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Building a Shed - Need to understand building term

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KEG

12-23-2006 07:13:25

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I"m talking to suppliers for a shed I"m putting up and I"m not sure we are both speaking of the same components. For instance, I thought a girt was a board to support siding, but I got a quote that seems to call the header out as a girt. Since I have been known to be wrong more than I care to admit, I am looking for a building component guide that shows what each part of a building is called.

Anyone know of a web site that has pictures of building parts.

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KEG

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JOHN HARMON

12-24-2006 08:52:03

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Re: Building a Shed - Need to understand building in reply to KEG, 12-23-2006 07:13:25

E-mail me your USPS Address and I will send you copies of Bldg. Basics from my "Astro" Bldg. Construction Manual. Astro Bldgs utilize a 7'6" Pole spacing and common 16' Bldg Components. 36" coverage Steel Sheeting for Sidewall and Roof is used also.Astro Bldg's are common in the Central Midwest States,If that is where you live. Colo. to Ind.and Mo.to Minn. maybe if you looked around you will find one to scrutinize.John-

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charles(mo)

12-23-2006 15:18:29

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Re: Building a Shed - Need to understand building in reply to KEG, 12-23-2006 07:13:25

Headers are also the board that is on edge that caps the floor joists, making it a header joist. I think a lot of terms are regional. Around here the concrete base under a concrete wall is called a footing, but I know some people call them footers. I don't know which is correct but it can get rather confusing.

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ArkanDan

12-24-2006 14:28:28

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Re: Building a Shed - Need to understand building in reply to charles(mo), 12-23-2006 15:18:29

Just across the border to your south we call those planks that tie the floor joists together on the exterior of a structure "rim" joists. "Header" joists are those planks that span an opening between regular floor joists for a stairwell or chimney. They are attached to what are known as "trimmer" joists down were. Any of these terms are not normally associated with a pole building in any case. Different strokes for different folks. Merry Christmas!!

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Vern-MI

12-23-2006 08:17:28

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Re: Building a Shed - Need to understand building in reply to KEG, 12-23-2006 07:13:25

Horizontal girts are attached to the exterior columns in a building. The Bypass Girt is the most common condition in which girts make a continuous run around the outside of the building's columns. This provides an air space the width of the girt between the column and exterior panels. Inset Girts are attached to the sides of the columns or between the columns and minimize the air space between columns and exterior panels.

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mjbrown

12-23-2006 07:25:05

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Re: Building a Shed - Need to understand building in reply to KEG, 12-23-2006 07:13:25

I also call the siding stringers girts as in girts and purlins. Purlins run from truss to truss and the steel roofing is fastened to them and side steel is fastened to the girts. What you call headers I've usually heared called plates. There are regional variations I'm sure, kinda like the differences between subs, hoagies and grinders.

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JMS/MN

12-23-2006 09:25:37

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Re: Building a Shed - Need to understand building in reply to mjbrown, 12-23-2006 07:25:05

I've always understood plate, as in plate and sill- would be used in a flat position, while header refers to a plank used on edge, as over a doorway or window. Plate and sill would be used in a stud wall configuration, header in either stud wall or post frame construction. Girts are on the sidewall, purlins on the rafters. Both are what the sheeting is fastened to.

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Rexalot

12-24-2006 08:46:48

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Re: Building a Shed - Need to understand building in reply to JMS/MN, 12-23-2006 09:25:37

Girt: Like a Girdle, surrounds or encloses. Binds the sides.

Purlin: Supports the top. Truss to Truss.

Header: Frame board that transfers load to parallel joists, studs, or rafters. (Gutters are usually attached to a "header board")

Ridge Board: Fancy name for header board tying the purlins together at the buildings roof ends.

Ridge Cap: Crown of the roof. Where the angles meet.

Footer: typically a concrete "pad" (ok a bag of concrete mix poured in the hole) required by most building codes used to support the posts of a fixed structure.

Runner: a treated post used to support a non-permanent building, like a garden shed.

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john niolon

12-25-2006 06:28:28

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Re: Building a Shed - Need to understand building in reply to Rexalot, 12-24-2006 08:46:48

Rex

thanks for that post... it clears up a lot of stuff for me

is there a place on the web where you can find something like this...a glossary of terms ?? that a rookie can understand

thanks
john

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john niolon

12-25-2006 14:56:54

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Re: Building a Shed - Need to understand building in reply to john niolon, 12-25-2006 06:28:28

I did a google on 'metal building terms' and found this on the Star Buildings Site.

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