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Visual Dictionary
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Air Barrier Paper
• Used as a vapor retarder and air barrier on the sheathing of house to help with waterproofing.
Attic Ventilation: Soffit Vent
• Used to help air flow into the attic
Attic Ventilation: Ridge Vent
Located at the roof ridge. It’s an open space that allows air circulation.
Attic Ventilation: Gable Vent
• Located in the gable of a roof. It’s used to remove extra heat and humidity from the attic.
Attic Ventilation: Roof Turbine
•The roof turbine circulates air in the attic and helps remove warm air.
Backhoe
• Used in excavation work. Such as digging foundations.
• The width of this bucket is 22 ½ Inches.
Batter Boards
• Set up outside the corners of the building with a string and a plumb bob. These help keep the corners at a 90° angle.
Brick Arches
Arch with keystone
Jack Arch
Roman Arch
Centering
• Temporary framework for arches used during mason work.
Brick Bond: Flemish
• Courses alternate between headers and stretchers
Brick Bond: Running
• Each course is an alternating strecher.
Brick Bonds: Rowlocks
Rowlocks
Brick Bonds: Headers
Headers
Brick Bonds: Soldiers
Soldiers
Brick Bonds: Sailors
Sailors
Brick Bonds: Stretcher Rowlocks
Shiners
Brick Sizes
• Modular: 3 ½ x 2 ¼ x 7 ½
• Utility: 3 ½ x 3 ½ x 11 ½
Modular
Utility
Bulldozer
• Used to flatten ground and move soil in rough site work.
Cladding: Brick
Cladding: EFIS
Cladding: Stone
• Random ashlar pattern.
Cladding: Wood Board
Cladding: Wood Shake
• Shake: Type of shingle that is split from a block of wood
• Shingle: Sawn, not split.
Code Requirements: Egress Window
• W: 32 ½ inches• H: 24 ½ inches• A: 5.5 SF• 44 inches AFF• Code:– W: 20 inches– H: 24 inches– A: 5.7 SF– 44 inches AFF
This window doesn’t meet code because the area is only 5.5 SF and it is supposed to be 5.7 SF
Code Requirements: Stairs
• Tread: 11 inches• Riser: 7 inches
• Code:– Tread: 10 inch min– Riser: 7 ¾ inch max
These stairs meet the code requirements.
Concrete Joints: Control
• A cut made in the concrete where a crack is expected to take place. The cut makes that point weak to force the crack to happen there. It decreases cracks in other locations.
Control Joint
Crack
Concrete Joint: Isolation
• The slab is isolated from the wall here.
Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU)
• 3 brick bonds = 1 CMU
CMU: Sizes
4 x 8 x 16 12 x 8 x 16
Decorative CMUs: Split Block
Decorative CMUs: Ribbed Block
Doors: Exterior Flush
Flush
Doors: Exterior Panel
Top Rail
Stile
Bottom Rail
Lock Rail
Panel
Doors: Transom and Sidelight
• Transom: Window placed directly above a door.
Transom
Sidelight
Sidelight: Window that is tall and skinny that is placed next to door. The glass is a tempered glass to prohibit breaking.
Electrical: Transformer
• The transformer is another step down point. It converts it to a lower voltage.
Electrical: Service Head
• The service head is where electricity is conducted from outdoor lines to the meter.
Electrical: Meter
• The meter measures the use of electricity.
Electrical: Service Panel
• The service panel is the main control center for all the electrical circuits in the house.
Electrical: Duplex Receptacle
• Where an appliance can be connected to gain electricity.
Framing: Anchor Bolt
• #1
Anchor Bolt
Framing: Sill Plate
• #2
Sill Plate
Framing: Floor Joist
• #3
Floor Joist
Framing: Subflooring
#4
Subflooring
Framing: Sole Plate
#5
Sole Plate
Framing: Stud#6
Stud
Framing: Top Plate#7
Top Plate
Framing: Ceiling Joist
#8
Ceiling Joist
Framing: Rafter
#9
Framing: Roof Decking
• # 10
Framing: Sheathing
# 11
Framing: Stringer
• # 12
Front End Loader
• A front end loader can push things and pick them up and transport things. A backhoe digs and picks up, a bulldozer pushes.
Gypsum Board
• Wall finish made out of an mineral that comes in prefrabricated sheets. It resists sound and fire.
Heat Pump• Advantage: Heats and
cools• Disadvantage: Not
efficient in colder climates
Compressor
Air Handling Unit
Compressor: The working fluid, in its gaseous state, is pressurized and circulated through the system as a liquid.
Air handling unit: Conditioning and circulating air that is temperature control.
Insulation
• Slows the transfer of heat. It keeps the building cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
Insulation: Batt
Insulation: Loose Fill
Insulation: Foam
Insulation: Rigid Board
Lintel
• Beam that goes across an opening that carries the load across the opening.
Mortar: Extruded
• This joint hasn’t been tooled or troweled. It was left alone.
• 3/8 inch • This was on a house• Probably N Mortar
Mortar: Concave
• This was tooled.• 3/8 Inch• Retaining wall• Probably N Mortar
Oriented Strand Board
• Nonveenered panel that is manufactured by taking longs pieces of wood fiber oriented in specific directions and bonded together.
Plumbing: Lavatory
• 1 ½ inch drainage pipe
Plumbing: Water Closet
• 3-inch drainage pipe
Plumbing: Shower/Tub
Plumbing: Roof Vent
Plumbing: Sink
• Drop-in sink
Plywood
• Wood panel composed of wood veneer layers bonded together using pressure.
Radiant Barrier
• Reflective foil that reflects infrared energy and keeps it from entering the living space.
Rebar
• ½ Inch• #4 Rebar
Steep Roof: Gutter
• Located on the edge of a roof. This collects runoff rainwater and show melt and directs to the downspout.
Steep Roof: Downspout
• Vertical pipe usually located on corners to transfer water from the roof to ground level.
Steep Roof: Splash Block
• Located under a downspout. It is used to block erosion from the water coming out of the downspout and to help direct the water away from the building.
Steep Roof: Underlayment
• Layer of waterproof material between the roofing material and the roof sheathing.
Steep Roof: Clay Tile
Steep Roof: Shingle (Wood Shingle)
• Shingle: Water resistant material laid in an overlapping pattern to keep water from going underneath and into the sheathing.
Steep Roof: Metal Panel
• Materials used: Galvanized or aluminum steel
Steep Roof: Gable
Steep Roof: Gambrel
Steep Roof: Hip
Steep Roof: Mansard
Steep Roof: Ridge
• The intersection of two roof planes. (Gable Roof)
Ridge
Steep Roof: Valley
Steep Roof: Eave
• The edge that is horizontal on a sloping roof.
Steep Roof: Rake
• The sloped edge of a roof.
Rake
Steep Roof: Soffit
• The underside of a roof overhang.
Soffit
Steep Roof: Fascia
• Exposed vertical face of an eave that the gutter attaches to.
Stone: Random Rubble
Stone: Coursed Rubble
Stone: Random Ashlar
Stone: Coursed Ashlar
Vapor Retarder
• Layer of material to stop the passage of water through a building assembly.
• Put on the interior face of the insulation.
Waterproofing
• Membrane applied to the outside of a foundation.
• Liquid applied
Weep Hole
• Small opening to allow water to drain out.
Welded Wire Fabric
Window: Double Hung
Window: Casement
Window: Sliding