Exam 15: Framing Systems

Post-and-beam framing is ____.

When wall framing is done with 2 × 4s spaced 16 inches on centers, up to ____ percent of the wall is solid wood.

Poles, which are treated to be insect and rot resistant, are set several feet in the ground and ____ feet apart.

A band joist, or ____, is bolted to poles when constructing pole buildings.

Wall ____ are the main framing members in walls.

The advantages of structural integrated panels (SIPs) are that they do not include the number of interior framing members that frame construction does, so they do a better job of thermal insulation.