The platform type of this process builds each floor separately, requiring fewer particularly tall beams. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this process in which materials like wood and steel are fitted to provide the structural foundation of a house. This process can be divided into “heavy” and “light” types depending on the qualities of the supports.
ANSWER: framing [accept platform framing; accept heavy framing; accept light framing]
[10h] Platform framing is often contrasted with this type of framing, which was most popular from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. This type of framing uses wood studs which run the entire height of the house.
ANSWER: balloon framing
[10e] One advantage of platform framing over balloon framing is that it is less vulnerable to these events, one of which in Chicago was legendarily started by Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicking a lantern.
ANSWER: fires [accept Great Chicago Fire; accept house fires]
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