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Carpentry Basics

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






6. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






24. Measurement; The distance between two points.






25. 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.






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. Distance from the property line to the front of a building.






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






36. 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.






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






38. Piece of land or property having established boundaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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

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