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Carpentry Basics

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Trade term for placing concrete.






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






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






36. Piece of land or property having established boundaries.






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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