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  1. What is glaziers compound?
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A putty that holds glass window panes in lace from the outside.

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  1. Size of drywall screws?
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1 1/4”.

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  1. A hand tool that distributes adhesive to surfaces using heat to melt sticks of glue?
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Hot-glue gun.

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  1. Rental unit with hopper to hold insulation and blower motor. Flexible tubing guides insulation into closed spaces?
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Insulaton blower.

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  1. Crack and joint fillers?
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  1. Plaster of paris - extrimelly durable, but is difficult to sand, hardens in a 1/4” thickness in 30 minutes. 2. Patching plaster - fills cracks up to 1/4” wide, dries in 90 minutes and can be sanded. 3. Wall board joint compound. 4. Spacling plaster - to fill large holes and dents dries in 10 - 40 minutes and can then be sanded. 5. light weight spakling - shallow dents and nail holes, dries in 15-20 minutes and easy sands. 6. Paintable latex caulk - only filler that can handle unstable gaps and cracks.
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  1. A handsaw with interchangeable blades used for cutting holes into drywall and trimming soft woods such as pine, (compass saw)?
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Keyhole saw.

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  1. Tool that cut slots in vinyl siding when replacing pieces?
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Nail-hole slot punch.

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  1. Types of a steel bar to remove nails or pry pieces apart?
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  1. Cat’s paw. 2. Flat pry bar. 3. Nail puller. 4. Crowbar.
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  1. Types of a screw-operated clamping device?
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  1. C-clamp. 2. Bar clamp. 3. Quick grip clamp (with a pistol handle).
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  1. Difference between safety glasses and safety goggles?
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  1. Glasses worn to protect the eyes from flying particles, while working with power tools. 2. Goggles - protects the eyes from flying particles or liquids, can be worn over prescription glasses.
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  1. A handheld rubber sanding tool with slots on each end to hold sandpaper?
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Sanding block.

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  1. Tool that removes vinyl siding for replacement or repair?
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Siding removal tool.

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  1. Tool that measures drywall sheets and acts as a knife guide when cutting drywall sheets before installation?
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T-square.

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  1. A small hummer for driving small nails with a striking force one end and a magnetic tip on the other?
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Tack hammer.

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  1. A smaller version of a carpenter’s square for checking and for marking 90* angles?
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Try square.

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  1. Parts of the wall frame?
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  1. Sole plate. 2. Top plate. 3. Studs. 4. Fire block if wall is taller than 8 feet cut from 2x4s.
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  1. A horizontal beam along the length of a roof, resting on a main rafter and supporting the common rafters or boards?
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Purlin, (‘perlen).

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  1. What is a means of egress?
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Emergency escape.

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  1. For item such as screening, galvanized coatings and construction of coper. For fasteners, materials must be hot-dipped galvanized, stainless steel, silicon bronze, or copper.
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Corrosion-resistant. Corrosion=resistant hangers and hardware are recommended when connecting to pressure preservative treated wood.

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  1. Wood-framed wall extending from the foundation to joists below the first floor. Found in the underfloor area?
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Cripple wall.

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  1. The weight of all materials of the building and fixed equipment.
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Dead load.

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  1. A horizontal or nearly horizontal system acting to transmit lateral forces to the vertical resisting elements (e.g., roof sheathing)?
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Diaphragm.

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  1. Wood framing member that extends unbroken from the bottom plate to the top plate next to a headdered opening?
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King stud.

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  1. The stud that supports the header?
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Trimmer stud. Also called jamb stud. In horizontal applications, the header is fastened to the trimmer stud.

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  1. A panel manufactured from veneers (plywood) or wood strands (OSB) and bonded with waterproof synthetic resins?
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Wood structural panel. Wood structural panels must bear a grade stamp and are used in floors, roof diaphragms, and shear

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  1. Difference between load-bearing wall and partition?
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Load bearing wall has double top plate.

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  1. Tools that ascertains level on horizontal surfaces?
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Circular level.

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  1. A layout tool with a sliding handle that marks lines at 90* and 45*?
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Combination square.

