Sill plate

The truss is the threshold lying below a horizontal wooden beams of a half-timbered house. It is located on the ground floor on the foundation wall and the foundation, in the upper floors mostly on the timber heads of the ceiling beams of a half-timbered house. On this half-timbered threshold the stud wall is constructed by stand, brace, band and bar. The threshold directly on the foundation wall is called basic threshold, the thresholds lying on the ceiling beams in the respective floor are the floor or Saumschwellen.

Saumschwelle

Saumschwelle the framework construction is in the name of a horizontally extending beam, which runs parallel to and at a distance Rähm thereto. The distance is determined by the strength of the beams. Between Rähm and Saumschwelle mainly the lining is done with a running bond.

Typical damage

The basic thresholds are often the most vulnerable wooden beams of a half-timbered house, as they are often located in older buildings directly without underlying seal on a partly damp foundation. Foundation projections below the threshold can also cause congestion of the effluent on the facade rainwater on the threshold, by terrain elevations or low design, the thresholds can be loaded by splashing addition, dense coatings hinder the dehydration. The wood damage to the emerging will happen next in the invisible lower area where the threshold rests on the foundation, and then proceeds inside, while the outside pages usually have long time no visible damage. A threshold so damaged must be replaced completely or in their damaged areas. For a support of the entire building is required. The new threshold should be installed protected from marveling water and allow evaporation water arising on both sides.