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Carpentry Basics

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. Solid layer of rock beneath the earthen materials.






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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

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29. Digging trenches for foundation footings.






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Measurement; The distance between two points.