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• Joist — A roof made with a concrete slab with concrete joists A joist, in architecture and engineering, is one of the horizontal supporting members that run from wall to wall, wall to beam, or beam to beam to support a ceiling, roof, or floor. It may be… …   Wikipedia

• Floor — A floor is the walking surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many layered surfaces using modern technology. Floors may be stone, wood, bamboo, metal, or other material that can hold a person s weight.Floors… …   Wikipedia

• Wall stud — A wall stud is a vertical member in the light frame construction techniques called Balloon framing and platform framing of a building s wall (variously also called stick and platform , stick and frame , or stick and box construction colloquially… …   Wikipedia

• joist — joistless, adj. /joyst/, n. 1. any of a number of small, parallel beams of timber, steel, reinforced concrete, etc., for supporting floors, ceilings, or the like. v.t. 2. to furnish with or fix on joists. [1325 75; ME giste < OF < L *jacitum… …   Universalium

• joist — noun Etymology: Middle English giste, joiste, from Anglo French giste, from Vulgar Latin *jacitum, from Latin jacēre to lie more at adjacent Date: 15th century any of the small timbers or metal beams ranged parallel from wall to wall in a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Joist — ♦ One of parallel timbers stretched from wall to wall, to support the floor boards. Laid flat earlier, from the later 17th century laid on edge. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 412) …   Medieval glossary

• Sprung floor — A sprung floor is a floor that absorbs shocks giving it a softer feel. Such floors are considered the best available for dance and indoor sports and physical education.They enhance performance and greatly reduce injuries. Modern sprung floors are …   Wikipedia

• Sleeper wall — A Sleeper Wall is a short wall used to support floor joists of a ground floor. It acts to hold the timber joists away from the potentially damp ground. Construction Normal construction is of brick either in strecher bond or, to aid air flow,… …   Wikipedia

• Framing (construction) — Framing, in construction known as light frame construction, is a building technique based around structural members, usually called studs, which provide a stable frame to which interior and exterior wall coverings are attached, and covered by a… …   Wikipedia

• Cold formed steel — (CFS) is the common term for products made by rolling or pressing thin gauges of sheet steel into goods. Cold formed steel goods are created by the working of sheet steel using stamping, rolling, or presses to deform the sheet into a usable… …   Wikipedia

• beam — beamless, adj. beamlike, adj. /beem/, n. 1. any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped esp. for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines. 2. Building Trades. a horizontal bearing… …   Universalium