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Balloon framing
Balloon framing is method of wood construction used primarily in Scandinavia and the United States. It utilizes long continuous framing members that run from sill to eave line with intermediate floor structures nailed to them. Once popular when lumber was plentiful, balloon framing has been largely replaced by platform framing .
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