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