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Carpentry Architectural Plans And Building Codes
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1. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
Modular measurement
Bypass doors
Building codes
Risers
2. Below-grade - walled area around basement windows.
Areaway
Pocket door
Truss
Specifications guide
3. A reference point for determining elevators during the construction of a building.
Benchmark
National Building Codes
Areaway
Vapor barrier
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.
Plan view
Contour line
Point of beginning
Bifold door
5. Multiple drawings.
Specifications writer
Areaway
Orthographics
Benchmark
6. A framework containing small lights of glass placed on one or both sides of the entrance door.
Easement
Sidelight
Building codes
Areaway
7. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Plan view
Bifold door
Contour interval
Bearing
8. Doors - usually two for a single opening - that are mounted on rollers and tracks so that they slide by each other.
National Building Codes
Dormer
Contour interval
Bypass doors
9. 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.
Nonconforming
Scuttle
Scuttle
Elevation
10. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Partition
Door schedules
Blueprinting
Truss
11. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
Benchmark
Easement
Casing
Section view
12. Orthographic drawing showing only one side of the outside of the building at a distance of about 100'.
Crawl space
National Building Codes
Areaway
Partial sections elevations
13. Building plan that shows a cross-section of the building as if it were sliced to reveal its skeleton.
Scale
Section view
Plan view
Windows schedules
14. Drawings that give information about the locations - size - and kind of windows to be installed in the building.
Windows schedules
Casement window
National Building Codes
Louver
15. A type of window in which the sash is hinged at the edge and usually swings outward.
Full section
Casement window
Variance
Pocket door
16. Areas of a building site devoted to natural vegetation.
Orthographics
Green space
Door schedules
Bearing
17. An engineered assembly of wood or wood and metal members used to support roofs or floors.
Truss
Bifold door
Modular measurement
Finish schedules
18. A door that slides sideways into the interior of a partition; when opened - only the lockedge of the door is visible.
Full section
Pocket door
Bearing
Zoning regulations
19. A drawing showing a close-up or zoomed-in view of part of another drawing.
Detail
Zones
Risers
Specifications writer
20. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Awning window
Casement window
Scuttle
Zoning regulations
21. Term used to describe buildings that do not fit the local zoning laws.
Nonconforming
Bearing
Scuttle
Sliding
22. Doors that are hinged to each other in pairs as well as one being hinged to the jamb.
Scale
Bifold door
Floor plans
Bearing
23. 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
Bypass doors
Pocket door
Skylight
24. Direction an installed door will open.
Metes and bounds
Slab-on-grade foundation
Bifold door
Swing
25. An area of land that cannot be built upon because to provides access to a structure or utilities.
National Building Codes
Elevation
Benchmark
Easement
26. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Scuttle
Dormer
Set backs
Awning window
27. A detailed description of the land surface.
Windows schedules
Tread
Topography
Contour interval
28. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Elevation
Contour interval
Finish schedules
Areaway
29. The proportional reduction of each line in a drawing of a building that clearly shows the information and can be handled conveniently.
Metes and bounds
Tread
Green space
Scale
30. A door that slides sideways into the interior of a partition; when opened - only the lockedge of the door is visible.
Blueprinting
Pocket door
Crawl space
Green space
31. A type of exterior door in which the doors are opened by sliding the panels along a track horizontally.
Sliding
Swing
Plan view
Detail
32. Informational chart found on a set of prints providing pertinent information on interior design of the building.
Finish schedules
Specifications guide
Zoning regulations
Awning window
33. 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.
Casing
Topography
Set backs
Elevation
34. Written or printed directions of construction details for a building - sometimes referred to as specs.
Pocket door
Partial sections elevations
Benchmark
Specifications
35. The surface area of a structural member where weight of load is transferred.
Bearing
Set backs
Finish schedules
Bifold door
36. Older process of creating copies of construction drawings where the result is blue with white lines and letters.
Blueprinting
Benchmark
Architect's scale
Finish schedules
37. The proportional reduction of each line in a drawing of a building that clearly shows the information and can be handled conveniently.
Scale
Bypass doors
Easement
Vapor barrier
38. Horizontal finish members in a staircase on which the feet of a person ascending or descending the stairs are placed.
Contour line
Modular measurement
Tread
Elevation
39. Scale used between lines of a contour map.
Elevation
Modular measurement
Sliding
Contour interval
40. Attic access or drain through a parapet wall.
Orthographics
Contour line
Scuttle
Contour interval
41. 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.
Swing
Louver
Contour interval
Section view
42. Foundation type creating a space under the first floor which is not tall enough to allow a full basement.
Hearth
Crawl space
Zones
Risers
43. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Sliding
Double-hung window
Scuttle
Zones
44. 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.
Scuttle
Skylight
Variance
Set backs
45. The pages of a set of prints that show a building from above - looking down.
Plan view
Partial sections elevations
Topography
Dormer
46. Boundaries established by distances and compass directions.
Zones
Door schedules
Metes and bounds
Scuttle
47. Rules and regulations guiding the construction industry as set by National agencies.
Crawl space
Specifications guide
National Building Codes
Partial sections elevations
48. An indentation in a foundation wall where a girder rests.
Beam pocket
Dormer
Louver
Vapor barrier
49. A window in which two sashes slide vertical by each other.
Specifications
Double-hung window
Partition
Set backs
50. See National building Codes.
Specifications writer
Easement
Hose bibbs
Building codes
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