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AIR BARRIER PAPER
Air Barriers control the unintended movement of air into and out of a building enclosure.
ATTIC VENTILATION
ROOF TURBINE
GABLE VENT
SOFFIT VENTDuring warmer months, ventilation helps keep attics cool. It helps prevent hot, moist summer air from warping the roof sheathing. It also stops shingles from deteriorating prematurely. What's more, fresh air in the attic makes a home much easier to cool, which can result in lower energy costs.
RIDGE VENT
ATTIC VENTILATION…..
BACKHOEBackhoe: is a piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. They are typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader.
2’
BATTER BOARDS
BATTER BOARDS: are suitable marks placed for use as references or guides during the initial excavation and rough grading of a building construction and/or a sewer line stakeout. They are more or less temporary devices that support the stretched cords that mark the outline and grade of the structure.
BRICK ARCHES
KEYSTONE
ROMAN ARCH
GOTHIC ARCH
CENTERINGCentering: is the structure upon which the stones of arches or vault are laid during construction.
BRICK BONDS
COMMON / AMERICAN
RUNNING BOND
Bricks laid so only stretchers are seen.
A pattern made like Running Bond, but with a row of headers replacing every few courses. Usually an odd #. In this case 5.
Rowlock
Rowlock
Stretcher
Sailor
Headers
Soldiers
BRICK SIZES
BULLDOZER
Used to move earth, rocks, busted up concrete, and anything else out of the way.
CLADDINGWOOD SHINGLES
WOOD BOARDS
ROCK (random rubble) & EIF’S
BRICK
Wood Shingles: Sawn shingles that are of uniform thickness.
CONCRETE JOINTS
CONTROL JOINTS
A control joint is a groove cut into the surface of the concrete that allows some cracking to occur in the joint and not be readily visible.
Crack in concrete
Isolation/Expansion Joints: Isolation joints are used to relieve flexural stresses due to vertical movement of slab-on-grade applications that adjoin fixed foundation elements such as columns, building or
machinery foundations, etc.
CONCRETE MASONRYUNIT (CMU)
8x8x16 Split PierConcrete block, when reinforced with concrete columns and tie beams, is a very common building material for the load-bearing walls of buildings, in what is termed concrete block structure (CBS) construction.
DECORATIVE CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT
RIBBED BLOCK
SPLIT FACE
BLOCK
DOORS
PANEL DOOR (6)
FLUSH DOOR
STILE
LOCK RAIL
TOP RAIL
BOTTOM RAIL
PANEL
TRANSOM
SIDE LIGHT
ELECTRICAL COMPONENTSSERVICE PANEL
Power comes directly from the electrical company's power line, through the electrical meter on the outside of your house and into the electrical service panel
DUPLEX RECEPTACLE
Normal utility grade outlets for household use are a 125V 15A straight blade receptacle. Used to plug in things
ELECTRIC BOX
a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another through inductively coupled conductors — the transformer's coils or "windings".
METER
a device that measures the amount of electrical energy supplied to or produced by a residence, business or machine.
FRAMING ELEMENTS
ALL THINGS FOUND AT THIS LOCATION
SLIDE 1 OF 2
FRAMING ELEMENTS…
10. RAFTERS
2. SILL PLATE1. ANCHOR BOLT
9. CEILING JOIST
7. STUDS
3. FLOOR JOIST 4. STRINGER
5. SUB FLOOR 6. SOLE PLATE 8. TOP PLATE
11. ROOF DECKING 12. SHEATHING
FRONT END LOADERFront End Loader: An engineering vehicle, often used in construction, that is primarily used to load material: asphalt, demolition debris, dirt, feed, gravel, logs, raw minerals, recycled material, rock, sand, wood chips, etc. into or onto another type of machinery, dump truck, conveyor belt, rail-car, etc.).
GYPSUM BOARDGypsum Board (Drywall): is a common building material typically made of a layer of gypsum plaster pressed between two thick sheets of paper. Drywall is used globally for the finish construction of interior walls and ceilings.
HEAT PUMP
The compressor/evaporator controls the temperature and force of the air that goes through the vents.
Adv: Rapid response time, ability to filter air and control humidity, both heats and cools
Dis. Adv: Relatively noisy, ducts are bulky, difficult to zone.
INSULATIONThe majority of insulation in buildings is for thermal purposes, It is also used as acoustic insulation or sound proofing, and as a fire retarder.
BOARD BATT/BLANKET
LINTEL
LINTEL
A lintel is a horizontal member supported by two vertical posts at either end. This form is commonly used to support the weight of the structure located above the openings in a bearing wall created by windows and doors.
MORTAR
Tooled, 3/8”, S, Column
Tooled, Raked, 3/8”,
Brick Wall
ORIENTED STRAND BOARD
Oriented Strand Board is an engineered wood product formed by layering strands (flakes) of wood in specific orientations. In appearance it may have a rough and variegated surface with the individual strips.
PLUMBING
DROP IN
Lavatory 1 ½”
Water
Closet
3”
PLYWOODPlywood: is a type of engineered board made from thin sheets of wood, called plies or wood veneers. The layers are glued together, each with its grain at right angles to adjacent layers for greater strength. Veneer: thin slices of wood, usually thinner than 3 mm (1/8 inch), that are typically glued onto core panels (typically, wood, particle board or medium density fiberboard) to produce flat panels such as doors, tops and panels for cabinets, parquet floors and parts of furniture.
REBAR½” #4
The deformations on rebar are used to help adhere to concrete by having more surface are and cracks for it to hold on to.
STEEP ROOF DRAINAGE
Gutter: A narrow channel which collects rainwater from the roof of a building and diverts it away from the structure, typically into a drain.
Downspout: Water collected by a rain gutter is fed via the downspout, from the roof edge to the base of the building where it is either discharged or collected. Splash Block: A splash block placed beneath the downspout elbow helps to disperse water away from the foundation.
Gutter
DownspoutDownspout
Splash Block
(Splash Block is harder to see than I thought. But they used bricks laying in the ground in a U shape.)
STEEP ROOF MATERIALS
CLAY TILE
Wood Shingles
Roof shingles: are a roof covering consisting of individual overlapping elements. These elements are normally flat rectangular shapes that are laid in rows without the side edges overlapping, a single layer is used to ensure a water-resistant result
Metal Panel
Tar Paper
STEEP ROOF SHAPES
GABLE
GAMBREL HIP
PROOF THAT I WAS THERE
STEEP ROOF TERMSEaves usually project beyond the side of the building generally to provide weather protection.
Soffit most often refers to the material forming a ceiling from the top of an exterior house wall to the outer
edge of the roof
Fascia: generally, any long, vertical surface across the top of a structure
Ridge the top point where the roof connects.
Valley the V shaped part of where a roof connects.
STONE
COURSED ASHLAR
RANDOM ASHLAR
RANDOM RUMBLE
VAPOR RETARDER
WATERPROOFING
WEEP HOLE
Weep Holes: Small openings left in the outer wall of masonry construction as an outlet for water inside a building to move outside the wall and evaporate.
WINDOWSDOUBLE HUNG
AWNING