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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. Multiple drawings.
Orthographics
Hose bibbs
Slab-on-grade foundation
Variance
2. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Specifications writer
Beam pocket
Partition
Door schedules
3. Horizontal finish members in a staircase on which the feet of a person ascending or descending the stairs are placed.
Tread
Full section
Partition
Elevation
4. See National building Codes.
Orthographics
Awning window
Building codes
Sidelight
5. Plastic sheet to prevent moisture from penetrating the building surface.
Hearth
Orthographics
Slab-on-grade foundation
Vapor barrier
6. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Green space
National Building Codes
Benchmark
Hearth
7. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Specifications
Scale
Tread
Contour line
8. Molding used to trim around doors - windows - and other openings.
Scuttle
Bearing
Beam pocket
Casing
9. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Benchmark
Specifications
Building codes
Easement
10. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Zones
Door schedules
Dormer
Orthographics
11. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Hose bibbs
Sidelight
Plot plan
Detail
12. A detailed description of the land surface.
Topography
Vapor barrier
Plan view
Bifold door
13. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Scuttle
Beam pocket
Scale
Blueprinting
14. The pages of a set of prints that show a building from above - looking down.
Set backs
Crawl space
Point of beginning
Plan view
15. See National building Codes.
Building codes
Sidelight
Hearth
Section view
16. A type of exterior door in which the doors are opened by sliding the panels along a track horizontally.
Sliding
National Building Codes
Easement
Nonconforming
17. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Modular measurement
Nonconforming
Zoning regulations
Bifold door
18. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Green space
Building codes
Benchmark
Scuttle
19. Vertical members that enclose the space between treads.
Partition
Building codes
Risers
Zones
20. 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.
Point of beginning
National Building Codes
Sidelight
Detail
21. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Point of beginning
Floor plans
Door schedules
Hose bibbs
22. Distance buildings must be kept from the property lines.
Point of beginning
Beam pocket
Bypass doors
Set backs
23. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Point of beginning
Truss
Double-hung window
Partial sections elevations
24. Vertical members that enclose the space between treads.
Partition
Awning window
Areaway
Risers
25. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Architect's scale
Skylight
Beam pocket
Pocket door
26. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Modular measurement
Architect's scale
Specifications writer
Zoning regulations
27. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Contour interval
Nonconforming
Door schedules
Easement
28. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Orthographics
Tread
Truss
Areaway
29. Plastic sheet to prevent moisture from penetrating the building surface.
Partial sections elevations
Sidelight
Scale
Vapor barrier
30. A door that slides sideways into the interior of a partition; when opened - only the lockedge of the door is visible.
Hose bibbs
Floor plans
Pocket door
Dormer
31. Direction an installed door will open.
Swing
Easement
Specifications guide
Dormer
32. Used by spec writers for complex commercial projects; developed by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
Specifications writer
Beam pocket
Truss
Specifications guide
33. Direction an installed door will open.
Skylight
Bearing
Elevation
Swing
34. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the edge and usually swings outward.
Double-hung window
Point of beginning
Tread
Casement window
35. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Casement window
Bearing
Metes and bounds
Specifications writer
36. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Dormer
Modular measurement
Casing
Crawl space
37. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Door schedules
Scuttle
Finish schedules
Nonconforming
38. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the walls as viewed from above.
Pocket door
Section view
Floor plans
Bypass doors
39. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Elevation
Section view
Sidelight
Partition
40. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Point of beginning
Finish schedules
Casing
Detail
41. A fixed-sash window for the roof that provides light only - no ventilation.
Skylight
Tread
Zoning regulations
Partition
42. Term used to describe buildings that do not fit the local zoning laws.
Tread
Nonconforming
Blueprinting
Risers
43. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Sidelight
Orthographics
Easement
Variance
44. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Benchmark
Swing
Contour interval
Plan view
45. Multiple drawings.
Nonconforming
Contour interval
Floor plans
Orthographics
46. Ruler used to area and read measurements in various proportions and scale.
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47. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Louver
Hearth
Contour line
Windows schedules
48. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Scale
Specifications
Bearing
Dormer
49. The proportional reduction of each line in a drawing of a building that clearly shows the information and can be handled conveniently.
Scale
Point of beginning
Hearth
Easement
50. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
Partial sections elevations
Crawl space
Specifications guide
Bypass doors