
TLE 60
Basic Carpentry and Plumbing
Carpentry is the art and craft of making and constructing objects out of wood. Carpentry involves on how to construct a house, building or even roads. In this subject, Mr. Arong teach us on how to have a good and perfect construction of house from roof to floor. Also Mr. Arong share us what are the methods and procedure in lay outing a house or a building. He told us that before the construction begins see to it that a permit is secured first from the local authorities. Relocate the boundaries of the construction site. Determine the limit of the boundary of the area. Clear the site of an existing structures , trees and other elements that will destruct the construction work. Construct and allocate a space for laborers quarters construction office bodega for the materials , a working tools and temporary waste disposal. apply for a temporary corrections of electric and water supply. Construct fences around the construct materials that sufficient for the working force to accomplish a week. Also verify the measurement in the plan if the distances indicated are from:
* center to center
* center to outer
* outer to outer
* inside to inside
Also you need fix the batter board to its horizontal position with the aid of a level instrument probably plastic hose with water. Then transfer the intersecting points of the string on the ground by the aid of the plumb bob. After sir Arong shared us the methods and procedure in lay outing then he proceed to teach us what are the different truss of a house, different kinds of roof and also the flooring system.
Flooring system is the platform structure roof is the top covering of a building that serves as a protective covering from weather. Then the trust is a built-up frame . It is a design of a series of triangles used to distribute the load, stiffen the structure and flexibility for the interior spacing as well as the strength and rigidity. The following are the different kinds of truss and roofs.
Different kinds of truss;

*standard howe truss, fun truss, kingpost truss, quennpost truss, double fink truss and the fink truss
Different types of roofs:
* shed or lean to roof, gable of pitch roof, saw tooth roof, double gable roof, hip roof , hip and vallery roof, pyramid roof, gamble roof, oger roof, mansard roof , french or concave mansard roof, dome.






















