CARP 165 - Residential Remodeling Practices

Credits: 4
Introduction to residential remodeling practices. Topics include planning, demolition, tying into existing buildings, basic electrical and plumbing practices, permit processes, matching existing finished material and material estimating. Most skill development will take place at off-campus sites where students will work on full-size remodeling project(s).

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Determine a sequence of construction/demolition for a given project based on a set of approved drawings.
Tie into an existing foundation and building framework that meets IRC or engineer specifications based on a set of approved drawings.
Layout and connect a basic supply and waste line for plumbing.
Add a new 110 volt branch circuit for lighting and outlets.
Demonstrate knowledge of the process for obtaining a remodeling building permit using King County Building department bulletins.

Program Outcomes

Be employed as a carpenter helper or a union carpentry apprenticeship program.
Demonstrate efficiency, safety and accuracy in the completion of carpentry tasks.
Use all basic hand and power tools related to carpentry.
Form and pour a typical foundation for a basic home.
Frame the wooden structure for a basic single-story home.
Install all basic interior trim components for a home.
Install all basic exterior trim components for a home.
Read and interpret basic architectural residential prints
Calculate, layout and install basic stairs and components.
Calculate, install and sheath typical stick-framed roof structures.
Build a basic kitchen base cabinet to within 1/32” of all given dimensions
Form and pour typical concrete slabs.
Estimate materials and supplies to build a basic single story residential home.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.