Visual Dictionary

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Air Barrier

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

• It is used to prevent the infiltration of air and water

Attic Ventilation

• Soffit Vents allow air to circulate through the entire attic while keeping insects out.

Attic Ventilation

• Ridge vents allow for the hot air that rises to escape at the peak of the roof while keeping rain out.

Attic Ventilation

• Roof Tubines are used to pull the hot air out of the attic. They are wind powered

Attic Ventilation

• Gable vents are used to allow the air in the attic to escape and to let fresh air in.

Backhoe

• The backhoe is a piece of heavy machinery used in excavation.

24” bucket

Brick ArchesRoman Arch

Brick Bonds

Running Bonds Consist of all stretchers Header Rowlocks

Brick Bonds

• Soldiers

Brick Size

3.63x7.63x2.25Modular

Bulldozer

• Bulldozers are used to move dirt around site for grading and excavation.

CladdingBrick Wood Boards

StoneWood Shingles

Concrete Joints

• Concrete joints are made to be able to predict where the concrete will crack if it does.

Concrete Masonry Units

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

Decorative CMUs

• Split Block Ribbed Block

Doors

Interior Flush Door

Doors

Stile

Top Rail

Panel

Lock Rail

Bottom Rail

Exterior Panel Door

Electrical Components • Transformers are electrical

devices that changes the voltage of alternating current

• Electric meter is use to measure the amount of electricity used in the household

Electrical Components cont• The service panel is where all of

the currents run through breakers.

• Duplex Receptables are the common plug outlets that we all use.

Framing Elements

• 2. Sill Plate

• 6. Stud

Framing Elements

4. Subflooring

3. Floor Joist

Framing Elements

7. Top Plate

9. Ceiling Joist

Framing Elements

8. Stringer

10. Rafter

Framing Elements

Roof Decking

Sheathing12.

11.

Front End Loader

• Front end loaders have a large bucket on the front and is used to pick up loose materials such as dirt or rocks

Gypsum Board

• An interior facing panel consisting of a gypsum core sandwiched between paper faces. Also called drywall, or sheetrock

Heat Pump

• A device that utilizes a refrigeration cycle either to heat or to cool a building by passing air or water over either the condensing coils or the evaporating coils

Air Handling unit

Condensor/Evaporator

Insulation

• Insulation is used to help keep the outside air out and keep the air condition inside

Blanket

Lintel

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

Mortar

• A substance use to join masonry units, consisting of cementitious materials, fine aggregate, and water

Concave

Raked

Oriented Strand Board

• A building panel composed of long shreds of wood fiber oriented in specific directions and bonded together under pressure

Plumbing

• Drop in sink

• Manufactured Shower

Plumbing

• Water Closet

• Lavatory

Plumbing

• Roof Vents are used to let all the sewer gases escape as well as maintaining the pressure.

Rebar

• A short expression for steel reinforcing bars in concrete or masonry

Steep Roof Drainage

• Gutter- Collect the runoff water that falls of the roof

• Downspout- channels the water that is collected from the gutter to the ground

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. Shown: Clay Shingles

• Metal roof

Steep Roof Shapes

GableHip

Gambrel

Steep Roof Terms

Eave

Ridge Valley

Steep Roof Terms

Fascia

Soffit

Rake

Stone

CourseAshlar

Vapor Retarder

• Vapor Retarder- a layer of material intended to obstruct the passage of water vapor through a building assembly.

Weep Hole

• Weep Hole- a small opening whose purpose is to permit drainage of water that accumulates inside a building component assembly.

Windows

• Casement- a projected window that swings outward

• Single Hung- two parts that can both slide up and down.