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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. Vertical members that enclose the space between treads.
Risers
Blueprinting
Windows schedules
Sliding
2. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Contour line
Sliding
Topography
Partition
3. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Scuttle
Beam pocket
Bearing
Awning window
4. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Bifold door
Green space
Areaway
Bypass doors
5. 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.
Contour line
Casing
Hearth
Point of beginning
6. Area communities are divided into two separate types of buildings that can be built in the area.
Floor plans
Door schedules
Zones
Partial sections elevations
7. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Contour interval
Specifications guide
Hearth
Zoning regulations
8. A door that slides sideways into the interior of a partition; when opened - only the lockedge of the door is visible.
Bifold door
Skylight
Metes and bounds
Pocket door
9. 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
Bypass doors
Louver
Variance
10. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
Sliding
Bypass doors
National Building Codes
Skylight
11. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Bifold door
Section view
Point of beginning
Truss
12. Building plan that shows a cross-section of the building as if it were sliced to reveal its skeleton.
Bypass doors
Risers
Section view
Metes and bounds
13. Orthographic drawing showing only one side of the outside of the building at a distance of about 100'.
Partial sections elevations
Floor plans
Crawl space
Blueprinting
14. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Easement
Crawl space
Louver
Detail
15. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Floor plans
Sidelight
Zones
Slab-on-grade foundation
16. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Truss
Plan view
Crawl space
Modular measurement
17. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Nonconforming
Plot plan
Green space
Easement
18. Written or printed directions of construction details for a building - sometimes referred to as specs.
Specifications
Green space
Bearing
Metes and bounds
19. Used by spec writers for complex commercial projects; developed by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
Nonconforming
Specifications guide
Plan view
Set backs
20. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the cross section of the building.
Detail
Contour interval
Full section
Modular measurement
21. Older process of creating copies of construction drawings where the result is blue with white lines and letters.
Truss
Blueprinting
Building codes
Partial sections elevations
22. A type of exterior door in which the doors are opened by sliding the panels along a track horizontally.
Areaway
Specifications writer
Sliding
Crawl space
23. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Casement window
Double-hung window
Dormer
Metes and bounds
24. External water faucets of a building.
Bifold door
Finish schedules
Hose bibbs
Specifications writer
25. Area communities are divided into two separate types of buildings that can be built in the area.
Orthographics
Building codes
Zones
Sliding
26. Term used to describe buildings that do not fit the local zoning laws.
Awning window
Building codes
Windows schedules
Nonconforming
27. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Casement window
Finish schedules
National Building Codes
Hearth
28. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Partition
Skylight
Metes and bounds
Contour interval
29. Plastic sheet to prevent moisture from penetrating the building surface.
Scuttle
Detail
Detail
Vapor barrier
30. A drawing showing a birds eye view of the lot - position of the building - and other pertinent information; also called site plan.
Architect's scale
Scale
Plot plan
Contour line
31. Direction an installed door will open.
Truss
Set backs
Swing
Detail
32. Building plan that shows a cross-section of the building as if it were sliced to reveal its skeleton.
Section view
Bifold door
Floor plans
Double-hung window
33. Multiple drawings.
Point of beginning
Orthographics
Casing
Louver
34. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the walls as viewed from above.
Areaway
Floor plans
Dormer
Elevation
35. Plastic sheet to prevent moisture from penetrating the building surface.
Vapor barrier
Windows schedules
Building codes
Benchmark
36. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Pocket door
Detail
Plot plan
Nonconforming
37. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Partial sections elevations
Contour line
Swing
Tread
38. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Sliding
Areaway
Plot plan
Hearth
39. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the edge and usually swings outward.
Plot plan
Beam pocket
Casement window
Bifold door
40. A detailed description of the land surface.
Topography
Specifications guide
Finish schedules
Partial sections elevations
41. See National building Codes.
Casement window
Contour interval
Building codes
Elevation
42. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Section view
Slab-on-grade foundation
Truss
Vapor barrier
43. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Risers
Finish schedules
Specifications guide
Slab-on-grade foundation
44. Direction an installed door will open.
Section view
Swing
Finish schedules
National Building Codes
45. Distance buildings must be kept from the property lines.
Bearing
Detail
Hose bibbs
Set backs
46. A solid concrete building base used instead of a foundation because it saves on material and labor.
Dormer
Slab-on-grade foundation
Awning window
Vapor barrier
47. A person who writes supplemental information for construction projects to include any information that cannot be communicated in drawings or schedules.
Specifications writer
Sliding
Bearing
Plot plan
48. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Dormer
Green space
Modular measurement
National Building Codes
49. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Metes and bounds
Dormer
Bypass doors
Plan view
50. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Tread
Hose bibbs
Modular measurement
Awning window