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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Windows schedules
Awning window
Scuttle
Architect's scale
2. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Architect's scale
Crawl space
Zones
Plot plan
3. 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.
Finish schedules
Pocket door
Variance
Slab-on-grade foundation
4. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Plan view
Swing
Contour interval
Specifications guide
5. 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.
Plan view
National Building Codes
Green space
Variance
6. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Scuttle
Areaway
Bypass doors
Skylight
7. Written or printed directions of construction details for a building - sometimes referred to as specs.
Partition
Vapor barrier
Double-hung window
Specifications
8. Used by spec writers for complex commercial projects; developed by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
Section view
Specifications guide
Tread
Contour line
9. A person who writes supplemental information for construction projects to include any information that cannot be communicated in drawings or schedules.
Tread
Plan view
Point of beginning
Specifications writer
10. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
Louver
Bypass doors
Set backs
Green space
11. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Bearing
Topography
Blueprinting
Set backs
12. Orthographic drawing showing only one side of the outside of the building at a distance of about 100'.
National Building Codes
Skylight
Partial sections elevations
Beam pocket
13. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Set backs
Benchmark
Specifications writer
Zones
14. Distance buildings must be kept from the property lines.
Set backs
Green space
Topography
Windows schedules
15. Ruler used to area and read measurements in various proportions and scale.
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16. The pages of a set of prints that show a building from above - looking down.
Plan view
Partition
Topography
Partial sections elevations
17. Direction an installed door will open.
Swing
Casement window
Areaway
Topography
18. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Double-hung window
National Building Codes
Set backs
Easement
19. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Contour interval
Louver
Windows schedules
Orthographics
20. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Skylight
Scale
Vapor barrier
Truss
21. Multiple drawings.
Plan view
Point of beginning
Orthographics
Easement
22. Distance buildings must be kept from the property lines.
Easement
Specifications writer
Set backs
Sliding
23. A drawing in which the height of the structure or object is shown; also the height of a specific point in relation to another point.
Metes and bounds
Contour line
Elevation
Windows schedules
24. A detailed description of the land surface.
Contour line
Topography
Windows schedules
Building codes
25. An opening for ventilation consisting of horizontal slats installed at an angle to exclude rain - light - and vision - but to allow the passage of air.
Sidelight
Louver
Vapor barrier
Door schedules
26. The proportional reduction of each line in a drawing of a building that clearly shows the information and can be handled conveniently.
Specifications
Hose bibbs
Crawl space
Scale
27. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Specifications guide
Finish schedules
Slab-on-grade foundation
Partial sections elevations
28. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Door schedules
Zoning regulations
Easement
Plan view
29. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Door schedules
Easement
Architect's scale
Awning window
30. Older process of creating copies of construction drawings where the result is blue with white lines and letters.
Partition
Beam pocket
Blueprinting
Vapor barrier
31. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Detail
Specifications writer
Beam pocket
Scale
32. A door that slides sideways into the interior of a partition; when opened - only the lockedge of the door is visible.
Bypass doors
Section view
Areaway
Pocket door
33. A door that slides sideways into the interior of a partition; when opened - only the lockedge of the door is visible.
Zoning regulations
Partition
Pocket door
Detail
34. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Awning window
Bifold door
Plot plan
Specifications
35. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Areaway
Specifications guide
Awning window
Modular measurement
36. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Full section
Bifold door
Benchmark
Zones
37. See National building Codes.
Building codes
Areaway
Pocket door
Easement
38. A person who writes supplemental information for construction projects to include any information that cannot be communicated in drawings or schedules.
Windows schedules
Windows schedules
Specifications writer
Metes and bounds
39. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Dormer
Crawl space
Modular measurement
Specifications
40. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the edge and usually swings outward.
Beam pocket
Casement window
Nonconforming
Benchmark
41. Molding used to trim around doors - windows - and other openings.
Specifications
Pocket door
Modular measurement
Casing
42. Drawings that give information about the locations - size - and kind of windows to be installed in the building.
Windows schedules
Casement window
Sidelight
Areaway
43. Written or printed directions of construction details for a building - sometimes referred to as specs.
Risers
Contour line
Windows schedules
Specifications
44. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Casing
Beam pocket
Section view
Hose bibbs
45. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Section view
Zoning regulations
Crawl space
Modular measurement
46. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Dormer
Benchmark
Modular measurement
Casement window
47. A detailed description of the land surface.
Specifications guide
Plan view
Floor plans
Topography
48. Building plan that shows a cross-section of the building as if it were sliced to reveal its skeleton.
Scale
Skylight
Section view
Bypass doors
49. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Building codes
Zoning regulations
Dormer
Crawl space
50. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Partial sections elevations
Full section
Section view
Zoning regulations