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5. The supporting portion of a structure below the first-floor construction or below grade including the footings

6. What is the Foundation?

7. A wall usually made of concrete poured directly on undisturbed soil to a minimum depth of about 12 inches

8. What is the foundation wall?

9. Poured concrete base upon which the foundation wall rests

10. What is the footing?

11. Sheet metal placed over masonry to prevent the passage of termites into wood

12. What is Termite Shield?

13. A longitudinal groove in a footing providing a key for newly poured concrete

14. What is a Keyway?

15. An exterior wall that provides no structural support

16. What is a curtain wall?

17. A type of building frame in which the roof and floor beams rest directly over wall posts

18. What is Post-and- Beam Construction

19. The horizontal distance between supports for joists, beams, or trusses

20. What is Span?

21. The shallow space below the floor of a house built above the ground; usually surrounded with the foundation wall

22. What is Crawl Space?

23. A sheet material that retards the passage of vapor or moisture into walls, floors, and ceilings

24. What is a Moisture Barrier?

25. Framing lumber that is 2 inches thick and from 4 to 12 inches wide

26. What is Dimension Lumber

27. Small wood or metal members that are inserted in a diagonal position between the floor joists at midspan to act as both tension and compression members for the purpose of stiffening and spreading concentrated loads

28. What is Bridging?

29. A beam made of superimposed layers of similar materials by joining them with glue and pressure

30. What is a laminated beam?

31. A framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters

32. What is a header?

33. The wood member placed directly onto the foundation wall in wood frame construction

34. What is the sill?

35. Any material nailed directly to the floor joists

36. Subflooring

37. A structural member transversely supporting a load

38. What is a Beam?

39. Material attached over subflooring

40. What is the Finished Floor

41. Material of concrete, asbestos, or steel, in the form of self-supporting flooring or roofing units laid between joists or rafters

42. What is Decking?

43. A horizontal structural member supported by bearing walls, beams, or girders in floor or ceiling framing

44. What is a Joist?

45. Loads on a building such as wind, snow, and people

46. What is Live Load?

47. Small holes in masonry cavity walls used to release water accumulation to the exterior

48. What are Weep Holes?

49. A projecting beam or structural member anchored only on one end

50. What is a Cantilever?

51. The surface of the ground around a building

52. What is the grade?

53. The weight of the structure itself and the permanent components fastened to it

54. What is the Dead Load?

55. Make your wager

56. What is the angular cut at the end of a joist designed to rest on a brick wall?

57. What is a firecut?