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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Zoning regulations
Hearth
Beam pocket
Louver
2. A door that slides sideways into the interior of a partition; when opened - only the lockedge of the door is visible.
Pocket door
Easement
Sidelight
National Building Codes
3. Plastic sheet to prevent moisture from penetrating the building surface.
Bypass doors
Slab-on-grade foundation
Areaway
Vapor barrier
4. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Full section
Sidelight
Bifold door
Topography
5. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Sidelight
Bypass doors
Double-hung window
Partial sections elevations
6. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Zoning regulations
Slab-on-grade foundation
Orthographics
Contour line
7. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Door schedules
Vapor barrier
Vapor barrier
Windows schedules
8. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Crawl space
Scale
Partial sections elevations
Sidelight
9. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Elevation
Modular measurement
Casing
Slab-on-grade foundation
10. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Contour line
Casing
Risers
Partial sections elevations
11. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Skylight
Green space
Sliding
Partition
12. The pages of a set of prints that show a building from above - looking down.
Topography
Areaway
Plan view
Hearth
13. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Scuttle
Hearth
Double-hung window
Truss
14. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Dormer
Bifold door
Architect's scale
Specifications
15. Written or printed directions of construction details for a building - sometimes referred to as specs.
Pocket door
Specifications guide
Specifications
Detail
16. External water faucets of a building.
Set backs
Hose bibbs
Full section
Nonconforming
17. Molding used to trim around doors - windows - and other openings.
Section view
Casing
Building codes
Swing
18. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Point of beginning
Modular measurement
Crawl space
Windows schedules
19. A solid concrete building base used instead of a foundation because it saves on material and labor.
Specifications guide
Vapor barrier
Slab-on-grade foundation
Scale
20. Older process of creating copies of construction drawings where the result is blue with white lines and letters.
Pocket door
Specifications
Blueprinting
Topography
21. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Crawl space
Partition
Awning window
Beam pocket
22. External water faucets of a building.
Topography
Specifications writer
Dormer
Hose bibbs
23. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Set backs
Sidelight
Detail
Hearth
24. A detailed description of the land surface.
Architect's scale
Floor plans
Awning window
Topography
25. Direction an installed door will open.
Door schedules
Swing
Zones
Topography
26. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Contour interval
Bearing
Floor plans
Specifications guide
27. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Elevation
Truss
Specifications writer
Casement window
28. Horizontal finish members in a staircase on which the feet of a person ascending or descending the stairs are placed.
Sliding
Full section
Awning window
Tread
29. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
Double-hung window
Bypass doors
National Building Codes
Set backs
30. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the walls as viewed from above.
Awning window
Full section
Floor plans
Detail
31. Rules and regulations guiding the construction industry as set by National agencies.
Bifold door
Point of beginning
Dormer
National Building Codes
32. A door that slides sideways into the interior of a partition; when opened - only the lockedge of the door is visible.
Bypass doors
Contour interval
Zoning regulations
Pocket door
33. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
National Building Codes
Sidelight
Detail
Scuttle
34. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Tread
Slab-on-grade foundation
Metes and bounds
Dormer
35. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Crawl space
Contour interval
Architect's scale
Plot plan
36. Distance buildings must be kept from the property lines.
Benchmark
Zoning regulations
Sliding
Set backs
37. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Scuttle
Louver
Hearth
Full section
38. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Bearing
Awning window
Slab-on-grade foundation
Section view
39. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the walls as viewed from above.
Modular measurement
Risers
Floor plans
Pocket door
40. 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.
Pocket door
Variance
Hose bibbs
Louver
41. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
National Building Codes
Contour interval
Section view
Areaway
42. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Floor plans
Blueprinting
Elevation
Bearing
43. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Truss
Swing
Hearth
Contour interval
44. Term used to describe buildings that do not fit the local zoning laws.
Bypass doors
Nonconforming
Specifications guide
Point of beginning
45. Horizontal finish members in a staircase on which the feet of a person ascending or descending the stairs are placed.
Scale
Tread
Detail
Detail
46. Drawings that give information about the locations - size - and kind of windows to be installed in the building.
Hearth
Windows schedules
Zones
Floor plans
47. A person who writes supplemental information for construction projects to include any information that cannot be communicated in drawings or schedules.
Finish schedules
Hearth
Specifications writer
Orthographics
48. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Blueprinting
Green space
Vapor barrier
Beam pocket
49. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Section view
Contour line
Bearing
Detail
50. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Swing
Specifications
Benchmark
Bypass doors