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Visual DictionaryBSCI – 2300 (Spring 2009)

Air Barrier

The air barrier is a synthetic material wrapped around the house to protect the house from air and rain getting into the wall assembly. But ,it still allows water

vapor through the exterior.

Attic Ventilation (1 of 2)Soffit Vent is needed as an intake ventilation installed under the eaves, or at the roof edge.

Ridge vent it needed to allow the warm and humid air to escape from the attic.

Attic Ventilation (2 of 2)Gable vent is needed to allow hot air out from either side of a gabled roof.

A roof turbine is needed to replace the hot air in the attic with cooler air brought in from the outside.

Backhoe

Backhoe: A piece of excavating equipment with a digging bucket and a two-part articulated arm. It is used to excavate dirt and rubble from a construction site.

The width of the bucket on this backhoe is only two feet wide.

Batter Boards

Batter boards are horizontal boards attached with stakes used to mark out the boundary of construction and establish the levels and building lines.

Brick Arches (1 of 2)

Brick Arch #1: H-Pointed Arch or Gothic

Brick Arch #2:Romanesque

Brick Arches (2 of 2)

Arch With Keystone

KeystoneCentering

Centering is the structure that is built to support an arch or vault during its construction. Normally made of wood.

Bricks Bonds (1 of 2)

Stretcher of Rowlocks (Shiners)

Brick Bond #1: Running. Continuous stretchers

Sailors

Brick Bonds (2 of 2)

Soldiers RowlocksBrick Bond #2: English CrossOne course of headers in between rows of stretchers.

Headers

Brick Sizes

Brick #1- 3’’ x 2 ¼ ’’ x 5-7/8’’Closest to a Modular Brick

Brick #2 (When individual)- 3 ½ ’’ x 2 ¼ ’’ x 8’’

Standard Brick

Bulldozer

A bulldozer is known as a crawl type of equipment with a large metal plate on the front known as the ‘blade’. It is used to push things in large amounts. On a construction site a bulldozer may push things such as soil, sand, rubble, or

anything else that needs to be moved. It typically moves whatever has been excavated from the site.

Cladding (1 of 2)

Brick Clad StructureEFIS Clad Structure

Stone Clad Structure (Random Rubble) Wood Board Clad Structure

Cladding (2 of 2)

A wood shingle is roof covering consisting of a number of wood pieces sawn off.A wood shake is similar to a wood shingle but it is formed from already split wood and are generally thicker. It typically looks more rustic and HistoricThis is a shingle because it

Code Requirements (1 of 2)-Egress Window

When Open:Width= 1’ 6’’

Height= 2’ 6’’

Area= 3’ 9’’

Still Height AFF= 3’

This window does NOT meet the IBC requirements of an egress window. The width and area are too small and the still height is too short.

-A min. clear opening of5.7 square ft

-If on ground floor,Min. of 5 square ft

-Min. clear opening height of 24”

-Min. clear opening width of 20”

-Bottom of clear opening no more than 44” AFF

Code Requirements (2 of 2)

IBC REQUIREMENTS: Risers -Min. of 4’’ high - Max. of 7’’ highTreads - Min. of 11’’

Treads: 11’’

Risers: 7’’

These stairs meet the max IBC requirements for the risers and the min. for the treads.

Concrete JointsA control joint is an expansion joint in masonry to allow movement due to expansion and contraction.

This joint is isolating the building’s wall from the slab of the sidewalk.

Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU)A CMU is a large rectangular brick used in construction. They are typically made of cast concrete, Portland cement and aggregates. (Usually sand or gravel)

CMUs are used for load bearing walls, reinforced brick, or for a building’s foundation.

CMU sizes (Nominal)All CMUs have an 8 inch height anda 16 inch length.The typical widths are: 4 , 6, 8, 10, and 12 inches

In my right hand is an 8’’ CMU.

In my left hand is a 4’’ CMU.

Decorative Concrete Masonry Units

Split decorative CMU

Ribbed decorative CMU

Doors (1 of 2)

Exterior Flush Door

Doors (2 of 2)

Transom: A horizontal crossbar in a window over a door.

Side Light: A window at the side of a door.

Top Rail

Stile

Lock Rail

Bottom Rail Panel

Electrical Components

Power Pole with Transformer: Transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another. It allows alternating current (AC)

Service Head: An overhead service conductor that runs from the transformer and power pole to the building’s service entrance conductors

Electrical ComponentsService Panel:

Electrical panel, containing circuit breakers, which is the distribution point for the entering electric service

Meter: Measures the amount of electrical energy

the resident or business produced.

Duplex Receptacle: Electrical outlet with 2 plugs to provide electrical

energy to interior or exterior for plug-in appliances.

