xviii
Engineered Wood Products . . . . . . . . 470
Oriented Strand Board (OSB) • Parallel
Strand Lumber (PSL) • Laminated Veneer
Lumber (LVL) • Glue-Laminated Lumber •
Wood I-Joists
Post and Beam Construction . . . . . . . . 476
Chapter 20
Wall and Ceiling Construction . . . . . . . 485
Frame Wall Construction . . . . . . . . . . 486
Plates • Headers • Exterior Corners
and Bracing • Interior Walls
Steel Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Advantages of Steel Framing •
Disadvantages of Steel Framing • Steel
Framing Components • Wall and Roof
Systems
Ceiling Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
General Framing Considerations . . . . 495
Masonry Wall Construction . . . . . . . . 496
Stonework • Masonry Veneer • Brick
Names and Sizes
Traditional Three-Coat Stucco . . . . . . . 503
Preparing for Stucco • Moisture Barrier
and Flashing • Lath (Reinforcement) •
Scratch or Foundation Coat • Brown
Coat • Finish Coat
Exterior Insulation Finish Systems (EIFS) 507
Structural Insulated Panels . . . . . . . . . 508
Concrete Wall Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Plank Forms • Block Forms
Chapter 21
Doors and Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Interior and Exterior Doors . . . . . . . . . 515
Interior Doors • Exterior Doors
Specifying Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Door Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Window Types • Window Schedules
Section 4
Construction Systems and
Supplemental Drawings
Chapter 18
Footings, Foundations, and Concrete . . 429
Staking Out the House Location . . . . . 429
Excavation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Footing Shapes and Specifi cations . . . 432
Foundation Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Foundation Wall and Footing • Slab
Foundations • Pier and Post Foundations •
Wood Foundations
Concrete and Masonry Basement Walls 441
Beams and Girders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Weight Calculations • Beam
Calculations • Post Calculations • Lintels
Concrete and Masonry Characteristics 448
Concrete Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Paving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Chapter 19
Sill and Floor Construction . . . . . . . . . 457
Platform Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Balloon Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Joists and Beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Floor Trusses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Subfl oor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Cantilevered (Overhanging) Joists . . . . 469
Framing Under Slate or Tile . . . . . . . . 470
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