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Carpentry Basics

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.






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






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






12. 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.






13. Piece of land or property having established boundaries.






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






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






16. Cavity dug in the ground.






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


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






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






20. Point of elevation reference - established by local authorities - from which other elevations in the area are measured. Often referred to as the point of beginning (POB).






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Trade term for placing concrete.






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






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






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






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






34. A two-dimensional drawing used for making up prints.






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






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






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






38. Digging trenches for foundation footings.






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






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






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






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






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






44. Area between the street curb and sidewalk where a lawn or other vegetation may be planted.






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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