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Carpentry Basics

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






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






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






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






5. Piece of land or property having established boundaries.






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






13. Stake placed in the corner of a lot when the lot is being surveyed and its exact boundaries established.






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. Cavity dug in the ground.






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






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






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






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






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. Measurement; The distance between two points.






25. Fine-grained natural earth material that is plastic when wet and compact and brittle when dry.






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






27. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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