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| corner posts | built-up stud used in the corner of a wall frame |
| gysum board | a sheet product made by encasing gysum in a heavy paper wrapping |
| gysum board | sometimes called sheetrock |
| header | pieces placed at right angles to joists, studs, and rafters to form and support openings in a wood frame |
| jack stud | shortened studs that support the headers |
| another name for jack stud | door trimmers |
| jamb | the sides and top of window and door frames |
| lintel | horizontal load-bearing member over an opening; also called a header |
| partition | an interior wall separating one portion of a building from another |
| racking | term used to describe the lateral movement of a wall |
| rough opening | opening in a wall in which windows and doors are placed |
| abreviation for rough opening | R.O. |
| rough sill | members that form the bottom of a window opening, at right angles to the studs |
| shear walls | wall bracing, framed of 2x6's anchored to the slab, heavy OSB heavily nailed to them |
| sill | horizontal timbers resting on the foundation supporting the framework of a building; also the lowest horiziontal member of a window and door frame |
| sole plate | the bottom horizontal member of a wall frame |
| story pole | a narrow strip of wood used to lay out the heights of members of a wall frame |
| stud | a vertical framing member in a wall running between plates |
| top plate | a horizontal framing member of a wall frame |
| double top plate | top horizontal framing member on top of top plate of a wall frame |
| trimmers | members of a frame placed at the sides of an opening running parallel to the main framing members |
| wall sheathing | exterior wall covering that my consist of boards, rated panels, fiberboard, gysum board or rigid foam board |
