive a home they can afford. I'm a Luxury Real Estate Agent: These Are the 5 Home...

  9. Centre for Window and Cladding Technology - Wikipedia

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    Standard for systemised building envelopes 2006; TN 7 Threat resistant fenestration 2000; TN 8 Selection of windows - a checklist for specifiers 2000; TN 17 Weathertightness and drainage 2000; TN 24 Corrosion 2000; TN 38 Acoustic performance of windows 2003; TN 39 Sound transmission through building envelopes 2003