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Fascia:	Flat surface (or covering) located at the outer end of a sidewall roof overhang or cantilevered end.
Fastest-mile Wind Speed:	The wind speed obtained from wind velocity maps prepared by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and is the highest sustained average wind speed based on the time required for a mile-long sample of air to pass a fixed point.
Fill:	Material used to raise the level of a grade.
Fire Wall:	A fire-resistance-rated wall having protected openings, which restricts the spread of fire and extends continuously from the foundation to or through the roof, with sufficient structural stability under fire conditions to allow collapse of construction on either side without collapse of the wall.
Flashing:	Sheet metal or plastic components used at major breaks and/or openings in walls and roofs to insure weather-tightness in a structure and secondarily to enhance appearance.
Footing:	Concrete placed under a structural column, wall or other structural member to transfer loads from main framing members to the soil by distributing loads over a greater soil area. Normally not required when column holes are backfilled with concrete.
Foundation:	The substructure which supports a building or other structure.
Frame:	Primary structural member (columns and rafters) which support the secondary framing.
Frame Spacing:	Horizontal distance between post-frames. In the absence of posts, the frame spacing is generally equated to the distance between adjacent trusses (or rafters). May vary within a building.
Framed Openings:	Jambs, headers and flashing which surrounds an opening in the wall of a building.
Full Hip Roof:	One which rises by inclined planes from all four sides of a building. A roof system without gables, where the roof slopes towards every wall. The line where two adjacent sloping sides of a roof meet is called the "hip".