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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. Orthographic drawing showing only one side of the outside of the building at a distance of about 100'.
Section view
Partial sections elevations
Awning window
Swing
2. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Beam pocket
Easement
Building codes
Orthographics
3. A solid concrete building base used instead of a foundation because it saves on material and labor.
Skylight
Slab-on-grade foundation
Hose bibbs
Zones
4. 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
Specifications
Metes and bounds
Contour line
5. Used by spec writers for complex commercial projects; developed by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
Hose bibbs
Specifications guide
Plan view
Crawl space
6. 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.
Building codes
Specifications guide
Detail
Louver
7. A person who writes supplemental information for construction projects to include any information that cannot be communicated in drawings or schedules.
Scuttle
Specifications writer
Louver
Benchmark
8. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Point of beginning
Windows schedules
Zoning regulations
Swing
9. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Truss
Specifications writer
Specifications writer
Variance
10. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Partition
Finish schedules
Contour interval
Floor plans
11. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Bearing
Full section
Elevation
Green space
12. Older process of creating copies of construction drawings where the result is blue with white lines and letters.
Slab-on-grade foundation
Blueprinting
Floor plans
Metes and bounds
13. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Topography
Awning window
Dormer
Skylight
14. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Contour line
Crawl space
Dormer
Beam pocket
15. Plastic sheet to prevent moisture from penetrating the building surface.
Risers
Partition
Truss
Vapor barrier
16. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Building codes
Zoning regulations
Architect's scale
Beam pocket
17. A solid concrete building base used instead of a foundation because it saves on material and labor.
Pocket door
Floor plans
Slab-on-grade foundation
Partial sections elevations
18. External water faucets of a building.
Bifold door
Section view
Hose bibbs
Louver
19. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Blueprinting
Scale
Floor plans
Detail
20. Vertical members that enclose the space between treads.
Tread
Crawl space
Zones
Risers
21. Rules and regulations guiding the construction industry as set by National agencies.
Building codes
Swing
Contour line
National Building Codes
22. 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.
Door schedules
Detail
Easement
Elevation
23. Area communities are divided into two separate types of buildings that can be built in the area.
National Building Codes
Pocket door
Zones
Plot plan
24. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Full section
Contour line
Modular measurement
Beam pocket
25. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Bifold door
Orthographics
Modular measurement
Truss
26. Distance buildings must be kept from the property lines.
Building codes
Metes and bounds
Casing
Set backs
27. Building plan that shows a cross-section of the building as if it were sliced to reveal its skeleton.
Bearing
Elevation
Zones
Section view
28. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the walls as viewed from above.
Louver
Floor plans
Variance
Green space
29. Drawings that give information about the locations - size - and kind of windows to be installed in the building.
Hose bibbs
Floor plans
Windows schedules
Truss
30. A detailed description of the land surface.
Topography
Section view
Variance
Plot plan
31. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Set backs
Zoning regulations
Topography
Bearing
32. Ruler used to area and read measurements in various proportions and scale.
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33. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Bifold door
Partition
Easement
Partial sections elevations
34. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the cross section of the building.
Contour line
Risers
Specifications writer
Full section
35. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Double-hung window
Orthographics
Dormer
Green space
36. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Dormer
Beam pocket
Pocket door
Vapor barrier
37. Written or printed directions of construction details for a building - sometimes referred to as specs.
Specifications
Partition
Pocket door
Specifications guide
38. Older process of creating copies of construction drawings where the result is blue with white lines and letters.
Blueprinting
Topography
Louver
Zones
39. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Floor plans
Nonconforming
Pocket door
Awning window
40. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Bypass doors
Truss
Crawl space
Dormer
41. A fixed-sash window for the roof that provides light only - no ventilation.
Crawl space
Scale
Skylight
Sidelight
42. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Elevation
Benchmark
Bifold door
Scuttle
43. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Modular measurement
Dormer
Finish schedules
Vapor barrier
44. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Green space
Door schedules
Point of beginning
Green space
45. A type of exterior door in which the doors are opened by sliding the panels along a track horizontally.
Bypass doors
Casement window
Partition
Sliding
46. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Tread
Sliding
Contour interval
Windows schedules
47. The proportional reduction of each line in a drawing of a building that clearly shows the information and can be handled conveniently.
Benchmark
Casement window
Door schedules
Scale
48. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
Bypass doors
Windows schedules
Architect's scale
Door schedules
49. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Louver
Pocket door
Hose bibbs
Areaway
50. An area near a fireplace - usually paved and extending out into a room - around which a wood floor installation must be framed.
Topography
Hearth
Zoning regulations
Risers
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