Carpentry Basics
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Carpentry Basics
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1. Base of a foundation system. It bears directly on the soil.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

14. Cavity dug in the ground.

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

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

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

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

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

20. Measurement; The distance between two points.

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

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

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

24. Wood plate fastened to the top of a foundation wall. it provides a nailing base for floor joists or studs. Also called mudsill.

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

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