Air Barrier Unit – a membrane that is attached to the wall sheathing reducing the leakage of air between indoors and outdoors and acts as a backup waterproofing layer beneath the siding

Attic ventilation – used to lower the temperature and vent the attic

Gable Vent

Soffit Vent Roof Turbine

Ridge Vent

Backhoe – excavating equipment that consists of a digging bucket on one end and a front loader on the other

BackhoeBucket: 24”

Front End Loader

Brick arches

Jack arch centered with keystone

Roman arch

Brick Bonds

English Garden Wall –5 courses of running bonds wchich consist of all stretchers and the 6th course alternates between headers and stretchers

Running Bond –courses consist of stretchers

Soldier

Stretcher

Header

Sailor

Brick Sizes

3-1/2” X15-1/2”Closest to the Engineer Norman Brick. This is different because it is a South American hand made adobe brick

7-1/2 x 2-1/4 Modular Brick

Cladding

Wood boards

Wood shingle and shake – a nail based sheathing material such as OSB, plywood, or waferboard that function as siding or roofing.

Picture: Wood shakes

Stone

Brick

Concrete Joints

Control Joint

Isolation Joint – the exterior of the building is being isolated from the slab

Crack

Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU) – large rectangular concrete blocks that are used as structural masonry

Standard CMU – 8”

Decorative Concrete Masonry

Split faced

Doors

Flush Door Panel Door (1) with sidelight

Electrical Components

Meter – measures the amount of electrical energy consumed. It is calibrated in billing units

Service panel –the high voltage electrical system’s first point of entry into a home beyond the meter

Duplex receptacle –two electrical fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert

Service Head - a weatherproof

entry point for above-ground

electrical wiring or telephone

lines into a home or business

Framing Elements

6. Stud

7. Top

Plateo

10. Truss with ceiling joist and

rafter

9. Ceiling

Joist

1. Anchor bolt

2. sill plate

3. Floor joist

4. Sub flooring

5. Sole plate

11. Roof decking

12. Sheathing

Front End Loader – a type of tractor that has a front mounted square wide bucket connected to the end of two booms to scoop up loose material from the ground

Gypsum Board

• a rigid board made of layers of fiber board or paper bonded to a gypsum plaster core, used instead of plaster or wood panels in construction to form walls

Heat Pump

compressor/ evaporator – takes in air at atmospheric pressure and delivers it at higher pressure,

absorbs heat in the air in order to change the liquid refrigerant that flows through into a vapor

Air handling unit – used to condition and circulate air as part of a heating, ventilating, and

air-conditioning system

Insulation - materials that are used to reduce the rate of heat transfer

Loose Fill Insulation

Lintel – a horizontal beam that supports the masonry above a window or door opening

Angled steel

lintel

Concrete

lintel

Mortar

3/8” Concave

mortar joint –

tooled. Used of a

commercial

building

3/8” extruded

mortar joint –

neither tooled

nor troweled.

Used on a

residential

building.

OSB – Oriented Strand Board - a non-veneered panel product that is formed by layereing strands or flakes of wood in specific orientation

Plumbing

Drop-In sink

Plywood – a manufactured wood, made by gluing together a number of thin veneers or plies of softwood or hardwood

Rebar – ½” diameter or #4 rebar. The deformations is so that it would bind to the concrete

Steep Roof Drainage

Down Spout and Splashback

Gutter – catches water that flows down

the roof

Down spout – allows a way for water to

exit the roof to the ground

Steep Roof Materials

Metal panel roof - steel

ShingleClay tiled roof -

Underlayment – tar paper

used for waterproofing to

prevent ingress of

moisture

Steep Roof Shapes

Hip roof

Gable RoofMansard Roof

Gambrel

Roof

Steep Roof Terms

Stone -

Random Rubble

Random Ashlar

Vapor Retarder

• slow the rate of vapor diffusion into the thermal envelope of a structure

• It is attached to each side of the insulation

Waterproofing – fully adhered material to resist moisture from entering the base of the building

Weep Holes - small openings left in the outer wall of masonryconstruction as an outlet for water inside a building to move outside the wall and evaporate

Windows

Double hung casement –

neither window is hinged

allowing them to slide past

each other

Single Hung –

Hinged on the side