Patent ID: 9611640
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: E04B

Claim:
1. A method for constructing an interior wall in spaced proximity to an exterior wall of a building, said method comprising: (a) providing a wall framing system having: (b) arranging said upper and lower frame channel members in a spaced apart relationship with respective said channels facing one another, the spacing of said upper and lower frame channel members defining a wall height; (c) abutting said outer ends of said stand off portions of said upper and lower frame channel members against the exterior wall to space said respective outer brace portions inwardly from the exterior wall by said first dimension; (d) installing said first and second ends of said stud members into said channels of respective said upper and lower frame channel members, with said outer and inner brace portions of said upper and lower frame channel members interacting with respective said outer and inner flanges of said stud members to secure said stud members to said upper and lower frame channel members in spaced apart relationship along said length; and (e) securing said rigid insulation member to adjacent spaced apart stud members and said upper and lower frame channel members by frictionally engaging said insulation member into respective major receptacles of said adjacently spaced apart stud members, and into respective channels of said upper and lower frame channel members, wherein a gap of predetermined gap dimension is established between said rigid insulation member and the exterior wall, based on said first dimension.