Wall Framing

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WALL FRAMING You have completed some great work building the sub-floor and your sub-floor is ready for the walls. It is important for you to be aware of wall framing basics, because the walls bear the load from the roof down to the foundation and protects the building against the elements for many years to come.

Wall framing in Australia, is known as light weight timber construction and is a building technique based around vertical structural members, called studs. The studs form a stable frame to which interior and exterior wall coverings are attached, and covered by a roof made of horizontal ceiling joists and sloping rafters or pre-fabricated roof trusses

Wall framing must be done with future projects in mind, such as laying plaster sheeting, tiling, installing kitchen cabinets etc. If the walls are not constructed properly it will make it difficult to complete future work to a high standard. Make all your work accurate.

Wall framing components

Light weight timber construction

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ASSESSMENT 1: WALL FRAMING COMPONENTS

How: Wall frames are designed to support the ceiling and roof in the building, and also provide a fixing point for wall sheeting. Identify the main components of the wall frame shown below.

Don't be tempted just to write the names in, put in a bit more effort to try to remember all the names of the individual components.

1 ...... 2 ...... 3 ......

4 ...... 5 ...... 6 ......

7 ...... 8 ...... 9 ......

10 ...... 11 ...... 12 ......

PARTS OF A WALL FRAME The main structural parts of a wall frame are

Top and bottom plates The top plate runs along the top of the wall frame and supports the roof and ceiling members. The top plate distributes roof loads horizontally to the studs. The top plate can be either single or double plated. Double plating is most common on load- bearing walls where extra strength is required or for trussed roofs to obtain clearance to internal walls. The bottom plate runs along the bottom of the wall frame. Top and bottom plate

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ASSESSMENT 7: WALL FRAMING TEST – WALL PLATES How: Task 1: (10 Marks) Set-out the stud positions on a length of 90 mm x 35 mm pine for the wall plates on wall 'A'.

Task 2: (10 Marks) Set-out the stud positions on a length of 90 mm x 35 mm pine for the wall plates on wall 'B'.

Specifications: Floor joists 100 x 50, U.S.H.W. at 450 centres. Common studs 90 x 35, f5 pine at 450 centres. Jack studs 90 x 35, f5 pine at 450 centres. Jamb studs 90 x 45, f5 pine. (double studs 1500+) Wall plates 90 x 45, f5 pine. Window heads 90 x 45, f5 pine. Window sills 90 x 45, f5 pine. Door heads 90 x 45, f5 pine. Sheet flooring 3600 x 900 x 22. Rafters 125 x 38, U.S.H.W. at 450 centres. Ceiling joists 100 x 38, U.S.H.W. at 450 centres. Wall height 2440 overall wall plates. Fascia 190 x 32, 6mm x 6mm groove, 25mm up from the bottom. Eave width 450 from wall frame to inside of fascia.

Window and door frame schedule: Bedroom 1500 x 1800 Laundry 2100 x 875 WC 600 x 600 Bathroom 1050 x 900

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ASSESSMENT

RESOURCES PROVIDED:

 Student learner reference guide VU20975 Wall framing  Building a House – Framing Practices  AS1684 Residential Timber – Framed Construction Student to Student self assessment tick off sheet tick off when completed 1 Determined job requirements/specifications from given drawings

2 Materials take off list completed

3 Identified location and details of wall construction

4 Wall plates set out and cut to length

5 Set out openings for doors and windows and allowed clearance

6 Studs, trimmers and noggings cut to length

7 Wall frames are erected including lintels and bracing

8 Wall plumbed correctly

9 Completed wall framing construction and erection to specifications

10 Quality Assurance recognised and adhered to

11 Timber construction conformed with AS1684

12 Metal wall frames conformed with AS/NZS4600

13 Cleaned, maintained and stored tools and equipment

14 Workplace practices adhered to

15 Teachers signature for competencies demonstrated

Student's signature: ...... Group: ......

Teacher's signature: ...... Date: ......

Comments: ......

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Student Learning Guide & Record

DATE INSTRUCTOR’S TASK PAGE TASK TITLE COMPLETED SIGNATURE

Assessment 1 17 Wall framing components

Identify and explain wall framing Assessment 2 19 components

Assessment 3 23 Types of forces acting on a wall frame

Assessment 4 25 Triangulation, wall loads and spacing

'F' number and machine graded pine Assessment 5 27 (MGP) number

Layout and construct the above wall Assessment 6 28 frames

Assessment 7 35 Wall framing test – Wall plates