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Carpentry Basics

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Piece of land or property having established boundaries.






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






16. 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.






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






18. Cavity dug in the ground.






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. Trade term for placing concrete.






48. 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).






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






50. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.