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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Pocket door
Contour interval
Specifications
National Building Codes
2. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Double-hung window
Bifold door
Dormer
Swing
3. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the edge and usually swings outward.
National Building Codes
Casement window
Door schedules
Zoning regulations
4. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Green space
Scuttle
Hearth
Benchmark
5. Molding used to trim around doors - windows - and other openings.
Casing
Louver
Finish schedules
Contour line
6. Term used to describe buildings that do not fit the local zoning laws.
Nonconforming
Areaway
Zoning regulations
Building codes
7. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Partition
Bearing
Skylight
Architect's scale
8. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Hearth
Set backs
Specifications guide
Modular measurement
9. A solid concrete building base used instead of a foundation because it saves on material and labor.
Finish schedules
Slab-on-grade foundation
Beam pocket
Vapor barrier
10. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
National Building Codes
Areaway
Scuttle
Benchmark
11. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the cross section of the building.
Metes and bounds
Full section
Variance
Specifications writer
12. Written or printed directions of construction details for a building - sometimes referred to as specs.
Skylight
Awning window
Specifications
Green space
13. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Point of beginning
Bearing
Easement
Sidelight
14. Direction an installed door will open.
Blueprinting
Vapor barrier
Swing
Specifications
15. A fixed-sash window for the roof that provides light only - no ventilation.
Skylight
Contour interval
Easement
Risers
16. A person who writes supplemental information for construction projects to include any information that cannot be communicated in drawings or schedules.
Truss
Metes and bounds
Slab-on-grade foundation
Specifications writer
17. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Door schedules
Bypass doors
Dormer
Building codes
18. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Hearth
Orthographics
Skylight
Easement
19. External water faucets of a building.
Hose bibbs
Specifications guide
Bifold door
Scuttle
20. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Partition
Risers
Areaway
Double-hung window
21. The proportional reduction of each line in a drawing of a building that clearly shows the information and can be handled conveniently.
Topography
Bearing
Scale
Building codes
22. Older process of creating copies of construction drawings where the result is blue with white lines and letters.
Blueprinting
Beam pocket
Tread
Casement window
23. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the walls as viewed from above.
Full section
Partition
Floor plans
Vapor barrier
24. 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.
Variance
Truss
Bearing
Specifications writer
25. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Building codes
Finish schedules
Set backs
Windows schedules
26. Area communities are divided into two separate types of buildings that can be built in the area.
Beam pocket
Zones
Bifold door
Set backs
27. 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.
Crawl space
Set backs
Point of beginning
Nonconforming
28. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Scuttle
Full section
Scale
Green space
29. Term used to describe buildings that do not fit the local zoning laws.
Awning window
Nonconforming
Blueprinting
Casement window
30. 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
Scuttle
Variance
Orthographics
31. A detailed description of the land surface.
Partial sections elevations
Windows schedules
Zones
Topography
32. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Detail
Contour interval
Nonconforming
Metes and bounds
33. Rules and regulations guiding the construction industry as set by National agencies.
Nonconforming
Slab-on-grade foundation
Door schedules
National Building Codes
34. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Topography
Elevation
Blueprinting
Door schedules
35. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Floor plans
Detail
Topography
Benchmark
36. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Vapor barrier
Hearth
Swing
Casement window
37. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Contour line
Partial sections elevations
Green space
Swing
38. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Zoning regulations
Contour interval
Double-hung window
Bifold door
39. Plastic sheet to prevent moisture from penetrating the building surface.
Dormer
Bearing
Bifold door
Vapor barrier
40. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Hearth
Finish schedules
Specifications
Green space
41. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Casement window
Zoning regulations
Awning window
Building codes
42. Distance buildings must be kept from the property lines.
Plot plan
Set backs
Sliding
Orthographics
43. A door that slides sideways into the interior of a partition; when opened - only the lockedge of the door is visible.
Double-hung window
Pocket door
Partial sections elevations
Architect's scale
44. A type of exterior door in which the doors are opened by sliding the panels along a track horizontally.
Variance
Areaway
Topography
Sliding
45. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Hose bibbs
Tread
Floor plans
Beam pocket
46. Drawings that give information about the locations - size - and kind of windows to be installed in the building.
Windows schedules
Slab-on-grade foundation
Specifications
Louver
47. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Louver
National Building Codes
Beam pocket
Scale
48. Ruler used to area and read measurements in various proportions and scale.
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49. Written or printed directions of construction details for a building - sometimes referred to as specs.
Awning window
Bifold door
Specifications
Modular measurement
50. A solid concrete building base used instead of a foundation because it saves on material and labor.
Zoning regulations
Metes and bounds
Slab-on-grade foundation
Building codes