Wood wall framing system

A partition wall is dividing wall within a building; maybe bearing or

non load bearing.
PARTS OF THE PARTITION ARE;
Stud- an upright post or support
Partition cap, head, plate- the uppermost horizontal member
of a partition
Soleplate- a horizontal timber serves as a base for the stud
Cripple- a structural element that is shorter as usual, a stud
above a door opening or below a window sill
Cross bridging, diagonal bridging, herringbone struttingdiagonal bracing, in pairs,
Block bridging, solid bridging, solid strutting- short
members (boards) w/c are fixed vertically between floor joist
Bridging floor- a floor supported by common joist without
girders.
Principal joist- a large joist that carries much of the floor load
Sleeper joist- any joist resting directly on sleepers
Ledger, ribbon, or ribband- a horizontal member w/c is house
in the studs of balloon framing and carries the joist.
Ledgers strip or ribbon strip- on a beam which carries joist
flush with girder
Sill- a horizontal timber at the bottom of the frame of a wood
structure w/c rest on the foundation