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air space areas basement beams braces builder built built-up roof called ceiling cial coat columns commercial buildings concrete block concrete floor concrete is poured Concrete walls construction cost Courtesy covered crete curtain walls drain drywall electricity factory fiberboard finish floor floor joists footings and foundations forms frame building frame wall frost line furring strips girders gravel ground slab gussets gypsum harden heat hold homes inches inside wall installed insulation laid laminated large buildings layer load load-bearing masonry walls mass walls materials metal modular moisture barrier mold nailed paint panels pans pieces pile pipes plastic post-and-beam Precast concrete prestressed concrete purlins rafters Rex Miller rods roof decking Rotkin shapes sheathing sheets shingles shown in Figure shows siding smooth soil solid steel strong structural stucco studs subflooring texture paint tion trusses type of roof types of buildings Vapor barriers veneer Wall stud wallboard weight window wood