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51 Cards in this Set
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board
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lumber less than 2" thick
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dimension lumber
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2"-4" thick lumber
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timber
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lumber greater than 5" thick
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composite panel
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plywood veneer over a particle board
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plywood
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strongest wood pannel product
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OSB
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oriented strand board
can be used as sheathing, decking & sub flooring |
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plywood & panel products used for
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structural capability
surface appearance exposure durability (interior and exterior) |
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split rings
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high capacity connectors used in heavily loaded jonts in timber frames
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metal connectors
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dimension lumber are connected by securely attached devices designed to transfer structural loads.
used in light wood frame construction |
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I Joists
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-laminated veneer lumber
-composite member that uses structural flanges and wood structural panel webs -replaced dimensional lumber joisting -mostly residential construction |
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tangental shrinkage
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most common, perpendicular shrinkage
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radial shrinkage
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creates cracks/splits in wood from shrinkage
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longitudinal shrinkage
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least shrinkage
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spring wood/ early wood
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more moisture, light rings
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summer wood/late wood
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less moisture, darker growth rings
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Masonry wall: load bearing wall
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reinforced or non reinforced
all 1 type of masonry/composite (brick & cmu) solid masonry |
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masonry wall: non load bearing
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cavity wall
infill wall |
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contemporary masonry construction
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solves problems of moisture & air infiltration by separating masonry layer from support structure
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CMU
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concrete masonry units
1-brick 2-large hollow units/blocks 3- large solid units |
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CMU manufacturing
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vibrated into steel molds, steam cured inside autoclave at high pressure
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CMU Wall construction
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1-establishing a lvl bed of mortar on top of foundation
2-laying the leads (corners) 3- laying to the leads (filling in) |
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masonry ties
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used to anchor the outer wall of brick to cmu back up wall, work with reinforcing
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wythe
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vertical stack of bricks
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bond
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the pattern in which masonry units are laid to make a wall
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components for masonry veneer wall
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support angle, reinforced back up wall, masonry ties,
rigid insulation board, weep holes |
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steel shelf angle
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used to support bricks spanning an opening in non load bearing wall
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igneous rock
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-rock deposited in molten state
-yields granite -hard & durable -most permanent |
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sedimentary rock
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-rock deposited by the action of wind/water
-yields limestone & sandstone -porous & easy to cut |
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metamorphic rock
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-rocks transformed by heat & pressure
-yields slate & marble |
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stone quarrying
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stone extracted by sawing and turning large blocks, then splitting into smaller blocks
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lewis pins
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finished stones hoisted into position in a wall by theses anchors for the ropes
(used to move heavy cut stone) |
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expansion joints
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joints in masonry walls that allow moisture expansion of bricks
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control joints
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joints in CMU wall that control shrinkage cracking
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fieldstone
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rough stone obtained from riverbeds & fields
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rubble stone
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irregular quarried fragments with one good face
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dimension stone
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stone that has been quarried and cut into rectangular forms
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cut stone
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large slabs of dimension stone used for walls
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ashlar
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smaller units of dimension stone used for walls
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flagstone
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thing slabs of either rectangular or irregular shape used for flooring/paving
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MDF
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medium density fiberboard made of sawdust glue and pressure
no shrinkage |
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stringers
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sloping members that support stair structures
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centering
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temporary wood structures used to make arches
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structural bonds
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monk, flemish & english
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non structural bond
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runnin bond
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lintel
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component that spans an opening in a masonry wall
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ribbon joist/band joist
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fasten to inside of wall to support floor joists
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batter boards
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used for aligning framework
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rough openings
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dimensions for framed openings given in this
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sill plate
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1st wooden piece anchored to the foundation
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floor joists/trusses
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sit on top of sill plate
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steel shelf angles
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used to support bricks spanning an opening in a non load bearing wall
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