2007-09-02 05:39:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
The stud next to the king stud. A rough frame opening has components. A header, two king studs, cripple studs, and two or more jack studs depending on the size of the opening. The header is typically two 2x8's or 2x10's with 1/2" plywood or structure between for a 2x4 wall. The king is the same length of as a typically stud. It is nailed to the end of the header. The jack is shorter and runs from the header to the bottom plate. It carries most of the load from the header. That is why there are some times more than two jacks, sometimes four, two on both sides, if you have a large opening. Cripples are short studs that run from the header to the top plate. If a window opening there is also a sill plate, at the bottom of opening, with cripples under the sill plate running to the bottom plate. Sometimes people call jack studs trimmer studs.
2007-09-02 06:06:44 · answer #1 · answered by robling_dwrdesign 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A type of stud that belongs in a house that Jack built! HaHa! Bad joke!
2007-09-02 18:18:32 · answer #2 · answered by BradNahler 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Jack stud is a main support in a building, while others are called wall studs,
2007-09-02 12:58:57 · answer #3 · answered by William B 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
http://www.pbs.org/hometime/glossary/frame.htm#jstud
2007-09-02 13:00:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