Framing Elements (1 of 4)

#1 Anchor Bolt #2 Sill Plate

# 6 Stud

(stud) # 7 Top Plate

# 4 Subflooring# 3 Floor Joist

# 5 Sole Plate (above subflooring)

Framing Elements (2 of 4)

# 9 Rafter

# 8 Ceiling Joist

Framing Elements (3 of 4)# 10 Roof Decking

Framing Elements (4 of 4 )

# 12 Stringer# 11 Sheathing

Front End LoaderA front end loader is an earth moving machine with a hydraulic scoop in front for lifting and moving earth and rubble.

It is different from a bulldozer because it is able to lift things in the air to move them rather than just pushing them.

It is different than a backhoe because it can not move loads as easily as a backhoe can. Yet, it can hold more.

Gypsum Board

Gypsum Board is an interior wall covering made of the mineral gypsum and paper. Often known as plaster board or sheetrock.

Heat PumpAdvantage: Rapid response Disadvantage: Difficult to zone

Compressor/Condenser: Raises the temperature of refrigerant vapor and increases its pressure by compression.

Air Handling Unit: Moves air through the duct work. Does not condition it, just propels it.

Insulation (1 of 2)

Batt or Blanket:Suited for standard stud and joist spacing, which is relatively free

from obstructions

Loose Fill: Good for irregular

shaped areas around obstructions

Insulation (2 of 2)

Ridge Board:High insulating value for being so thin.

Foam-in-Place:Good for adding insulation to

finished areas or irregular shaped areas

Lintel

Lintel is a horizontal block that spans between two supports

Steel Lintel

Mortar

Oriented Strand Board

Oriented Strand Board is a nonveneered panel product formed by layering flakes of wood.

4 Feet wide

8 Feet long

Plumbing (1 of 3)

Lavatory -Drain is 1 ½’’ wide

Water Closet-Drain is 3’’ wide

Plumbing (2 of 3)

Shower in framing prior to gypsum.

Plumbing (3 of 3)Plumbing Roof Vent or VTR:

Consists of pipes leading outdoors through the roof.

Provides relief of sewer gases from drainage system and

house.

Kitchen sink (Under mount)

PlywoodPlywood:

An engineered Board manufactured from sheets of wood called wood veneers. Each layer is glued together.

Veneer:A thin covering over another

surface

8 feet long

4 feet wide

Radiant Barrier

Rebar

The diameter is ½’’ thick making it #4 rebar.

The Deformation of this example of rebar would be to secure the framing of the structure to the foundation.

Steep Roof Drainage (1 of 2)

Gutter: A narrow channel (metal or plastic) to collect rainwater from the roof of the building to divert it from the structure.

Downspout: Water collected by the gutter is sent through the downspout to discharge the water.

Steep Roof Drainage (2 of 2)

Splashblock: A pad placed at the end of the downspout usually pointed downhill to carry the water away from the façade of the structure.

Steep Roof Materials

Underlayment: Asphalt saturated used beneath roofing to provide additional protection for the deck.

Clay Tile Roof

Steep Roof Materials (2 of )

Metal Panel Roof - Galvanized Steel

Shingle: A small roofing material used with other

similar shingles overlapping one another in rows to protect a roof.

Slate Shingles

Steep Roof Shapes

Hip Roof

Gable Roof

Gambrel Roof

Mansard Roof

Eave: The roof edge from the fascia to the structure’s outside the wall.

Steep Roof TermsRidge: A beam laid along the edge where 2 sloping sides of a roof meet at the top.

Rake: The Vertical edge of a gable roof.

Soffit: Any horizontal surface that extends from a vertical surface.

Fascia: Flat, horizontal band around roof’s perimeter.

Valley: Area where two adjoining sloped roof planes intersect on a roof creating a "V" shaped depression

Stone

Random Rubble Coursed Ashlar

Coursed Rubble Random Ashlar

Vapor Retarder

Vapor retarder is a substance that prevents the transmission of water vapor.

It is mostly placed to where it would keep things warmer in the winter. Hints the phrase, “Warm in winter”.

Waterproofing

Waterproofing is the treatment applied to a structure’s surface to prevent water from entering from hydrostatic pressure.

Liquid applied waterproofing

Weep Hole

Weep holes are small openings left in the outer wall of the masonry as an outlet for water inside the building to move out.

Welded Wire Fabric (WWF)

This Welded Wire Fabric is 6’ x 8’

Windows (1 of 2)

Window #1: Casement (turn operation) - Side-mounted on hinges

- Operated by crank going outward - ‘Scoop-in’ breezes

Window #2: Double-Hung - Classic appearance - Upper section is outside sash - Lower section is inside sash

Windows (2 of 2)