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Carpentry Basics

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






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






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






4. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Digging trenches for foundation footings.






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Thin mixture of cement - and water use for patching and leveling.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Trade term for placing concrete.






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






46. Cavity dug in the ground.






47. 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.






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






49. Piece of land or property having established boundaries.






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