This provides a wall panel with a correctly sized and correctly positioned internal opening, for example to receive a window frame or doorway sidelight or other insert structure. The invention also supports or reinforces the window or doorway generally, for example to support the hinged side of ...
Cripple studs:Cripple studs support the bottom of a window opening and, in some cases, may also extend from the top of a doorway to the plate above. They are the same thickness as a full stud but are shorter. Jack studs:Jack studs are used on either side of a window or door opening...
between the jamb studs of the door is cut out leaving the doorway unobstructed. However this portion is 1 useful during construction and transportation of the section to the building site in that it holds the lower end of the sub-assembly 6 and other parts of the section firmly in position...