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  1. Parts of wall frame around wall opening?
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  1. King studs. 2. Jock studs. 3. Header. 4. Cripple stud. Window opening also has Rough sill with cripple studs.
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  1. How shall you remove wall frame?
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  1. Cut studs through the middle and pry loose. 2. Cut soil and top plate 2 times 3” apart, knock section out and pry out plate.
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  1. What is toenailing?
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Attaching a stud to plate leg driving nail a bit steeper than 45*.

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  1. What is three coat process?
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  1. Bedding - 1st coat 6” wide. 2. Strip of joint tape and second coat of 8” wide. 3. Finish coat 12” wide.
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  1. What is used for 1st coat with fiberglass mesh tape?
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Strong fast-drying compound that is mixed from a powder.

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  1. How can you smooth imperfection of 3d coat?
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  1. With barely damp sponge. 2. With 220 grit sanding mesh.
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  1. Which saber saw blade cut on the downstroke?
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Blade designed for plastic laminates.

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  1. What do we use for no-meter molding?
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The corner blocks.

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  1. How can you cut inside corner of molding?
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  1. Cut molding 45* angle on meter saw. 2. Cope one peace to match imperfection of the corner.
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  1. What is scarf joints?
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Joints peaces of molding on the strait run by beveling at 45* angles and overlapping the edges.

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  1. Tools for meter joints?
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  1. Fixed engle meter box of maplewood and backsaw. 2, Adjustable meter saw. 3. Power meter saw (chop saw).
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  1. What is molding return?
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A small mitered peace that allows profile to turn back to the wall, look like any other outside corner.

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  1. What is golden ratio?
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Divide the hight of the room by 3. 1st line is for chair rail. 2nd - vanscoting.

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  1. How can you cut notches and curves in tile?
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By a rod saw.

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  1. Brackets that support soffit?
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Corbels.

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  1. Surface above the soffit?
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Fascia.

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  1. What tiles shall you use on outside corners?
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Bullnose or double bullnose.

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  1. How shall you grout tiles?
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1st - don’t grout joints along the floor, the tub or the corners. 2nd - grout in 3 foot square section in time.

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  1. Floor sanding tools?
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  1. Flooring dram sander. 2. Flooring edge sander. 3. Flooring vibrating sander.
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  1. Glue for conkrit floors?
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A bonding adhesive.

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  1. How shall You remove carpet installed on a tackless strip?
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  1. Remove all metal edgings and the quarter round, if any along the baseboard. 2. Pry the carpet corner and working around the room remove carpet from the strips along the walls.
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  1. What can you use for underlayment?
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Exterior plywood or cement boards with min thickness 1/4”.

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  1. What shall you use to fill the seams and any other irregularities in the subfloors?
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Ready mix latex underlayment.

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  1. Parts of a basic double-hung window?
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  1. Lower sash. 2. Upper sash. 3. Sash rail. 4. Meeting rails. 5. Sash stiles. 6. Trim. 7. Window seal. 8. Head.
53
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  1. How do You call adhesive strips that are factory applied to each plank and are used to fasten the planks to one others?
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Underedges and overedges.

54
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  1. Steps of rough sanding floors?
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  1. When drum sanding start with coarsest sandpaper grit - typically 36 or 40 grit, than switch to 60 grit. Finish with 80 or 100 grit. 2. Work the drum sander toward and back over 3-foot to 4 foot lengths of floor. 3. overlap the strokes by at least 1/3 of the belt. 4. Sweep and vacuum before starting with the next grit of sandpaper. 5. For new floor start with 60 grit sandpaper.
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  1. Varnish for floor?
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Oil-base or water-base polyurethane.

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  1. Nails for strip-wood floor?
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6 finishing nails. #6 ring shank nails. With 3/32 drill bit.

57
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  1. 3 types of baseboards?
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  1. Stainable baseboard. 2. Paintable molding. 3. Medium density fiberboard (MDF).
58
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  1. What is MDF baseboard?
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It is manufacturing board made of ground wood fibers glued together.

59
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  1. Nails for threshold?
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8d nails.

60
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  1. Parts of suspended ceiling?
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  1. Metal grid. 2. Suspended ceiling main tee. 3. 2-foot or 4-foot cross tee. 4.Insulated or acoustical suspended ceiling panel.
61
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  1. Nail puller for countersunk nails?
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Cat’s paw.

