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