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Carpentry Basics

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1. 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.






2. Measurement; The distance between two points.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.






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






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






17. 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.






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

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19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. Piece of land or property having established boundaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Trade term for placing concrete.






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






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






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






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






47. Cavity dug in the ground.






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






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






50. 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.