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BUILDING TERMS

MR, BOWMAN

CONSTRUCTION VOCABULARY

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Landing, Lap, Lath:, Ledger, Leve, Load bearing wall, Lookout, Lookout, MDF, Manufactured wood, Medium Density Fiberboard, Natural finish, Overhang, Paint, Pier, Pitch, Plan view, Plot plan, Plumb, Ply, Plywood, Rafter, valley, Ridge, Rise, Run

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4.A rafter that forms the intersection of an internal roof angle. The valley rafter is normally made of double 2x members. (2 Words)
5.A transparent finish which does not seriously alter the original color or grain of the natural wood. (2 Words)
6.An overhead view plan that shows the location of the home on the lot and includes all easements, property lines, set backs, and legal descriptions of the home. (2 Words)
7.A manufactured wood product made of fine saw dust and resin. We use it for shelving cleats and the stairway treads.
8.A structural member attached to the face of a wall which supports a joist or truss.
9.A building material of metal wire that is fastened to the frame of a building to act as a base for stucco or plaster.
10.The vertical distance from the eave line to the ridge. Also the vertical distance from stair tread to stair tread (and not to exceed 7 3/4").
13.A panel (normally 4' X 8') of wood made of three or more layers of veneer, com-pressed and joined with glue, and usually laid with the grain of adjoining plies at right angles to give the sheet strength
14.(1) True horizontal. (2) The name of a tool used to determine level.
15.The slope of a roof expressed as vertical rise to horizontal run (i.e. 4/12 means a 4” rise for every 12” of run).
16.The horizontal line at the junction of the top edges of two sloping roof surfaces.
17.Exactly vertical and perpendicular.
18.A wooden cantilever that supports the overhanging portion of a rake roof.
19.A pad of concrete used to support a post.
20.A wood structural product such as a gluelam or microlam, or sheet goods such as OSB, MDF, particle board or finger jointed trim, which are manufactured out of smaller wood pieces and glued to form a larger piece. (2 Words)
21.Drawing of a structure with the view from overhead (2 Words)
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1.Lap: To overlap the surface of one piece with another (e.g. shingles).
2.Outward projecting eave-soffit area of a roof; the part of the roof that hangs out past the outside wall
3.A manufactured wood product made of fine saw dust and resin. We use it for shelving cleats and the stairway treads. (3 Words)
8.Any wall that carries structural load. Normally, any wall that has a double horizontal top plate. (3 Words)
10.The horizontal distance from the eaves to a point directly under the ridge.
11.A term to denote the number of layers in built-up materials, or in any finished piece of such material (i.e. plywood).
12.A wooden cantilever that supports the overhanging portion of a rake roof.
17.A combination of pigments with suitable thinners or oils to provide decorative and pro-tective coatings. It can be oil based or water based
18.The floor at each story in a flight of stairs.

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