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Carpentry Basics

Subject : industries
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1. Distance from the property line to the side of a building.






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






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






4. Base of a foundation system. It bears directly on the soil.






5. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.






6. Depth to which soil freezes in a particular area.






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






8. Direction - size - and arrangement of the wood fibers in a piece of lumber.






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






10. Unit of measurement of angles equal to 1/60 of a degree.






11. Measurement; The distance between two points.






12. Trade term for placing concrete.






13. Earth material consisting of fine mineral particles that are midway in size between sand and clay.






14. 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.






15. Type of foundation with the footing extending from only one side of the foundation wall.






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






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






18. Amount of water use in concrete mix in relation to the amount of cement. Major factor in the compressive strength of concrete.






19. Digging trenches for foundation footings.






20. Thin mixture of cement - and water use for patching and leveling.






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






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






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






24. Construction material of cement - sand - and gravel. Used for foundations - entire buildings - flatwork - and many other types of structures.






25. A foundation system use on a sloped and hillside lots. The walls and footings are shaped like steps.






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






29. Services provided to the public - requiring electrical and plumbing hookups in a building.






30. One of the heights established for different levels of a building.






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






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






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






34. Crushed rock. Particles range in size from 1/4' to 1 1/2' in diameter.






35. Legal right-of-way provision on another person's propery.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. Drawing in which inches or inch-fractions represent one foot of the actual measurement of a building.