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Question 1

bay window can be used to create what?

Answer 1

bay window seats

Question 2

what is a bay window that is made up of many narrow windows in curved configuration?

Answer 2

Bow window

Question 3

a box like bay with a sloping glass roof is know as?

Answer 3

a garden window

Question 4

what is a valance?

Answer 4

a decretive board used to hide objects like over windows

Question 5

what would an open cornice look like?

Answer 5

the rafter tails would be exposed

Question 6

the design for a raised floor must be based on what 4 things?

Answer 6

uniform loads, point loads, rolling loads, and pedestrian traffic

Question 7

a mansard roof is a gambrel roof but with what?

Answer 7

hips

Question 8

The traditional gambrel roof has slopes that match what?

Answer 8

the shape of a half octagon

Question 9

what would be a roof that could let in the maximum amount of light?

Answer 9

sawtooth roof

Question 10

what is a dormer?

Answer 10

A small intersecting roof that is built onto the side of a larger roof

Question 11

where can a shed dormer be used?

Answer 11

in a one and one-half story house. may take up post of the width of the house or run across the whole width

Question 12

what is code for ceiling lights of a bedroom in a half storey?

Answer 12

must be at least 2.1m over the lesser of the area of the room itself or 3.5m squared

Question 13

what needs to be in place if the dormer wall is set back from the main wall below?

Answer 13

ceiling joist will have to increase in size or a bearing wall or beam will have to be placed under the wall to carry the roof load

Question 14

what is and what does a cricket do?

Answer 14

also known as a chimney saddle, a cricket is designed to divert water away from the high side of a chimney

Question 15

the building code requires chimneys that are ____ mm or wider to have a cricket built behind them

Answer 15

750mm

Question 16

the cricket has a span equal to what?

Answer 16

the width of the chimney

Question 17

what 4 dormers are there?

Answer 17

shed dormer, gabled dormer, hipped dormer, eyebrow dormer

Question 18

how is the slope of an octagon roof specified?

Answer 18

by the slope of the common rafter

Question 19

what is a way to reduce congestion at the peak of an octagon roof?

Answer 19

by a blocking technique that will end the common rafters before they get to the peak

Question 20

what is the distance of the blocking from the centre of the peak?

Answer 20

equal to the spacing of the common rafters resulting in the roof sheathing not getting over-spanned at the peak

Question 21

what is the equation to find length of block at the peak?

Answer 21

spacing X Tan22.5 = opposite X 2 = length of block

Question 22

what is the saw set to when cutting the blocks plumb?

Answer 22

22.5

Question 23

what rafter is at a flatter slope?

Answer 23

The hip rafter

Question 24

what is the unit of run for a hip compared to 12” unit of run for a common?

Answer 24

13”

Question 25

what numbers on a framing square would you use for plumb cuts on a hip?

Answer 25

the unit rise and 13”

Question 26

the slope of the side rafters on a gambrel roof is opposite to what?

Answer 26

the slope of the top raters ie: 5/12 - 12/5

Question 27

what must be doubled at the opening of a dormer?

Answer 27

the major commons and the headers at top and bottom of the opening

Question 28

what is the plum line adjustment at the tail end for 1 1/2 stock?

Answer 28

5/16”

Question 29

what angle would you set the circular saw too to cut that tail end?

Answer 29

22.5 degrees

Question 30

what is another way of reducing congestion at the peak?

Answer 30

and octagonal post with each side cut plum to thickness of hip

Question 31

what is the calculation from working point to shortening on a hip jack?

Answer 31

.75 / sin22.5 = 1.96” + 1 15/16”

Question 32

how to find dimension for the hip jack side cut

Answer 32

.75 / tan22.5 = 1.811” = 1 13/16”