Irma is of Germanic origin, and it is used mainly in the English, French, German, Indian, Italian, and Spanish languages. The name is derived from the short form of German names with the first element irmin (meaning 'whole, immense, universal') or ermen and starting with 'Irm-', such as Irmingard.
Wood framing, or light frame construction, is the assembly of dimensional lumber or engineered wood lumber that is regularly spaced and fastened together with nails to create floor, wall and roof assemblies. Wood is the most common material used within the construction industry today.
During construction, framing lumber is set 16 or 24. inches âon center,â meaning the individual pieces of. lumber are spaced 16 or 24 inches apart. If you. measure from the edge of one stud to the correspon-. ding edge of the next stud, the spacing will be 16. inches for a 16-inch-on-center spacing. You could also.