62
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  1. how can You remove thresholds that is tucked under the door stops?
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  1. Remove the nails with a cat’s paw. 2. Drive the threshold out from under stops with a hammer. 3. If that dose n’t work, saw the threshold into two pieces and remove them separately.
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  1. Door components?
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  1. Stiles. 2. Rails. 3. A mullion. 4. Panels. 5. Muntins. 6. Framing: a) head jamb, b) side jambs, c) stops on three sides, d) threshold. 7. Casing.
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  1. A space between the door and trim piece that allows room for the hinge barrel?
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The reveal.

65
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  1. Dimensions of standard exterior doors?
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  1. High - 6’-8” 2. Width - 18” to 36”. 3. Thickness - 1 1/2” to 1 3/4” or for insulated entry doors 4 inches.
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  1. What are stiles?
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They are a door shoulders, the outer vertical framework that helps hold the construction together.

67
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  1. What is the typical reveal size?
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1/8”.

68
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  1. Nails for trim?
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6 finish nails for the jamb. #8 finish nails for the studs.

69
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  1. What are rails?
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They are horizontal crosspieces , are part of the framework. There is the top rail, the bottom or kick rail, and the center lock rail.

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  1. What is a mullion?
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It is the center vertical piece in the frame of a paneled door that, along with the stiles and rails, holds the panels securely in place.

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  1. Doorway windows immediately to one or both sides of the opening?
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Sidelights.

72
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  1. What are panels?
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They make up the flash of a door and can be of solid wood or other material. Panels an be also be made of glass inserts (called lights).

73
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  1. Parts of typical roll-up door?
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  1. Door panel. 2. Door hinge. 3. Roler hinge. 4. Track. 5. Track support. 6. Rear track hanger. 7. Front track brace. 8. Lift cable. 9. Cable anchor. 10. Stud pulley (front pulley). 11. Clevis pulley (spring pulley). 12. Extension spring. 13. S-hook. 14. Door lock. 15. Lock bar.
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  1. What are muntins?
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Bars that divide equally space between stiles and roles and hold the glass in a French glazed door.

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  1. Garage door opener components?
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  1. Support arm. 2. Traveler. 3. Rail guides. 4. Header bracket. 5. Angle irons. 6. Metal straps. 7. Power unit. 8. Interior auxiliary switch. 9. Safety release. 10. Safety device.
76
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  1. What is framing in door basics?
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It is opening in the wall that surrounds the door.

77
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  1. What is casing in door basics?
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It is trim that provides weather protection for the framing and adds a finishing touch.

78
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  1. What is the piece of wood, metal, or plastic at the top of the window frame?
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Head.

79
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  1. 2 types of doors in market?
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  1. Prehung doors. 2. Slab doors.
80
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  1. What is the horizontal piece of the frame that form the sash?
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Sash rail.

81
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  1. Common door styles?
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  1. Insulated exterior doors. 2. Decoreaive storm doors. 3. Interior hollow core prehung doors. 4. Hinged patio or interior doors. 5. Sliding patio doors.
82
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  1. What is the vertical pieces of the frame that form the sash?
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Sash stiles.

83
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  1. What is the upper window frame on a double-hung window?
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Upper sash.

84
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  1. What is the lower window frame?
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Lower sash.

85
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  1. What is the rails that overlap each other in the middle of the window?
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Meeting rails.

86
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  1. Other name of visegrips?
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Locking pliers.

87
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  1. What is dividers that form a grid in the window?
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Muntins.

88
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  1. 3 basic types of locksets and latches?
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  1. Passage lockstets. 2. Entry locksets. 3. Security or dead-bolt locksets.
89
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  1. What is the piece of wood, metal, or plastic on the side of the window against which the windows slide up and down?
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Stop.

90
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  1. What is backset?
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The distance from the center of the door knob spindle to the edge of the door.

91
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  1. What is the piece of wood, metal, or plastic at the bottom of the window frame, usually slanted on the outside so that rain will run off?
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Sill.

92
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  1. How does lockset operate?
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By extending the latch bolt into a strike plate.

