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Anatomy of a House

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 Anchor Bolt
 Ash Dump
 Base
 Base Mold
 Base Shoe
 Battens
 Belt
 Blinds or Shutters
 Book Shelves
 Box Sill
 Boiler
 Bracing
 Brick
 Bridging
 Building Paper
 Cased Opening
 Ceiling Joists
 Cellar Stair Post
 Cellar Stair
 Treads & Risers
 Cellar Stair
 Rail & Post
 Cellar Sash
 Cellar Sash Areaway
 Cement Floor
 Cement Stoop
 Cement Porch Floor
 Chimney Cap
 Chimney Post
 Cinder Fill


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Cleanout Door
Wood Partition
Collar Beams
Conductor Pipe
Conductor Head
Corner Studs
Corner Bracing
Damper Control
Dining Nook
Drain Tile
Easing
Entrance Frame & Door
Face String & Face Mold Fascia
Finish Floor – 1x2” Strips, Deadening Felt-Diagonal Sub Floor
Finish Floor
First Floor Joists
Flashing
Footing
Foundation Wall
Frieze
Furring Strips
Gable Studs
Girder
Girder Post
Grade
Gravel Fill
Gutter


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Headers
Hearth
Inside Studs
Insulation
Interior Doors & Trim
Interior Window Trim
Lookouts
Main Stair Treads & Risers
Mantel Shelf & Trim
Mold (Cornice)
Outside Studs
Picture Mold
Plancier
Plaster
Plaster Arch
Plaster Arch Brackets
Plaster Base
Plates (Inside Studs)
Plates (Outside Studs)
Porch Beam
Porch Frieze
Porch Soffit
Porch Columns
Porch Rafters
Porch Ceiling Joists
Post Base Blocks
(Precast Cement)
Rafters
Rails & Balusters
Ribbon


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 Ridge Board
 Roof Shingles
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 (Laid Close or D & M)
 Rough Window Opening
 Second Floor Joists
 Sheathing (Diagonal)
 Siding or Wall Shingles
 Sill Course
 Stair Carriage
 Stair Partition Casing
 Stair Landing Newel
 Starting Tread & Riser
 Starting Newel
 Stoop Foundation
 Sub Floor (Diagonal)
 Tarred Felt Joint Cover
 Termite Shield
 Trellis
 Trimmers
 Vertical Siding
 Wall Plates
 Wall Stringer
 Window Frame



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