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Glossary
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ACTUAL DIMENSIONS - The measurements of a piece of lumber after it has been cut and surfaced. For example, a 2x4's actual dimensions are 1 7/16 x 3 1/2 inches.
AUGER - A hand or machine-operated tool with a screw-like shank for boring holes in soil.
BALUSTERS - Each of a series of often ornamental short posts or pillars on a rail.
BEAM - A straight structural member that acts primarily to resist transverse loads; a structural element which sustains transverse loading and develops internal forces of bending and shear in resisting the loads; an inclusive term for joists, girders, rafters, and purlins.
BUILDING CODES - Regulations detailing accepted materials and methods of building, such as the size of the deck, setback distances, railing and stair construction, footing depths, fastening methods, lumber types for certain deck components and fence or screen height around the deck. Usually adopted by city, county or state building departments; most counties have local building codes.
CANTILEVER - A construction method that involves extending the joists beyond the support beam or the support beam beyond the posts.
COMPOSITE - An item manufactured out of wood fiber and plastic to form a profile with superior performance properties.
COMPOSITE SCREWS - Fasteners that minimize mushrooming of composite material.
DECKING - The decking boards that serve as the walking surface.
END JOISTS - The joists at the end of a series of parallel joists.
EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION - Nails and boards expand when they heat up and contract when they cool down, especially as outside temperature changes.
FASTENERS - Generic term for nails, bolts, screws and other connecting devices.
FOOTING - A masonry section, usually concrete, in a rectangular form wider than the bottom of the foundation wall or pier it supports.
GIRDER - A beam that supports other beams; a very large beam, especially one that is built up from smaller elements; a timber beam used to support wall beams or joists.
HDG (HOT-DIPPED GALVANIZED) - Twist nail, casing nail, common nail, decking screw, etc., with thick zinc coating and rough surface.
ICBO - International Conference of Building Officials
ICC - International Code Council
INSET - An area of a deck that has been cut out to accommodate landscape elements such as trees.
JOIST - A usually horizontal, structural member used as a floor, decking, ceiling or roof framing member.
LEDGER - A wood or metal member bolted to a masonry wall to carry floor joists ceiling joists or rafters.
MUSHROOMING - Displacement of material above the fastener head.
NOMINAL DIMENSIONS - The identifying dimensions of a piece of lumber (e.g. 2" x 4") which are larger than the actual dimensions (1 7/16" x 3 1/2").
PILOT HOLE - A small hole drilled into a piece of lumber to prevent it from splitting when it receives a screw or nail.
POST - A timber set on end to support a wall, girder or other member of the structure.
RAIL POST - A vertical member that supports the railing.
RISER - A single vertical increment of a stair; the vertical face between two treads in a stair.
SBCCI - Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc.
SKEWING - Driving two nails at opposing angles. This technique creates a sounder connection by “hooking” the boards together as well as reducing the possibility of splitting.
SKIRT - Solid band of horizontal wood members installed around the deck perimeter to conceal exposed ends of joists and deck boards.
SKIRTING - Finishing element at baseboard of stairway, around the circle perimeter or around posts.
SPAN - The distance between supports for a beam, girder, truss, vault, arch or other horizontal structural device.
STRINGLINE - A string used to establish a line or to mark a line on a construction site.
TREAD - The horizontal surface of a step in a stair.
ACTUAL DIMENSIONS - The measurements of a piece of lumber after it has been cut and surfaced. For example, a 2x4's actual dimensions are 1 7/16 x 3 1/2 inches.
AUGER - A hand or machine-operated tool with a screw-like shank for boring holes in soil.
BALUSTERS - Each of a series of often ornamental short posts or pillars on a rail.
BEAM - A straight structural member that acts primarily to resist transverse loads; a structural element which sustains transverse loading and develops internal forces of bending and shear in resisting the loads; an inclusive term for joists, girders, rafters, and purlins.
BUILDING CODES - Regulations detailing accepted materials and methods of building, such as the size of the deck, setback distances, railing and stair construction, footing depths, fastening methods, lumber types for certain deck components and fence or screen height around the deck. Usually adopted by city, county or state building departments; most counties have local building codes.
CANTILEVER - A construction method that involves extending the joists beyond the support beam or the support beam beyond the posts.
COMPOSITE - An item manufactured out of wood fiber and plastic to form a profile with superior performance properties.
COMPOSITE SCREWS - Fasteners that minimize mushrooming of composite material.
DECKING - The decking boards that serve as the walking surface.
END JOISTS - The joists at the end of a series of parallel joists.
EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION - Nails and boards expand when they heat up and contract when they cool down, especially as outside temperature changes.
FASTENERS - Generic term for nails, bolts, screws and other connecting devices.
FOOTING - A masonry section, usually concrete, in a rectangular form wider than the bottom of the foundation wall or pier it supports.
GIRDER - A beam that supports other beams; a very large beam, especially one that is built up from smaller elements; a timber beam used to support wall beams or joists.
HDG (HOT-DIPPED GALVANIZED) - Twist nail, casing nail, common nail, decking screw, etc., with thick zinc coating and rough surface.
ICBO - International Conference of Building Officials
ICC - International Code Council
INSET - An area of a deck that has been cut out to accommodate landscape elements such as trees.
JOIST - A usually horizontal, structural member used as a floor, decking, ceiling or roof framing member.
LEDGER - A wood or metal member bolted to a masonry wall to carry floor joists ceiling joists or rafters.
MUSHROOMING - Displacement of material above the fastener head.
NOMINAL DIMENSIONS - The identifying dimensions of a piece of lumber (e.g. 2" x 4") which are larger than the actual dimensions (1 7/16" x 3 1/2").
PILOT HOLE - A small hole drilled into a piece of lumber to prevent it from splitting when it receives a screw or nail.
POST - A timber set on end to support a wall, girder or other member of the structure.
RAIL POST - A vertical member that supports the railing.
RISER - A single vertical increment of a stair; the vertical face between two treads in a stair.
SBCCI - Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc.
SKEWING - Driving two nails at opposing angles. This technique creates a sounder connection by “hooking” the boards together as well as reducing the possibility of splitting.
SKIRT - Solid band of horizontal wood members installed around the deck perimeter to conceal exposed ends of joists and deck boards.
SKIRTING - Finishing element at baseboard of stairway, around the circle perimeter or around posts.
SPAN - The distance between supports for a beam, girder, truss, vault, arch or other horizontal structural device.
STRINGLINE - A string used to establish a line or to mark a line on a construction site.
TREAD - The horizontal surface of a step in a stair.
