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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. Written or printed directions of construction details for a building - sometimes referred to as specs.
Bifold door
Door schedules
Specifications
Zoning regulations
2. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Truss
Section view
Double-hung window
Topography
3. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Sliding
Full section
Bypass doors
Awning window
4. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Benchmark
Bifold door
Casing
Bearing
5. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Bearing
Door schedules
Blueprinting
National Building Codes
6. A type of exterior door in which the doors are opened by sliding the panels along a track horizontally.
Bifold door
Specifications
Beam pocket
Sliding
7. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Awning window
Topography
Casing
Scale
8. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Topography
Building codes
Orthographics
Sidelight
9. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Hearth
Nonconforming
Skylight
Section view
10. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Easement
Bifold door
Benchmark
Zoning regulations
11. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Zoning regulations
Specifications guide
Partial sections elevations
Green space
12. A solid concrete building base used instead of a foundation because it saves on material and labor.
Double-hung window
Architect's scale
Slab-on-grade foundation
Bifold door
13. Vertical members that enclose the space between treads.
Partition
Vapor barrier
Risers
Specifications writer
14. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Sidelight
Truss
Blueprinting
Risers
15. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Beam pocket
Dormer
Sliding
Zones
16. See National building Codes.
National Building Codes
Bypass doors
Nonconforming
Building codes
17. Ruler used to area and read measurements in various proportions and scale.
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18. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the cross section of the building.
Metes and bounds
Partial sections elevations
Full section
Building codes
19. A type of exterior door in which the doors are opened by sliding the panels along a track horizontally.
Scuttle
Sliding
Door schedules
Full section
20. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the cross section of the building.
Bypass doors
Full section
Plan view
Truss
21. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Contour line
Section view
Hearth
Set backs
22. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Plot plan
Scale
Bifold door
Zones
23. 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.
Full section
Scuttle
Variance
Specifications
24. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Blueprinting
Topography
Metes and bounds
Tread
25. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Detail
Windows schedules
Bifold door
Sidelight
26. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Sliding
Partition
Crawl space
Elevation
27. 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.
Elevation
Sidelight
Orthographics
Specifications writer
28. Orthographic drawing showing only one side of the outside of the building at a distance of about 100'.
Swing
Easement
Contour interval
Partial sections elevations
29. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Elevation
Orthographics
Contour line
Partition
30. Term used to describe buildings that do not fit the local zoning laws.
Nonconforming
Awning window
Hearth
Areaway
31. The pages of a set of prints that show a building from above - looking down.
Zones
Plan view
Detail
Nonconforming
32. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Truss
Skylight
Double-hung window
Finish schedules
33. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Nonconforming
Bifold door
Scuttle
Skylight
34. A fixed-sash window for the roof that provides light only - no ventilation.
Louver
Skylight
Elevation
Zones
35. A detailed description of the land surface.
Hose bibbs
Bearing
Topography
Vapor barrier
36. A drawing showing a birds eye view of the lot - position of the building - and other pertinent information; also called site plan.
Plot plan
Contour interval
Scuttle
Louver
37. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Metes and bounds
Bypass doors
Full section
Easement
38. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Easement
Truss
Scale
Variance
39. Drawings that give information about the locations - size - and kind of windows to be installed in the building.
Floor plans
Topography
Partition
Windows schedules
40. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Contour interval
Skylight
Partition
National Building Codes
41. Multiple drawings.
Specifications guide
Plot plan
Bifold door
Orthographics
42. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Slab-on-grade foundation
Beam pocket
Plan view
Partition
43. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Hose bibbs
Zoning regulations
Detail
Beam pocket
44. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Finish schedules
Bypass doors
Sidelight
Partial sections elevations
45. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Benchmark
Louver
Vapor barrier
Zones
46. Ruler used to area and read measurements in various proportions and scale.
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47. Horizontal finish members in a staircase on which the feet of a person ascending or descending the stairs are placed.
Contour line
Partial sections elevations
Beam pocket
Tread
48. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Door schedules
Awning window
Plot plan
Variance
49. A person who writes supplemental information for construction projects to include any information that cannot be communicated in drawings or schedules.
Contour line
Skylight
Specifications writer
Dormer
50. Area communities are divided into two separate types of buildings that can be built in the area.
Nonconforming
Set backs
Zones
Elevation