Construction Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. Part of a truss that creates the peak
- 4. Horizontal material that stretches between the band joists
- 7. Connects the ends of the rafters together
- 10. Horizontal piece of a truss that stretches wall to wall
- 15. Covers the top plate to interlock the walls
- 17. All four corners are perfectly 90 degrees to each other
- 18. piece of metal or wood used to strengthen the joints of a truss
- 20. Structural piece used to stop doors and windows from sagging
- 21. Highest horizontal piece on a wall
- 22. Perimeter of the floor system
- 24. Lowest horizontal piece on a wall
Down
- 2. To set the edges of two boards even with each other
- 3. To set an object perfectly vertical
- 5. Decorative board that hides the subfascia
- 6. To cut parallel with the grain pattern of wood
- 8. panels laid across floor joists
- 9. Vertical material that stretches plate to plate on a wall section
- 11. Overhang of the roof
- 12. Roofing material that seals the peak of the roof
- 13. Complete structural piece that makes a roof
- 14. Panels laid across the walls or roof to add strength
- 16. To set an object perfectly horizontal
- 19. To cut perpendicular across the grain of wood
- 23. Decorative piece that boxex in the eaves and hides the rafter tails