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Building Terms
Building Terms
This is a designated area where ALL employees must assemble in the case of an emergency?
What is a muster point
This archaic tool has a lead weight attached to a string line with is used to determine plumb.
What is a plumb bob
This unit of measure is represented by a capital V. Most homes are wired with 110 or 220 lines?
What is Voltage
This is the location between the touch surfaces of 2 wood members jointed and held together by nails, screws, or glue?
What is a joint
This tradesperson installs and repairs Alternating Current and Direct Current?
What is an electircan
This is the stage of residential construction where the walls, windows and doors are in place so the structure maybe secure?
What is lock up
This is a mixture of cement, sand and water?
What is mortar
This device which looks like a switch located inside the breaker panel can shut off power to the whole house or just different parts of it?
What is a circuit breaker
This type of wall includes all exterior walls and any interior walls that are aligned above a support beam?
What is a load bearing wall
This trade installs glass with the help of a glazing compound?
What is a glazier
In surveying, this is the baseline from which all levels and lines are taken from?
What is the Datum Line
This masonry material is non-combustible and can withstand temperatures of upto 2000 degrees?
What are bricks.
This unit of measure is equal to 1000 Watts?
What is a kilowatt
This is the incline of any surface given as the ratio: rise/run?
What is slope
This tradesperson bonds together brick and mortar to build structurally secure walls and buildings?
What is a mason
This is the installation of all finished projects sealed inside the walls, ceilings, attics, and under basement floors?
What is rough in
What is the most commonly used stone material used in masonry?
What is limestone.
This device protects against overloads in the electrical lines and protects against fires?
What is a fuse
This is the horizontal and vertical measurement of a window or door before drywall or siding is installed?
What is a rough opening
This trades best friend is CAD?
What is an Architect
This is the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached?
What is the sill plate or sole plate
This type of metamorphic rock made of recrystallized carbonite materials?
What is marble
This stores chemical energy and convers it to electrical energy?
What is a battery
These types of joist can support the load of various levels of a house of building, including the ground floor?
What is an I-joist
This tradesperson erects or dismantles structural steel frames?
What is an ironworker