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Carpentry Basics

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






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






3. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. Trade term for placing concrete.






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


23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






34. Steel plates (3' square) with an oblong hole in the middle to allow the plates to be adjustable in case an anchor bolt is not centered on the sill plate. Bearing plates significantly increase the strength of anchor bolt connections.






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






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






37. Digging trenches for foundation footings.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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