Carpentry Basics
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Carpentry Basics
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1. Graduated scale that gives fractions of a degree on leveling instruments.

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

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

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

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

6. Cavity dug in the ground.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. 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.