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0310

Concentrated loads - removing or altering walls

· p. 51

The cross section shows a wood-framed building with a flat roof, floor joists, a basement steel beam, foundation walls, and a concrete floor slab. Dashed lines indicate a removed stud wall, replaced by a new built-up woo

0387

Support for jack studs on wide openings

· p. 69

The cross section shows a wood-frame wall with a wide opening spanned by a header supported on jack studs at each end. The jack studs stand on the sole plate and transfer concentrated loads into the floor framing below.

0353

Cracking - common locations

· p. 62

The illustration shows a two-story masonry house with a hip roof and a cutaway exposing a supporting column beneath a wall corner. Cracks extend diagonally through the masonry above the column, where a downward arrow ind

0234

Cracking - common locations

· p. 38

The illustration shows a two-story house with a hip roof and cracks at two common locations in its walls. A cutaway at the left exposes a supporting column beneath a wall corner, with cracks extending across the walls ab

0437

Drifting snow can cause truss sag/damage

· p. 80

The illustration shows a tall gable-roofed house adjoining a lower, sloped-roof addition. A cutaway at the lower roof exposes its triangular truss framing. Snow is piled more deeply on the lower roof near the taller buil

0374

Support for jack studs

· p. 66

The illustration shows a cross section of a wood-frame wall with a header spanning an opening. Jack studs at each side of the opening support the header and bear on the sole plate. Dashed circles highlight reinforcement

0283

Sill crushing

· p. 46

The perspective drawing shows wood floor joists bearing on a wood sill atop a concrete foundation wall. One joist is shown semi-transparent to expose its bearing contact with the sill. A circled area and leader identify

0331

Wall over a trimmer

· p. 55

The perspective drawing shows wood floor joists and a header framing a stairwell opening between built-up trimmers. A stud wall with a framed opening sits directly above one trimmer. The annotation explains that doubled