Talk:Sill plate

Merge?
I nominate this article to be Merged with Wall plate. Thoughts? Ahp378 (talk) 01:05, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

What is the opposite?
If "Sill Plate" is the bottom element, what's the name of the top one? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.151.160.158 (talk) 01:44, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * "A beam over the top of a window is known as the lintel or transom." from Window sill Moberg (talk) 08:32, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Ground plate
Is ground plate a synonym for sill? Moberg (talk) 08:32, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

answers
A plate is a major, load bearing, horizontal timber in a wall. The term wall plate is extremely vague and in my studied opinion would be more likely to be a top plate than a sill plate, but any meaning is possible. The word plate is not used in practice in the U.S., a sill is simply called a sill, not a sill plate. Interesting point that a window has a sill but not a plate but a lintel. A ground plate is the same as a sill. Sometimes sills used to be called ground sill or groundsel, particularly if they lay directly on the soil. Mud sill is another name. Jim Derby (talk) 13:07, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

I nominate that sill plates and sole plates should each have their own page as they are not the same. a sill plate is the horizontal wood member that is anchored to the foundation masonry to provide a nailing surface for floors or walls built above. while a sole plate, or bottom plate, is the bottom horizontal structural member of a stud framed wall. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goochami (talk • contribs) 17:46, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

I think that sill plates and sole plates should each have their own page as they are not the same. a sill plate is the horizontal wood member that is anchored to the foundation masonry to provide a nailing surface for floors or walls built above. while a sole plate, or bottom plate, is the bottom horizontal structural member of a stud framed wall.

Photos should depict common uses
not unusual ones. Benefac (talk) 07:10, 5 June 2013 (UTC)