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






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






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






5. Directon based on the compass points north - south - east - and west.






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






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






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






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






10. Wood plate fastened to the top of a foundation wall. it provides a nailing base for floor joists or studs. Also called mudsill.






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






12. Soil or gravel use to fill the space between a completed foundation wall and the excavated areas on one or both sides of the wall.






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. Piece of land or property having established boundaries.






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






25. Ditch dug in the ground down to bearing soil for foundation footings.






26. Unit of measurement of an angle equal to 1/60 of a minute. (A minute is 1/60 of a degree.)






27. Letter or group of letters representing a term of phrase.






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






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






30. Deformed steel bars placed in concrete to increase its ability to withstand weight and pressure. They also help tie together structural concrete members. Also called rebar.






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






32. Distance from the property line to the side of a building.






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






34. Cavity dug in the ground.






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






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






37. Type of foundation that features a narrow space between the bottom of a floor unit and ground. Also call basementless foundation.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Trade term for placing concrete.






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






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






48. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.






49. 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.






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