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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. Building plan that shows a cross-section of the building as if it were sliced to reveal its skeleton.
Topography
Metes and bounds
Metes and bounds
Section view
2. Drawings that give information about the locations - size - and kind of windows to be installed in the building.
Swing
Windows schedules
Door schedules
Specifications
3. A drawing showing a birds eye view of the lot - position of the building - and other pertinent information; also called site plan.
Crawl space
Plot plan
Orthographics
Hose bibbs
4. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Tread
Crawl space
Detail
Scale
5. Multiple drawings.
Bearing
Sidelight
Swing
Orthographics
6. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Detail
Metes and bounds
Scuttle
Bearing
7. 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.
Tread
Hearth
Truss
Variance
8. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Partition
Tread
Slab-on-grade foundation
Beam pocket
9. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Variance
Topography
Building codes
Benchmark
10. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Hearth
Zones
Set backs
Vapor barrier
11. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Truss
Building codes
Truss
Green space
12. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Section view
Floor plans
Variance
Contour line
13. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the cross section of the building.
Bearing
Areaway
Full section
Modular measurement
14. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Sidelight
Point of beginning
Windows schedules
Plot plan
15. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Sidelight
Modular measurement
Detail
Dormer
16. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Scuttle
Casing
Set backs
Sliding
17. Drawings that give information about the locations - size - and kind of windows to be installed in the building.
Bifold door
Windows schedules
Plot plan
Hearth
18. 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.
Plot plan
Swing
Point of beginning
Orthographics
19. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Elevation
Modular measurement
Partition
Contour interval
20. A drawing showing a birds eye view of the lot - position of the building - and other pertinent information; also called site plan.
Bearing
Double-hung window
Blueprinting
Plot plan
21. External water faucets of a building.
Variance
Section view
Hose bibbs
Nonconforming
22. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Awning window
Easement
Hearth
Pocket door
23. Term used to describe buildings that do not fit the local zoning laws.
Metes and bounds
Slab-on-grade foundation
Nonconforming
Dormer
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.
Metes and bounds
Detail
Elevation
Nonconforming
25. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Contour line
Section view
Skylight
Metes and bounds
26. Older process of creating copies of construction drawings where the result is blue with white lines and letters.
Areaway
Beam pocket
Set backs
Blueprinting
27. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Partial sections elevations
Full section
Finish schedules
Bifold door
28. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
Scuttle
Bypass doors
Plan view
Swing
29. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
Bypass doors
Bearing
Casing
Dormer
30. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Truss
Beam pocket
Detail
Skylight
31. Direction an installed door will open.
Specifications writer
Swing
Bearing
Double-hung window
32. Rules and regulations guiding the construction industry as set by National agencies.
Specifications guide
Door schedules
National Building Codes
Sidelight
33. A type of exterior door in which the doors are opened by sliding the panels along a track horizontally.
Floor plans
Bearing
Skylight
Sliding
34. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Double-hung window
Set backs
Elevation
Windows schedules
35. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Building codes
Vapor barrier
Modular measurement
Partition
36. A person who writes supplemental information for construction projects to include any information that cannot be communicated in drawings or schedules.
Sidelight
Specifications writer
Blueprinting
Hearth
37. The pages of a set of prints that show a building from above - looking down.
Specifications guide
Tread
Zoning regulations
Plan view
38. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Areaway
Bifold door
Scuttle
Plan view
39. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Zoning regulations
Easement
Finish schedules
Scale
40. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Specifications writer
Casement window
Scuttle
Risers
41. 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
Architect's scale
Bifold door
Scuttle
42. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Contour line
Pocket door
Point of beginning
Slab-on-grade foundation
43. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Awning window
Zones
Green space
Beam pocket
44. A door that slides sideways into the interior of a partition; when opened - only the lockedge of the door is visible.
Pocket door
Truss
Plan view
Slab-on-grade foundation
45. Multiple drawings.
Bypass doors
Orthographics
Pocket door
Green space
46. Used by spec writers for complex commercial projects; developed by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
Double-hung window
Specifications guide
Zones
Set backs
47. A detailed description of the land surface.
Topography
National Building Codes
Easement
Zones
48. A detailed description of the land surface.
Risers
Nonconforming
Awning window
Topography
49. Ruler used to area and read measurements in various proportions and scale.
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50. Vertical members that enclose the space between treads.
Building codes
Risers
Contour line
Topography
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