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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. Vertical members that enclose the space between treads.
Full section
Beam pocket
Scale
Risers
2. Ruler used to area and read measurements in various proportions and scale.
3. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Modular measurement
Truss
Nonconforming
Green space
4. Horizontal finish members in a staircase on which the feet of a person ascending or descending the stairs are placed.
Orthographics
Contour line
Beam pocket
Tread
5. See National building Codes.
Double-hung window
Building codes
Skylight
Detail
6. A person who writes supplemental information for construction projects to include any information that cannot be communicated in drawings or schedules.
Specifications guide
Contour interval
Zones
Specifications writer
7. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Casement window
Easement
Metes and bounds
Bearing
8. External water faucets of a building.
Hose bibbs
Contour interval
Casement window
Louver
9. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Bearing
Finish schedules
Metes and bounds
Bifold door
10. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Tread
Sliding
Truss
Easement
11. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Door schedules
Benchmark
Vapor barrier
Nonconforming
12. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Truss
Hearth
Slab-on-grade foundation
Sidelight
13. Multiple drawings.
Hearth
Easement
Orthographics
Risers
14. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Modular measurement
Blueprinting
Casement window
Metes and bounds
15. A detailed description of the land surface.
Awning window
Topography
Full section
Double-hung window
16. Building plan that shows a cross-section of the building as if it were sliced to reveal its skeleton.
Section view
Awning window
Beam pocket
Crawl space
17. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Beam pocket
Crawl space
Truss
Plan view
18. Orthographic drawing showing only one side of the outside of the building at a distance of about 100'.
Nonconforming
Partial sections elevations
Contour interval
Tread
19. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Finish schedules
Zones
Floor plans
Bifold door
20. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
National Building Codes
Sidelight
Hearth
Topography
21. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Contour interval
Plot plan
Detail
Scale
22. Direction an installed door will open.
Swing
Floor plans
Crawl space
Benchmark
23. Older process of creating copies of construction drawings where the result is blue with white lines and letters.
Specifications writer
Skylight
Metes and bounds
Blueprinting
24. Distance buildings must be kept from the property lines.
Building codes
Louver
Sidelight
Set backs
25. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Easement
Beam pocket
Areaway
Awning window
26. A solid concrete building base used instead of a foundation because it saves on material and labor.
Areaway
Slab-on-grade foundation
Contour line
Swing
27. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Door schedules
Dormer
Bifold door
Easement
28. Plastic sheet to prevent moisture from penetrating the building surface.
Pocket door
Floor plans
Vapor barrier
Partition
29. A person who writes supplemental information for construction projects to include any information that cannot be communicated in drawings or schedules.
Tread
Contour interval
Specifications writer
Beam pocket
30. 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.
Detail
Elevation
Slab-on-grade foundation
Orthographics
31. The pages of a set of prints that show a building from above - looking down.
Green space
Plan view
Double-hung window
Beam pocket
32. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Partial sections elevations
Blueprinting
Pocket door
Awning window
33. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Dormer
Modular measurement
Elevation
Floor plans
34. Written or printed directions of construction details for a building - sometimes referred to as specs.
Bifold door
Specifications
Scale
Pocket door
35. Area communities are divided into two separate types of buildings that can be built in the area.
Architect's scale
Variance
Windows schedules
Zones
36. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Bypass doors
Bearing
Floor plans
Risers
37. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Building codes
Specifications
Point of beginning
Scuttle
38. A fixed-sash window for the roof that provides light only - no ventilation.
Building codes
Tread
Skylight
Contour interval
39. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Bifold door
Hose bibbs
Finish schedules
Scuttle
40. A drawing showing a birds eye view of the lot - position of the building - and other pertinent information; also called site plan.
Plot plan
Floor plans
Bearing
Contour line
41. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the cross section of the building.
Hearth
Contour line
Skylight
Full section
42. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Hearth
Finish schedules
Pocket door
Blueprinting
43. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Truss
Zoning regulations
Modular measurement
Tread
44. Rules and regulations guiding the construction industry as set by National agencies.
National Building Codes
Topography
Blueprinting
Door schedules
45. Building plan that shows a cross-section of the building as if it were sliced to reveal its skeleton.
Section view
Specifications guide
Sidelight
Contour line
46. A fixed-sash window for the roof that provides light only - no ventilation.
Metes and bounds
Skylight
Finish schedules
Areaway
47. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the edge and usually swings outward.
Bifold door
Casement window
Scale
Finish schedules
48. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the walls as viewed from above.
Specifications
Floor plans
Modular measurement
Hose bibbs
49. Used by spec writers for complex commercial projects; developed by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
Sliding
Specifications guide
Sidelight
Bearing
50. The proportional reduction of each line in a drawing of a building that clearly shows the information and can be handled conveniently.
Partial sections elevations
Specifications writer
Full section
Scale