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Carpentry Basics

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. Type of foundation constructed with a stem wall supported by spread footing.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Trade term for placing concrete.






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.






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






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






36. 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.






37. Cavity dug in the ground.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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







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