Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 71
between the corner posts it is less effective than the girt, and consequently a wall in which it has been substituted for the girt is not as stiff as one in which the girt is used. The PlatCo The plate serves two purposes: first, to tie thestudding together at the top and form a finish for the… … Fig. 68. Fig. 69. Construction at Plate. 55 4b CAKPENTR£ the floors and the wall. Sometimes the plate is also made tosupport the attic floor joists, as shown in fig. 68, in which A isa rafter, B tlie joist spiked to the rafter, C the plate built upfrom two two-by-four pieces, and D the wall stud.…
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