BSCI 2300 Visual Dictionary

Air Barrier Paper

• A sheet material used as both a vapor retarder and an air barrier

Attic Ventilation

• To allow water vapor to escape, but also to keep the house cooler in the summer

• Soffit Vent

Attic Ventilation

• Ridge Vent

• Gable Vent

Attic Ventilation

• Roof Turbine

Backhoe

• A mechanical excavator that draws toward itself a bucket attached to a hinged boom

• 24” Bucket width

Batter Boards

• A temporary frame built just outside the corner of an excavation to carry marks that lie on the surface planes of the foundation

Brick Arches

• Roman Arch

• Jack Arch

Brick Arches - Keystone

• Arch with a keystone

Brick Arches - Centering

• Temporary formwork for an arch, dome, or vault

Brick Bonds

• Running Bond – repeating layers of stretcher courses

• Flemish Bond – the courses alternate between headers and stretchers

Brick Bonds

• Rowlocks

• Headers

Brick Bonds

• Soldiers

• Shiners

Brick Bonds

• Sailors

Brick Sizes

• Modular Brick – 3 ½” x 2 ¼” x 7 ½”

• Utility Brick – 3 ½” x 3 ½” x 11 ½”

Bulldozer

• A powerful tractor with a broad upright blade at the front for clearing ground

Cladding

• Brick

• EIFS

Cladding

• Stone – random rubble

• Wood Boards

Cladding

• Wood Shingles – thin tapered slabs of wood, with the grain of wood running parallel to the length of the shingle

• Wood Shakes – split from the wood rather than sawn, much more irregular face texture than wood shingles

• Theses are wood shakes

Code Requirements

• Window Codes:• W = 20” minimum• H = 24” minimum• 5.7 Sq Ft minimum

• My Window:• W = 32 ¾” • H = 28”• 6.7 Sq Ft• Suitable as a means of

egress

Code Requirements

• Stair Code:• Tread = 11” min• Riser = 7 ¾” max

• My Stairs:• Tread = 11 ½”• Riser = 7”• Meets IBC

Requirements

Concrete Joints

• Control Joint – An intentional, linear discontinuity in a structure or component, designed to form a place of weakness where cracking can occur in response to various forces so as to minimize or eliminate cracking elsewhere in the structure

Concrete Joints

• Isolation Joint – joints that isolate the slab from a wall, column, or drainpipe

• Isolating the slab from the column

Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU)

• A block of hardened concrete, with or without hollow cores, designed to be laid in the same manner as a brick

• Typical Dimensions:• 7 5/8” x 15 5/8”

Decorative Concrete Masonry Units

• Split Block

• Ribbed Block

Doors

• Flush Door

Doors

• Panel Door• A Panel• A Stile• Top Rail• Lock Rail• Bottom Rail

Doors

• Transom – A small window directly above a door

• Sidelight – A tall narrow window along-side a door

Electrical Components

• Power Pole – a pole, mast, or tower that carries electric wires

• Service Head – the assembly by which electricity is conducted from outdoor lines to the meter base

Electrical Components

• Meter – a device that measures the amount of electrical energy consumed by a residence

• Service Panel – divides an electrical power feed into subsidiary circuits

Electrical Components

• Duplex Receptacle – an AC power plug

Framing Elements

• 1) Anchor Bolt

• 2) Sill Plate

Framing Elements

• 3) Floor Joist

• 4) Subflooring

Framing Elements

• 5) Sole Plate

• 6) Stud

Framing Elements

• 7) Top Plate

• 8) Stringer

Framing Elements

• 9) Ceiling Joist

• 10) Rafter

Framing Elements

• 11) Roof Decking

• 12) Sheathing

Front End Loader

• A machine with a scoop or bucket on an articulated arm at the front for digging and loading earth

• Differs from bulldozer in that it has wheels and a bucket instead of tracks and a blade.

Gypsum Board

• Interior facing panel made of a gypsum, core between two faces of paper

Heat Pump

• Advantage of Heat Pump: Saving energy so that you can generate lower energy bills.

• Disadvantage of Heat Pump: in very cold climates a backup system may be needed to effectively heat a building.

Heat Pump

• Compressor/Evaporator – 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 controlled

Insulation

• Batt/Blanket

• Loose Fill

Insulation

• Foamed

Rigid Board• Purpose: To reduce heat

flow through the assembly

Lintel

• A beam that carries the load of a wall across a window or door opening

Mortar

• Concave Joint – troweled, 3/8”, Commercial building, type N

• Raked Joint – tooled, 3/8”, Residential building, type N

Oriented Strand Board

• A nonveneered panel product which is made of long, strandlike wood particles compressed and glued into three to five layers

Plumbing

• Lavatory:• Drain Pipe Diameter:

1.5”

• Water Closet:• Drain Pipe Diameter: 3”

Plumbing

• Manufactured Tub

Plumbing

Vent

Plumbing

• Kitchen Sink• Drop in

Plywood

• A wood panel composed of an odd number of layers of wood veneer bonded together under pressure

• Veneer – A thin layer, sheet, or facing

Radiant Barrier

• A reflective foil placed adjacent to an airspace in roof or wall assemblies as a deterrent to the passage of infrared energy

Rebar

• This rebar is .625” in diameter, it would be referred to as a #5 bar

The deformations rolled into the surface of a reinforcing bar help it to bond tightly to concrete

Steep Roof Drainage

• Gutter – a channel that collects rainwater and snowmelt at the eave of a roofDownspout – a vertical pipe for conducting water from a roof to a lower levelSplash block – A small precast block of concrete or plastic used to divert water at the bottom of a downspout

Steep Roof Materials

• Underlayment – a layer of waterproof material such as building felt between roof sheathing and roofing

• Clay tile roof

Steep Roof Materials

• Shingle – A small unit of water-resistant material nailed in overlapping fashion with many other such units to render a wall or sloping roof watertight

• Metal panel roof – panels, screws, neoprene washers

Steep Roof Shapes

• Gable

• Gambrel

Steep Roof Shapes

• Hip

• Mansard

Steep Roof Terms

• Ridge – the level intersection of two roof planes going upwards

• Valley – a trough formed by the intersection of two downward sloped roofs

• Eave – the horizontal edge at the low side of a sloping roof

• Rake – sloping edge on a roof

Steep Roof Terms

• Soffit – the udersurface of a horizontal element of a building such as a roof overhang

• Fascia – exposed vertical face of an eave

W/O Fascia

Stone

• Random Rubble

• Coursed Rubble

Stone

• Random Ashlar

• Coursed Ashlar

Vapor Retarder

• A layer of material intended to obstruct the passage of water vapor through a building assembly

• Placed on the “warm in winter” side of the insulation

Waterproofing

• An impervious membrane applied to the outside of a foundation. Keeps water from entering the structure

• Fully Adhered

Weep Hole

• A small opening whose purpose is to permit drainage of water that accumulates inside a building component or assembly

Welded Wire Fabric

• A grid of steel rods that are welded together, used to reinforce a concrete slab

Windows

• Casement – This is an outswinging casement window because it is hinged along the side of the window

• Double hung – This is a double hung window because both sashes of the window move freely

Windows

• Single Hung – This is a single hung window because one sash of the window moves freely