A holding wedge includes a first side and a second side opposite from the first side. The first side and the second side each extend along a length of the holding wedge. The holding wedge also includes a top side that extends between the first side and the second side. The top side of the holding wedge defines a holding channel that extends along at least a portion of the length of the holding wedge.

Shims of the character used in building construction to install fixtures such as windows, doors, and the like within rough framed openings.

Angled shim stacks and methods of using the same, which can be used to support to a fenestration unit at those locations where the support is needed by providing a load bearing surface that matches the angle of the fenestration unit sill bottom regardless of the angle of the upper surface of the sill on which the fenestration unit is supported.

Fenestration units with spacer blocks and methods of manufacturing the same are described herein. The fenestration units may include shim wedges that cooperate with the spacer blocks to raise the fenestration unit within a rough opening.

A “step shim” for positioning a fixture in a precise location relative to an adjoining support structure includes an elongated member having: (a) two, side surfaces, (b) a flat, bottom face, (c) a top face that includes a plurality of flat, adjoining segments, each of which is separated from an adjoining top face segment by a boundary line that extends across the top face (d) front and back ends, and (e) wherein this member has a configuration adapted to allow it to be broken apart along the member's boundary lines into a plurality of member segments that each correspond to one of the top face segments, and (f) wherein the distance between the bottom face and the segment of the above top face defines a member segment's height, each of which is progressively taller from the member's front to back end.

Flashing for a building profile is formed using a flexible sheet of impermeable material. The flexible sheet has one or more fold lines extending in a first direction and spaced across the flexible sheet in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The one or more fold lines are defined by an increased flexibility relative to the flexibility of the flexible sheet.

A connecting device configured to connect two construction materials arranged at a distance therebetween, that is, a door frame, a base member, and a reinforcing member of a wall includes a connecting member including a locking portion capable of being locked with a locking target member arranged at one construction material along a thickness direction perpendicular to a direction of the distance and a coupling portion configured to be moved in the thickness direction and coupled to the other construction material by a drill screw as a coupling fitting are arranged at an end on a side of the one construction material and an end on a side of the other construction material. When the coupling portion is not coupled to the other construction material, the locking portion is movable in the thickness direction with respect to the locking target member.

A system, device and method of framing an opening, such as a window, in a clad façade 12 structure to align the window units 22 to be positioned adjustably so that the exterior sight lines align the windows without custom fabrication of the clad façade. This allows irregular variations in the original building structure to be eliminated by a perfectly aligned façade. A frame 20 has wide flanges 40 to allow the defined inner box frame area 34 to be positioned and then the frame can be shimmed to that position. Sections of frame 20 are joined by an angled member 54 with flat portion which are received in slots 56 in frame sections at their edges.

A shimming device for attaching a substrate to a stud wall includes a plate, which has a first edge that is linear. The plate can be mounted to a respective opposed side of one of a plurality of studs to which the substrate is to be mounted. The plate is one of a plurality of plates that can be positioned on and mounted to the plurality of studs so that each plate is positioned at a respective support point for the substrate. Each plate is positioned with the first edge of the plate proud of an edge face of the stud and so that the first edges of the plurality of plates define a plane. The substrate, upon mounting to the plurality of studs, is parallel to the plane.

A method for using the shim assembly of the invention to install an opening closure in a building opening.