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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Skylight
Swing
Easement
Set backs
2. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Door schedules
Orthographics
Variance
Set backs
3. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Casing
Zoning regulations
Beam pocket
Hearth
4. Written or printed directions of construction details for a building - sometimes referred to as specs.
Nonconforming
Specifications
Windows schedules
Finish schedules
5. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Dormer
Double-hung window
Windows schedules
Building codes
6. A notion granted by the zoning board of appeals in a community to change the zoning code due to hardships imposed by the zoning regulations.
Bearing
Variance
Awning window
Metes and bounds
7. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Bifold door
Slab-on-grade foundation
Double-hung window
Blueprinting
8. Molding used to trim around doors - windows - and other openings.
Section view
Casing
Areaway
Nonconforming
9. Ruler used to area and read measurements in various proportions and scale.
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10. Horizontal finish members in a staircase on which the feet of a person ascending or descending the stairs are placed.
Building codes
Modular measurement
Tread
Risers
11. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Scale
Bypass doors
Section view
Truss
12. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Vapor barrier
Windows schedules
Casement window
Contour line
13. The proportional reduction of each line in a drawing of a building that clearly shows the information and can be handled conveniently.
Areaway
Awning window
Easement
Scale
14. A solid concrete building base used instead of a foundation because it saves on material and labor.
Metes and bounds
Easement
Plot plan
Slab-on-grade foundation
15. A detailed description of the land surface.
Partition
Specifications
Topography
Casing
16. Rules and regulations guiding the construction industry as set by National agencies.
National Building Codes
Hose bibbs
Full section
Zoning regulations
17. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Specifications writer
Partition
Areaway
Sliding
18. Building plan that shows a cross-section of the building as if it were sliced to reveal its skeleton.
Set backs
Door schedules
Plot plan
Section view
19. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Bypass doors
Sliding
Awning window
Building codes
20. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Finish schedules
Double-hung window
Topography
Modular measurement
21. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Detail
Specifications guide
Topography
Partial sections elevations
22. Horizontal finish members in a staircase on which the feet of a person ascending or descending the stairs are placed.
Zoning regulations
Plan view
Topography
Tread
23. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Awning window
Risers
Easement
Casement window
24. The proportional reduction of each line in a drawing of a building that clearly shows the information and can be handled conveniently.
Truss
Double-hung window
Hose bibbs
Scale
25. Direction an installed door will open.
Modular measurement
Areaway
Swing
Contour interval
26. Plastic sheet to prevent moisture from penetrating the building surface.
Point of beginning
Architect's scale
Full section
Vapor barrier
27. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Contour line
Benchmark
Blueprinting
Zoning regulations
28. Term used to describe buildings that do not fit the local zoning laws.
Specifications guide
Orthographics
Nonconforming
Blueprinting
29. Plastic sheet to prevent moisture from penetrating the building surface.
Louver
Vapor barrier
Pocket door
Variance
30. A person who writes supplemental information for construction projects to include any information that cannot be communicated in drawings or schedules.
Swing
Specifications writer
Areaway
Detail
31. Area communities are divided into two separate types of buildings that can be built in the area.
Truss
Zones
Blueprinting
Detail
32. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Metes and bounds
Zoning regulations
Floor plans
Topography
33. A door that slides sideways into the interior of a partition; when opened - only the lockedge of the door is visible.
Beam pocket
Pocket door
Risers
Building codes
34. Mark on a plot plan indication the start point for laying out the lot. Usually a large object that is unlikely to move during construction such as a large rock or tree is used.
Detail
Sidelight
Topography
Point of beginning
35. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Section view
Double-hung window
Louver
Detail
36. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Contour interval
Slab-on-grade foundation
Point of beginning
Beam pocket
37. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Green space
Casement window
Contour interval
Casing
38. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Partition
Contour line
Building codes
Architect's scale
39. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Scale
Finish schedules
Areaway
Nonconforming
40. A drawing showing a birds eye view of the lot - position of the building - and other pertinent information; also called site plan.
Crawl space
Architect's scale
Plot plan
Risers
41. External water faucets of a building.
Awning window
Hose bibbs
Section view
Easement
42. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Crawl space
Full section
Skylight
Orthographics
43. Used by spec writers for complex commercial projects; developed by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
Specifications guide
Slab-on-grade foundation
Truss
Partition
44. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
Bypass doors
Tread
Louver
Door schedules
45. See National building Codes.
Full section
Building codes
Contour interval
Sidelight
46. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Tread
Areaway
Green space
Benchmark
47. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Beam pocket
Bearing
Plan view
Skylight
48. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Awning window
Bypass doors
Hearth
Scuttle
49. A person who writes supplemental information for construction projects to include any information that cannot be communicated in drawings or schedules.
Door schedules
Windows schedules
Specifications writer
Scale
50. Vertical members that enclose the space between treads.
Risers
Contour interval
Bearing
National Building Codes