Michigan Residential Builder Test Prep with complete solutions | Latest 2023/2024

Michigan Residential Builder Test Prep with complete solutions | Latest 2023/2024 A concrete masonry foundation wall extends below grade and will require parge coating using Portland cement mortar. What is the minimum allowable thickness? ️ 3/8" A contractor is about to sign an agreement with a representative of a corporation. Which should the contractor do? ️ verify that the representative has the authority to bind the corporation A foundation drain shall extend past the outside edge of the footing at least how far? ️ 12" A jack rafter is face nailed to a hip rafter. What is the minimum number of 16d common nails that should be used? ️ 3 A plank measures 3" x 16" and is 24 feet long. How many board feet of lumber are in 26 of these planks? (Round off to the nearest whole number.) ️ 2,496 A simple set of cleat stairs will be installed in a basement. The distance between the basement floor and the first floor is 8 feet. How many treads will be REQUIRED for these stairs? ️ 13 A third stairway stringer should be used when the stair width exceeds how many inches? ️ 30 Air-entrained concrete MUST be used for all of the following EXCEPT ️ interior slabs on grade. An enclosed chute of wood or similar material is REQUIRED whenever materials are dropped more than how many feet to any point lying outside the exterior walls of a building? ️ 20 Before excavating for a new building, how should subsoil conditions be determined? ️ conducting test borings Bolts used for anchoring a wood sole plate at an exterior wall on a monolithic slab MUST extend a MINIMUM of how many inches into concrete? ️ 7 inches Equipment needs for a project are best estimated by which of the following? ️ calculating the number of hours or days it is needed Foam siding backer board must be separated from the interior of the building by at least how many inches? ️ 2"