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Carpentry Basics 3

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. The finished underside of the eaves.






2. What should you use to coat exposed nail heads and gaps between shingles that have been replaced?






3. A unit of roof measure covering 100 square feet.






4. What is the MOST popular layout for installing standard 12-inch tab asphalt shingles?






5. What can be installed in a home with gable vents to dramatically increase the ventilation of the attic?






6. Tread run (unit run) is measured from the...






7. maximum span of a 2'

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8. What plan shows the size - the number - and the location of the structural members constituting the building framework?






9. What is the MAXIMUM length of the safety belt lanyard used while roofing?






10. Which step do you start AFTER the roof has been completely stripped of roofing and the underlayment has been finished?






11. How far should the start row of shingles hang over the apron and drip edge?






12. Which of these tasks falls into the category of rough carpentry?






13. The horizontal distance from the eaves to a point directly under the ridge.






14. Fibrous material saturated with asphalt and used as an underlayment of sheathing paper.






15. When you are installing a prehung door - what should be done with the factory-installed spacer shims between the door and the frame?






16. What should you use to seal the joints between flashing and other surfaces after holes have been patched?






17. Where should the flashing that joins the roof and vertical walls start and end?






18. What enlarged drawings show the builder how various parts are to be connected?






19. The uppermost - horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.






20. The vertical distance from the eave line to the ridge.






21. Any outlet for air that protrudes through the roof deck - such as a pipe or stack. Any device installed on the roof - gable - or soffit for the purpose of ventilating the underside of the roof deck.






22. Rolling shingles edges caused by improper number of roofing nails or fasteners placed too high on the shingle.






23. The person Who is licensed to design buildings and oversee their construction is the






24. What is the MAXIMUM length of the safety belt lanyard used while roofing?






25. The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.






26. A solid line with arrowheads at both ends to indicate the length - width - or height of an object is known as a/an _____ line






27. The term S-dry on a lumber grade stamp means that the lumber contains ____ moisture






28. What direction - in relation to the rafters - should plywood sheathing be installed?






29. How many pieces of 16' lumber are needed for the soleplates - top plates - and double top plates of a building 40' wide and 30' long?






30. What should you use to coat exposed nail heads and gaps between shingles that have been replaced?






31. The roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise - in inches - to the span - in inches.






32. The minimum standard headroom for commercial use is...

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33. The length of a common rafter for a roof with a span of 30' and a rise of 10' is...

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34. What plan do all of the construction personnel look at?






35. The advantage of wood over aluminum is that it






36. The horizontal distance from the eaves to a point directly under the ridge.






37. The degree of roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise - in inches - to the run - in inches.






38. If lumber is used in contact with masonry - it must be






39. The finished underside of the eaves.






40. The term S-dry on a lumber grade stamp means that the lumber contains ____ moisture






41. General drawings consist of what two types of drawings?






42. Fibrous material saturated with asphalt and used as an underlayment of sheathing paper.






43. A type of adjustable square that can be used to set - test - and transfer angles is called a...






44. The pitch of a roof that has a rise of 8' and a run of 12' is...






45. You are beginning to lay the second course of roof sheathing. What is the MINIMUM number of rafters this piece of roof sheathing must cover?






46. One of the MOST critical factors in roof duration is _____.






47. The distance a rafter rises vertically for each foot of run is known as the






48. The surface - installed over the supporting framing members - to which the roofing is applied.






49. type of construction where each floor of a structure is built as an individual unit is _____ framing.






50. Wooden joists are normally placed _____ OC with the crown _____.

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