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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Truss
Blueprinting
Topography
Hose bibbs
2. Rules and regulations guiding the construction industry as set by National agencies.
Awning window
National Building Codes
Vapor barrier
Topography
3. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Modular measurement
Hose bibbs
Full section
Beam pocket
4. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Benchmark
Modular measurement
Dormer
Areaway
5. Lines on a drawing representing a certain elevation of land.
Bearing
Risers
Blueprinting
Contour line
6. Plastic sheet to prevent moisture from penetrating the building surface.
Full section
Finish schedules
Sliding
Vapor barrier
7. Used by spec writers for complex commercial projects; developed by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
Sliding
Specifications guide
Windows schedules
National Building Codes
8. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Bearing
Green space
Zoning regulations
Specifications
9. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Windows schedules
Vapor barrier
Finish schedules
Sliding
10. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Sidelight
Metes and bounds
Bearing
Plot plan
11. Horizontal finish members in a staircase on which the feet of a person ascending or descending the stairs are placed.
Tread
Skylight
Plan view
Zoning regulations
12. Older process of creating copies of construction drawings where the result is blue with white lines and letters.
Finish schedules
Blueprinting
Door schedules
Contour line
13. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Contour interval
Orthographics
Areaway
Green space
14. Orthographic drawing showing only one side of the outside of the building at a distance of about 100'.
Crawl space
Awning window
Partial sections elevations
Beam pocket
15. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Skylight
Sidelight
Architect's scale
Vapor barrier
16. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Set backs
Detail
Scuttle
Casing
17. External water faucets of a building.
Hose bibbs
Bearing
Contour line
Topography
18. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Beam pocket
Set backs
Set backs
Green space
19. Building plan that shows a cross-section of the building as if it were sliced to reveal its skeleton.
Scale
Green space
Section view
Metes and bounds
20. Direction an installed door will open.
Casing
Nonconforming
Hearth
Swing
21. Direction an installed door will open.
Areaway
Contour line
Nonconforming
Swing
22. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Beam pocket
Partition
Easement
Blueprinting
23. Area communities are divided into two separate types of buildings that can be built in the area.
Casement window
Zones
Specifications
Variance
24. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Building codes
Floor plans
Contour interval
Tread
25. 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.
Metes and bounds
Door schedules
Truss
Point of beginning
26. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Vapor barrier
Detail
Beam pocket
Bearing
27. Process of designing structures to best fit standard material sizes.
Floor plans
Beam pocket
Modular measurement
Door schedules
28. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Tread
Double-hung window
Section view
Door schedules
29. Molding used to trim around doors - windows - and other openings.
Areaway
Casing
Bearing
Topography
30. Written or printed directions of construction details for a building - sometimes referred to as specs.
Building codes
Point of beginning
Specifications
Benchmark
31. 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.
Louver
Casing
Elevation
Zones
32. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Truss
Finish schedules
Bifold door
Full section
33. 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.
Building codes
Door schedules
Building codes
Variance
34. A solid concrete building base used instead of a foundation because it saves on material and labor.
Windows schedules
Slab-on-grade foundation
Specifications guide
Scale
35. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Windows schedules
Green space
Contour interval
Benchmark
36. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the walls as viewed from above.
Building codes
Floor plans
Variance
Vapor barrier
37. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Vapor barrier
Topography
Bearing
Dormer
38. A fixed-sash window for the roof that provides light only - no ventilation.
Skylight
Detail
Sliding
Plan view
39. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the cross section of the building.
Risers
Casement window
Orthographics
Full section
40. Pages of a set of construction drawings showing the cross section of the building.
Plan view
Full section
Bearing
Areaway
41. A drawing showing a birds eye view of the lot - position of the building - and other pertinent information; also called site plan.
Plot plan
Door schedules
Tread
Finish schedules
42. A fixed-sash window for the roof that provides light only - no ventilation.
Skylight
Dormer
Swing
Specifications
43. Multiple drawings.
Contour interval
Tread
Risers
Orthographics
44. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Detail
Awning window
Metes and bounds
Pocket door
45. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
Specifications writer
Bypass doors
Metes and bounds
Topography
46. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the top and swings outward.
Awning window
Vapor barrier
Scale
Contour line
47. Keep buildings of similar size and purpose in areas for which the have been planned.
Easement
Sidelight
Hose bibbs
Zoning regulations
48. Vertical members that enclose the space between treads.
Risers
National Building Codes
Awning window
Section view
49. A detailed description of the land surface.
Louver
Topography
Windows schedules
Bearing
50. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on doors of the building.
Double-hung window
Awning window
Door schedules
Contour interval