Balloon framing  

Name  :  Abdulrahman  Hatem  Tayeb  ID  .  1010314  Ss.  AR320    

       

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Framing (construction)  Balloon  framing    

A wooden-frame house under construction – in this example of platform framing the location of the upper floor is readily discerned by the wide joists between the floors,

and the upper structure rests on this platform .

Framing, in construction known as light-frame construction, is a building technique based around vertical structural members, usually calledstuds,

Balloon framing is a method of wood construction – also known as "Chicago construction" in the 19th century[8] – used primarily in Scandinavia,

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replaced  by  platform  framing.”

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Balloon framing allowed “simple men to do simple tasks” without all of the dovetailing and mortises and tenons that were required when using more expensive

“post and beam” construction techniques.

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