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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the edge and usually swings outward.
Pocket door
Casement window
Building codes
Plot plan
2. Orthographic drawing showing only one side of the outside of the building at a distance of about 100'.
Elevation
Partial sections elevations
Casing
Hose bibbs
3. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Awning window
Set backs
Scale
Slab-on-grade foundation
4. Molding used to trim around doors - windows - and other openings.
Finish schedules
Casing
Skylight
Green space
5. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Partition
Hearth
Full section
Modular measurement
6. Building plan that shows a cross-section of the building as if it were sliced to reveal its skeleton.
Full section
Casing
Section view
Sidelight
7. Molding used to trim around doors - windows - and other openings.
Contour line
Casing
Architect's scale
Building codes
8. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Tread
Modular measurement
Partial sections elevations
Scale
9. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Floor plans
Areaway
Crawl space
Casement window
10. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
Modular measurement
Section view
Green space
Bypass doors
11. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Sidelight
Truss
Contour interval
Areaway
12. Direction an installed door will open.
Modular measurement
Swing
Section view
Modular measurement
13. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Topography
Beam pocket
Zones
Full section
14. 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.
Windows schedules
Scuttle
Louver
Skylight
15. Horizontal finish members in a staircase on which the feet of a person ascending or descending the stairs are placed.
Set backs
Bifold door
Floor plans
Tread
16. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Green space
Bifold door
Bypass doors
Dormer
17. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Benchmark
Areaway
Partial sections elevations
Vapor barrier
18. External water faucets of a building.
Full section
Scale
Blueprinting
Hose bibbs
19. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Nonconforming
Blueprinting
Zoning regulations
Areaway
20. Plastic sheet to prevent moisture from penetrating the building surface.
Vapor barrier
Full section
Detail
Crawl space
21. See National building Codes.
Windows schedules
Point of beginning
Plot plan
Building codes
22. Area communities are divided into two separate types of buildings that can be built in the area.
Windows schedules
Scuttle
Casement window
Zones
23. An interior wall separating one portion of a building from another.
Bypass doors
Finish schedules
Partition
Specifications
24. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Detail
Scuttle
Double-hung window
Partition
25. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Areaway
Finish schedules
Variance
Modular measurement
26. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Elevation
Scuttle
Plot plan
Truss
27. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Detail
Metes and bounds
Building codes
Bearing
28. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Nonconforming
Sidelight
Benchmark
Dormer
29. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Green space
Door schedules
Contour interval
Truss
30. Direction an installed door will open.
Specifications guide
Specifications writer
Swing
Awning window
31. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Awning window
Hose bibbs
Areaway
Full section
32. A fixed-sash window for the roof that provides light only - no ventilation.
Green space
Bifold door
Skylight
Nonconforming
33. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Dormer
Orthographics
Skylight
Specifications guide
34. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Skylight
Floor plans
Truss
Door schedules
35. A type of exterior door in which the doors are opened by sliding the panels along a track horizontally.
Variance
Beam pocket
Section view
Sliding
36. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the walls as viewed from above.
Bearing
Floor plans
Detail
Elevation
37. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Scale
Casement window
Contour interval
Modular measurement
38. Drawings that give information about the locations - size - and kind of windows to be installed in the building.
Windows schedules
Specifications
Partition
Modular measurement
39. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Bearing
Metes and bounds
Door schedules
Plan view
40. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
National Building Codes
Metes and bounds
Windows schedules
Finish schedules
41. Rules and regulations guiding the construction industry as set by National agencies.
Bearing
National Building Codes
Architect's scale
Sidelight
42. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Sliding
Detail
Bifold door
Partial sections elevations
43. A drawing showing a birds eye view of the lot - position of the building - and other pertinent information; also called site plan.
Specifications guide
Plot plan
Awning window
Green space
44. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Elevation
Scuttle
Easement
Blueprinting
45. Multiple drawings.
Architect's scale
Contour line
Sliding
Orthographics
46. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Point of beginning
Beam pocket
Topography
Benchmark
47. Ruler used to area and read measurements in various proportions and scale.
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48. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Awning window
Double-hung window
Orthographics
Sliding
49. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the cross section of the building.
Sidelight
Double-hung window
Full section
Tread
50. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Blueprinting
Sidelight
Specifications guide
Risers