Description: Bridging

Read section 5.9.0 pages 6.35-6.36 and answer the following questions

1.What are the dimensions of a 2x10?

  Height
  Thickness

2. When joists are laid out 16 O.C. what is the distance between them?


3. What determines where bridging is placed?


4. Describe the installation process


5. Why do we wait to nail the bottom of the bridging to the joist?



6.Should the bridging be installed tight to each other,  Why or why not?