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Carpentry Basics

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1. An imaginary straight line extending from the telescope of a builder's level or transit-level to the object being sighted.






2. A precast block - solid or hollow - used in the construction of walls. Also referred to as concrete block.






3. Bolt use to secure sill plates - columns - and beams to concrete or other masonry.






4. Small nail driven into the top of a corner stake (hub) to identify the exact corner of the property.






5. Ingredient that binds together sand and gravel in a concrete mixture after water is added.






6. Greatest amount of compression that a material can withstand before it fractures.






7. Level board nailed to stakes driven into the ground. String is attached to batterboards to identify property lines - building lines - and pier locations.






8. Line set up on batter-boards to represent outside face of the exterior wall of a building.






9. Process of retaining moisture of freshly place concrete to ensure proper hydration.






10. Height of the first floor after finish materials have been applied - in relation to the benchmark established on the construction site.






11. Metal connector use to fasten the foundation to the side of the sill plate.






12. Anchor bolt positioned in a concrete form at the time the concrete is being placed. Its purpose is to fasten the sill plate to the top of the wall.






13. Facility ready-mixed concrete is mixed to specification - then discharged into transit-mix trucks for delivery to a job site.






14. Concrete mixed at a batch plant and delivered by truck to the job site.






15. Chemical reaction that takes place when water is combined with cement - sand - and gravel in a concrete mix. Hydration cause the concrete to harden.






16. Masonry or wood wall constructed to hold back a bank of earth.






17. The various levels of the lot surface before any finish grading takes places. Also called existing grade.






18. Metall connector used to fasten a sill plate to the foundation.






19. Square - round - or battered concrete base set in the soil to directly support posts or columns. Also used to directly support grade beams.






20. Digging trenches for foundation footings.






21. Graduated scale that gives fractions of a degree on leveling instruments.






22. Line (identified by letters) that cuts through a part of a structure on an elevation or plan view drawing. It refers to a separate section view or detail drawing given for that area.






23. Metal connectors that provide a solid connection between the foundation and structural members to resist uplift and lateral forces.






24. Removing or adding soil to the surface of the lot so that there is enough slope for surface water to flow away from the building.






25. Pictorial representation of a or material component used on prints; commonly standardized.






26. Foundation system that combines concrete foundation walls with a concrete floor slab that rests directly on a bed of gravel that has been placed over the ground. Also called slab-on-grade.






27. One of the lines drawn on a survey plan and some plot plans pass through points having the same elevation on a lot.






28. Distance between center points of framing members or other building components.






29. Foundation with inside sloped walls to provide a wide base.






30. Drawing in a set of prints that gives a plan view as well as section views of the foundation of a building.






31. Condition that occurs when aggregate settles because the mixture is too thin to support the aggregate.






32. Concrete that contains steel reinforcement (rebar) or fiberglass reinforcing rod to strengthen it.






33. Ground and calcined (heated) mixture of limestone - shells - cement rock - silica sand - clay - shale - iron ore - gypsum - and clinker.






34. Heavy steel wire welded together in a grid pattern and use to reinforce concrete slabs resting directly on the ground. Also called wire mesh.






35. Narrow space between a floor unit and the ground.






36. Type of foundation constructed with a stem wall supported by spread footing.






37. Proportions of cement - sand - and gravel in a mixture of concrete.






38. Recorded - legal boundaries of a piece of property.






39. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.






40. Truck equipped with a large drum concrete mixer for delivery of ready-mixed concrete to the job site.






41. Measurement; The distance between two points.






42. Steel plates (3' square) with an oblong hole in the middle to allow the plates to be adjustable in case an anchor bolt is not centered on the sill plate. Bearing plates significantly increase the strength of anchor bolt connections.






43. Small sunken area allowing light or air into a basement window that is partially below the grade level around the building. Also called window well.






44. Survey instrument use to establish and verify grades and elevations and to set up level points over long distances.

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45. Plan included in a set of prints showing the size of the lot - location of the building on the lot - grades - and all other information needed to perform work required before construction of the foundation begins.






46. One of the various levels of the lot surface after grading work has been completed.






47. One of the slopes required on a lot to ensure water drainage away from the building.






48. One of the various levels of the lot surface after grading work has been completed.






49. Three-dimensional view that shows three sides of an object or structure






50. Walkway that extends along a street and borders the building lot.