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Carpentry Basics

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






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






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






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






5. Cavity dug in the ground.






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






7. 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.






8. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. Piece of land or property having established boundaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Digging trenches for foundation footings.






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. Measurement; The distance between two points.