WOODWORKING QUIZ for 24 Sept 04

[Ralph Jones]

Good Evening Friends,
When framing a house, blocking is install in certain areas of the bath rooms and utility rooms. what is this blocking for?

Also when installing a recessed medicine cabinet is it necessary to install horizontal 2x stock above and below the cabinet and why?

Respectfully,

[Ralph Jones]

Good Evening Friends,
It appears that you folks really don't know the answers to the question or you are tiring of the the quizzes, just let me know and I will apply my talents to better things.

The answer for todays quiz is; you block in the walls of a bathroom or any other room where you are going to install accessories that would not normally be even with a stud or studs for an anchoring surface.

Thank you for your support in the past.

Respectfully,

[echnidna]

Ralph, the main problems are differences in terminology and building practices between USA and Oz which can make questions difficult to understand

[Ralph Jones]

Good Evening Bob,
Thank you for your input, and I guess I still have quite a lot to learn about your terminologies.

Would someone kindly send me a list of your terms that I might ask more questions or quizzes with a little more intelligence than I am applying now.

Respectfully,

[echnidna]

First example you spoke of blocking the walls whereas we would say noggin the walls.

[Ralph Jones]

Bob,
Up here we call the noggin our heads and I'll be darned if I am going to put mine in a bathroom wall.

Thanks for the information.

Respectfully,

[duckman]

G'day Ralph,

For Bob's noggin read nogging, however is usually pronounced noggin.

HTH,

Mark.

[E. maculata]

Yep I too was a bit worried about Ralphs building habits :eek: as blocking for me is non structural timber used to pack the structural on, or for throw away timber pieces used in steel production.

[Wood Borer]

Keep them coming Ralph. I am only an amateur weekend woodworker not a builder so I only answer some of the simple ones but I enjoy reading your quizzes.

[craigb]

Good Evening Bob,
Thank you for your input, and I guess I still have quite a lot to learn about your terminologies.

Would someone kindly send me a list of your terms that I might ask more questions or quizzes with a little more intelligence than I am applying now.

Respectfully,

I don't think any of us would say you are lacking in intelligence Ralph.

The thing is that once upon a time we were a British colony ( a situation not unknown to you country I believe :rolleyes: ) so that we tend to use British terms for woodwork/ building.

So I guess all I'm saying is that if you read a British building text and use those terms in your questions you'll stand a better chance of being undestood by us.

Don't stop your quizes.

Craig