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Carpentry Basics

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






14. Cavity dug in the ground.






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. Digging trenches for foundation footings.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Trade term for placing concrete.






40. Piece of land or property having established boundaries.






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






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






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






44. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. 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.