93
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  1. Rating of insulation in NY?
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  1. Ceilings below ventilated attics - R38. 2. Floors over insulated crawl - R19. 3. Exterior walls (wooden frame) - R11. 4. Crawl spaces walls - R19.
94
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  1. Fiberglass rating?
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3-1/2” - R13, 5-1/4 “- R21, 7-1/4” - Rf25. 10” - R30, 12” - R38”.

95
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  1. Parts of lockset?
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  1. Strike plate. 2. Latch bolt. 3. Spindle. 4. Thumb latch or handle, door knob, key with cylinder.
96
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  1. 2 standard lockset setbacks?
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2 3/4” and 2 3/8”.

97
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  1. Molded Expanded Polystyrene rating?
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1” - R4, 1-1/2” - R6, 2” - R8.

98
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  1. Extruded polystyrene rating?
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1” - R5, 2” - R10.

99
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  1. How can You keep boring hole in level?
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Slip a close-fitting metal washer over the bit. If the drill is level, the washer won’t walk along the bit.

100
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  1. How can You make strait cut of a wooden board?
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Use square edge like a guid for a circular saw.

101
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  1. Parts of door lock?
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  1. Latch case. 2. Latch knob. 3. Latch screw. 4. Back plate. 5. Cylinder securing screw. 6. Cylinder. 7. Key. 8. Tong.
102
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  1. Fine-tooth hand saw that cuts on the back stroke. Intended for precise cuts on molding and trim?
A

Backsaw.

103
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  1. Types of windows?
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  1. Double hung. 2. Fixed. 3. Casement.
104
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  1. What is a low-E coating?
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A microscopic layer of metal on the inside face of glass, that reduce heat transmission.

105
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  1. How have manufacturers develop low-E coating?
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For high, low, or moderate solar gain.

106
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  1. How does sealing a gas between the layers educe heat flow?
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Argon is afficint and inexpensive. Krypton is a better insulator but more expancive.

107
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  1. How can window frames be made?
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Of wood, hardboard, aluminum, or vinyl.

108
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  1. How does window is rated?
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  1. U-factor. 2. SHGC. 3. VT. 4. AL.
109
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  1. What is U-factor?
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It is the rate of heat loss. The lower the U-factor, the better a window insulates.

110
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  1. What is SHGC window rating?
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It stands for solar heat gain coeficient. It’s rated on a scale of 0 to 10 and the lower the number, the less solar heat the window transmits.

111
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  1. What is VT windows rating?
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It stands for visible transmission - the amount of light that gets through - and is rated on a scale of 0 to 1. The higher the number, the more light you’ll have.

112
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  1. What is AL windows rating?
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It stands for air leackge, a measure of how much air slips pass the weather stripping.

113
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  1. Size of window pane?
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1/16 - 1/8” smaller than opening.

114
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  1. Spread glazing points?
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10 inches.

115
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  1. Storage place organizer?
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  1. Daily. 2. Weekly. 3. Monthly. 4. Seasonly. 5. Acasonly.
116
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  1. Base cabinet size?
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Deep - 12”. Hight - 34-1/2”.

117
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  1. Base cabinet hight of the wall and gap between base and wall cabinet?
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34-1/2” and 19-1/2”.

118
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  1. What is mortar?
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Mixture of sand and portland cement.

119
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  1. Name of specially formulated mixture for application over backer board?
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Dry-set-mortar.

120
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  1. What mortars are the best for countertops?
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That has a latex additive that makes the mortar more flexible.

121
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  1. How shall you hold notched travel when drag it?
A

At a consistent angle about 45*.

122
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  1. Deep of build-in closets?
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24”.

123
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  1. Long-handled heavy weight hammers with striping faces and straight tines , used in rough carpentry?
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Framing hammers.

124
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  1. Long-handled heavy weight hammers with striping faces and straight tines , used in rough carpentry?
A

Framing hammers.

125
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  1. A flat piece of steel with legs at 90* for measuring and layout, essential for general carpentry?
A

Framing (carpenter’s) square.

126
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  1. Multipurpose tool with a flat blade on one end and a notched blade on the other to remove and apply glaze to windows?
A

Glazing tool.

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