Air Barrier Paper

This material is a vapor retardant and and air barrier.

This particular Tyvek wrap is serving as a barrier against weather elements while renovations are completed.

Attic Ventilation

Gable Vent

Soffit Vent

Roof Turbine

Ridge Vent

Soffit vents intake air for ventilation. Cross drafts are created in wind with a gable vent, and ridge vents are used to ventilate continuously along an entire roof. The roof turbine is similar to the ridge vent in the sense that it is a form of high-ventilation.

Waters vapors escape through attic ventilation.

BackhoeBackhoes are used for excavating, using the digging bucket at the end of an arm with two joints.

This backhoes bucket is 17’’ wide.

Batter Boards

Batter Boards are simply just temporary markings which frame the outline the house for excavation.

Brick Arches

This arch has a keystone, and is elliptical.

Brick BondsFlemish Bond- Each course of brick consists of alternating headers and stretchers, with the headers centered over the stretchers in intervening courses.

Running Bond- All stretchers. This one is laid in ½ bond.

Rowlock

Soldier

Rowlock Stretcher

Sailor

Header

Brick Sizes

The brick is half the size of the modular brick.

This Brick is w x 2 ¼”. x 7 ½” This brick is a modular brick and the width should be between 3 ½” and 3 5/8”.

Bulldozer

A bulldozer is equipped with a huge metal plate, used to push large quantities of soil, sand, rubble, etc. during construction work.

CladdingStone

Wood Shake

EIFS

Wood Board

MetalWood shingles are thin pieces of sawn wood that overlap. Wood shake is split from the wood rather than sawn, and have a irregular face texture.

Code Requirements70’’ High34 ¾’’ wide

The area of opening is approx 8ft squared , which is more than the required 5’ of opening for bedrooms on the first floor. This window conforms with IRC standards.

The Tread is 11’’ and the Riser is 7 ½’’, so they meet IRC requirements, which state that tread be no less then 10’’ and Riser no more then 7 ¾’’

Concrete Joints

An isolation joint discontinues the concrete. Separating the concrete from the house with this joint reduces cracking. Here the control joint is separating a concrete slab from the rest of the House.

A control joint intentionally discontinues the concrete in a structure to help reduce cracking. In this picture, the control joint has failed in this particular spot of concrete.

Concrete Masonry Units

The CMU is 8” x 4” x 6”

Concrete Masonry Units, or CMUs, are blocks of hardened concrete, with or without hollow cores, designed to be laid in the same manner as brick or stone; a concrete block. Generally their dimensions are 8” x 8” x 16”

Decorative CMU

Split Block

DoorsTransom-A Window above the door.

Sidelight- A window alongside a door.

Panel Top Rail

Lock Rail

Stile

Bottom Rail

Flush Exterior Door

Electrical Components

Transformer converts voltage of thousands of volts to 110/220 volt current

A service panel distributes the electricity from wires to receptacles throughout the house.

Framing Elements

Stud

Floor Joist

Anchor Bolt

Sill Plate

Sole Plate

Top Plate

Rafter

Front End Loader

A piece of excavating equipment with a large, broad scoop on the front.

Gypsum Board

Also called drywall, Gypsum board has a Gypsum core in between two paper faces

Heat Pump

It has a fast response time, but is noisy

The compressor contains the fan which moves air across coils which contain refrigerant to change the temperature of the refrigerant.

InsulationBatt/Blanket

Rigid Board

Loose fill

Low thermal conductivity for energy efficiency

Lintel

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

Mortar

This mortar joint is beaded. It is a little under ½” thick and is tooled. The mortar type is type S.

Oriented Strand Board (OSB)

A pressure treated panel product composed of long shreds of wood fiber.

The two outer layers have grains running Parallel, and the inner layers run perpendicular. These layers are then dried, glued, and pressed together.

Plumbing

Water ClosetTypically a 3” diameter pipe

Lavatory bowl used for washing. Typical piping size of 1 ½” diameter.

Drop-in sink

Plywood

Plywood is a wood panel composed of an odd number of layers Pressure bonded wood. The wood is rotary sliced off the tree, then dried to remove moisture, cut to size, glued in layers, and the pressed into boards.

Veneer is a thin layer, sheet, or facing.

Radiant Barrier

Rebar

½” diameter rebar. Referred to as #4 because it is 4 eigths of an inch. The form of the surface of the rebar are to give it more surface space to adhere to concrete and grout, and to prevent slippage within the concrete. We use rebar for its tensile strength.

Steep Roof Drainage

Gutter

Downspout

Splashblock

The gutter collects rainwater and snow melt. It then channels it toward the downspout.

A downspout is a vertical pipe that uses gravity to drain water.

A Splahblock is a cement block that prevents soil erosion at opening of downspout.

Steep Roof MaterialsA shingle is a water resistant roof material that overlaps other shingles.

Clay Tile Roof

Typically made of enamel-coated galvanized steel, copper, lead-coated copper, stainless steel.

Metal panel roof

There is underlayment in roof to add another moisture barrier.

Steep Roof Shapes Hip

Gable

Gambrel

Mansard

Steep Roof TermsRidge

Rake

Soffit

Eave

FasciaEave: Low edge of roofRake: Sloped edge of roofRidge: Point of Intersecting plainsFascia: Board nailed to raftersSoffit: Encloses rafter tails

StoneCoursed RubbleRandom Rubble

Coursed Ashtar

Random Ashtar

Vapor Retarder

There is water vapor resistant material attached to this insulation on the interior side.

Waterproofing

Waterproofing helps control moisture that could enter the house. This is loosely laid waterproofing.

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 group of steel rods welded together, used to reinforce concrete slabs.

Windows

This window is a fixed window casement.

This window is an awning window because it opens at the bottom since it is hinged at the top

This window is a double hung window because it slides into an open position.