Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 154
o get some assistancefrom the pieces on either side of it. Bridging is of two kinds, plankbridging and cross bridging, of which the first has already beenshown in connection with the partition supports. Plank bridgingis not very effective for stiffening the floor, and cross bridging isalways… … Fig. 160. Cross Bridging between Joists floor joists. Each piece is nailed to the top of one joist and to thebottom of the next; and two pieces which cross each other are setclose together between the same two joists, forming a sort of St.Andrews cross, whence weget the name cross bridg-ing or…
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