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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Finish schedules
Benchmark
Truss
Section view
2. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Plan view
Door schedules
Bearing
Floor plans
3. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Crawl space
Slab-on-grade foundation
Beam pocket
Areaway
4. Rules and regulations guiding the construction industry as set by National agencies.
Detail
Topography
Easement
National Building Codes
5. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the cross section of the building.
Section view
Full section
Dormer
Bifold door
6. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Finish schedules
Hose bibbs
Nonconforming
Louver
7. A person who writes supplemental information for construction projects to include any information that cannot be communicated in drawings or schedules.
Specifications writer
Blueprinting
Topography
Variance
8. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Detail
Skylight
Partition
Blueprinting
9. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Contour line
Blueprinting
Specifications writer
Contour interval
10. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Scale
Areaway
Crawl space
Awning window
11. Area communities are divided into two separate types of buildings that can be built in the area.
Hose bibbs
Zones
Zoning regulations
Benchmark
12. Term used to describe buildings that do not fit the local zoning laws.
Swing
Building codes
Modular measurement
Nonconforming
13. Distance buildings must be kept from the property lines.
Set backs
Tread
Modular measurement
Sidelight
14. A drawing showing a birds eye view of the lot - position of the building - and other pertinent information; also called site plan.
Contour line
Specifications
Architect's scale
Plot plan
15. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Topography
Dormer
Modular measurement
Hearth
16. 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.
Skylight
Elevation
National Building Codes
Swing
17. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Double-hung window
Areaway
Scuttle
Variance
18. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Scuttle
Blueprinting
Plan view
Full section
19. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Truss
Areaway
Easement
Tread
20. A solid concrete building base used instead of a foundation because it saves on material and labor.
Dormer
Zones
Plot plan
Slab-on-grade foundation
21. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Bypass doors
Easement
Detail
Contour line
22. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Detail
Contour interval
Building codes
Variance
23. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Pocket door
Casing
Windows schedules
Double-hung window
24. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Zoning regulations
Hearth
Orthographics
Benchmark
25. Horizontal finish members in a staircase on which the feet of a person ascending or descending the stairs are placed.
Finish schedules
Tread
Bearing
Plot plan
26. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Plot plan
Crawl space
Contour interval
Louver
27. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Awning window
Areaway
Vapor barrier
Benchmark
28. A door that slides sideways into the interior of a partition; when opened - only the lockedge of the door is visible.
Variance
Pocket door
Windows schedules
Louver
29. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Pocket door
Crawl space
Vapor barrier
Partition
30. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Green space
Nonconforming
Plot plan
Tread
31. See National building Codes.
Full section
Skylight
Modular measurement
Building codes
32. 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.
Point of beginning
Full section
Detail
Modular measurement
33. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Plot plan
Hearth
Elevation
Architect's scale
34. Older process of creating copies of construction drawings where the result is blue with white lines and letters.
Slab-on-grade foundation
Blueprinting
Crawl space
Specifications guide
35. Orthographic drawing showing only one side of the outside of the building at a distance of about 100'.
Areaway
Partial sections elevations
Point of beginning
Topography
36. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Double-hung window
Casing
Contour interval
Blueprinting
37. The proportional reduction of each line in a drawing of a building that clearly shows the information and can be handled conveniently.
Scale
Crawl space
Easement
Section view
38. Direction an installed door will open.
Swing
Specifications
Specifications writer
Set backs
39. The pages of a set of prints that show a building from above - looking down.
Casing
Skylight
Elevation
Plan view
40. A detailed description of the land surface.
Scuttle
Plot plan
Topography
Metes and bounds
41. Rules and regulations guiding the construction industry as set by National agencies.
Awning window
Crawl space
National Building Codes
Variance
42. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Point of beginning
Risers
Sidelight
Bypass doors
43. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the walls as viewed from above.
Blueprinting
Floor plans
Partial sections elevations
Vapor barrier
44. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Sidelight
Areaway
Swing
Bifold door
45. Direction an installed door will open.
Swing
Windows schedules
Green space
Casing
46. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Benchmark
Topography
Detail
Building codes
47. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Metes and bounds
Awning window
Set backs
Windows schedules
48. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Hose bibbs
Double-hung window
Zones
Door schedules
49. Multiple drawings.
Elevation
Easement
Orthographics
Zones
50. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Section view
Hearth
Variance
Scuttle
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