Here you can find the definitions to a lot of the terms used when talking about easi-joist, to make it easier to find the term you are looking for each letter has a seperate tab. You will also find that if a definition contains another term that has been defined clicking on the term will automatically switch you to the correct tab.

joist definitions
Bearing
The area of a member receiving structural support.
Building Designer
The person responsible for the structural stability and integrity of the building as a whole.
Cantilever
The part of a structural member extending beyond the end support.
Chord
The horizontal timber members at the top and bottom of an easi-joist®.
Column
A vertical timber block fixed between the chords of an easi-joist®.
Compartment Floor
Separating two dwellings and required to provide sound resistance and 1 hour fire resistance.
Compression Block
A vertical timber block fixed to the side of joists where substantial vertical loads are applied.
Dead Load
The load produced by the fabric of the floor structure.
Decking
Timber boarding providing the floor or roof surface.
Deflection
Vertical deformation due to loading.
Dwang
A structural member comprising of two chords with columns at set spacing.
Dwarf Wall
A load bearing timber frame wall of similar depth to the floor joists.
easi-joist
An engineered joist made from stress graded timber chords fixed with galvanised steel webs.
EWP
Engineered Wood Product – a man-made composite timber product.
Header Binder
Horizontal length of timber fixed onto the top rail of a timber frame panel.
Imposed Load
The load produced by the occupancy of a building including storage and inhabitants.
Intermediate Support
Structural support within the span of a joist.
Line Load
A UDL applied along a single line.
Live Load
Also known as IMPOSED LOAD.
Noggin
A horizontal timber block fixed between the chords of adjacent joists.
OSB
Oriented Strand Board – a composite product made from strands of wood and glue.
Partition Wall
Timber framed non-load bearing wall applying a load to the floor below.
Point Load
A force applied at a single position.
Rim Board
A product used on the perimeter of a building to enclose the floor structure.
Ring Beam
A structural beam used to distribute floor loads evenly to the walls below.
Services
Pipe work, ducting and cables laid within the floor zone.
Sheathing
OSB or plywood sheets nailed to timber frame panels to provide racking resistance.
Span
The overall length of a joist.
Strongback
A structural timber fixed perpendicular to a run of easi-joists® to reduce deflection.
SVP
Soil Vent Pipe.
Trimmable End
Timber allowed for tolerance which can be removed without compromising the joist.
Trimmer
A structural member framing a floor opening.
UDL
Uniformly Distributed Load – either an area load (N/sq.m) or a line load (N/m).
Web
A diagonal galvanised steel strut fixed into the chords of an easi-joist® with pressed nails.
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