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Air Barrier• Tyvek – creates a membrane around the

structure in which air can not freely permeate through.

Attic Ventilation• Attic ventilation is needed to

release any accumulated heat in the attic space out. It also allows water vapor to escape the attic.

• • Soffit –

• Ridge vent

• Gable vent

• Roof turbine

Back Hoe

• A back hoe digs Earth material from the ground a construction site.

• The width of this bucket is 2’

Batter Boards• Batter boards are temporary boards put in

place just out side of the area where the foundation is to be poured. The batter boards help the workers locate the exact corners and edges of the foundation

Brick Arches• Parabolic• Bulls Eye

• Jack arch

• Keystone on roman arch• Centering – is used to hold bricks in place

in an arch till the mortar sets

Brick Bonds• Flemish – alternating headers and strecthers

• Running – stretchers laid continuously and on top of each other

Bricks

• Rowlocks

• Headers

Bricks

• Soldiers – • Sailors –

• Stretcher rowlocks (shiners)

Brick Sizes

• Brick 1) modular, 3 1/2” X 2 ½” X 7 ½”

Brick 2

• 3 1/2” x 2 1/4” x 8” it is a Standard

Bulldozer

• A bulldozer is a piece of heavy equipment used to push big amount of loosened Earth around a job site. It can help level the job site also.

Cladding

• Brick• EIFS

• Stone – random ashlar

Cladding

• Wood Board – painted side of wood barn

• Wood Shingles – sawn pieces of wood.

Code Requirements

• Window, 29” from the floor, 34” wide x 58” long = 13.69 sq. ft.

• IBS requirements – less than or equal to 44” from AFF with a minimum dimension of 36” and Sq Ft area of 9.

• Window is less than 44” AFF , has a 58” long dimension, and is 13.69sq ft.

Stair tread and risers

• IBC requirements – 7 ¾” maximum rise and 10” minimum tread.

Concrete Joint

• A concrete joint tries to make the cracks that will occur in concrete occur in a place that the designer chooses. Need crack not in one

• Isolation joint (column from slab)– used to allow columns or walls to move separately of the foundation

Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU)

• A CMU is block made from concrete that is meant to be laid as if it were brick.

• Its typical dimensions are 7 /58” x 7 5/8” x 15 5/8”

• 1 block = 3 bricks

CMU sizes

• CMU 4” CMU 16”

Decorative CMU

• Split block• Ribbed blocks

Doors

Flush Door

Door

• 6 Panel door • top rail• Panel• stile• lock rail• bottom rail

Door

• Transom – a window immediately above a door

• Sidelight – a window immediately besides a door.

Electrical Components• Power pole – holds electrical

wires for safe transmission of electricity from the power plant.

• Service head – brings electricity from the power lines to the meter base.

• Meter – Measures how much electricity a house uses.

• Service panel – Distributes electricity to the circuits within a house.

• Duplex receptacle – Is what you plug appliances into so they can receive power.

• 1. Anchor bolts• 2. Sill plate

• 3. Floor joist

Framing Elements

Framing cont.

• 4. Subflooring• 5. Sole plate

• 6. Stud• 7. Top plate

Framing Cont.

• 8. Ceiling joist• 9. Rafter

• 10. Roof decking• 11. sheathing

Framing continued

• 12. stringer

Front End Loader• Used for picking up

earth material or debris from a job site and moving it.

• Is distinguished from a bulldozer by its ability to pick up material and raise it ton elevated height.. Its is different from a back hoe in that it can not dig.

Gypsum Board

• Gypsum board is a panel made from calcified rock and fibers sandwiched between two paper sheets.

Heat Pump

• One advantage – they heat or cool a building quickly

• One disadvantage – they are loud.

• Compressor/condenser – pulls heat from the air to distribute through out the building

• Air Handling unit – mixes outside and inside air

Insulation- retards the flow of heat into the building in the summer and out of the building

in the winter

• Foamed – is a spray foam that is sprayed into the area where it is to be laid. Densely packed and has a high R – value.

• Batt – rock wool or glass wool , light and fluffy can be cut with a knife.

• Rigid board – used where insulation thickness matters. Is a panel installed like sheathing that provides insulation.

• Loose fill – is glass fiber, or rock wool with a

fire retardant cellulose coating. It is blown into place.

Lintel

• Lintel – A steel beam that is used to hold up bricks around an opening. Bricks do not span well with out support from beneath.

Mortar 1

• 1) Flush, tooled• 1/2” in width• Apartment complex• S Strength

Mortar 2

• tooled• 3/8” in width• Retaining wall • M strength because its in contact with the

ground.

OSB

• Oriented Strand Board is strand like wood particle that are glued and the compressed into layers of 3 to 5. the strains are orient perpendicular to each other from layer to layer.

• It is manufactured by laying the long strand like particle down in an alternating orientation with glue and then compressing the layers together.

• Lavatories - A sink used for washing with a means of draining. Size pipe used to flush the water down is a 1 1/2” diameter pipe.

• Water closet – a toilet, flushed solid waste, piping size required is 3”

Plumbing

TUB

• Tub installed without gypsum board.

VTR

• Vent Through Roof – provides air to the sewer pipes so that water from the P trap is not sucked out.

sink

• Sink – sit on top

Plywood• Plywood is a wood panel product.

It is made up of thin veneers glued together with the front and back grains facing the same direction but with the inner veneer laying perpendicular to layer beneath it.

• Plywood is made from rotary sliced logs that produces a continuous thin veneer from a log.

• Veneer – a thin layer of wood having been rotary sliced from a log. Produces a nice grain finish.

Radiant Barrier• Definition – reduces the flow of solar

heat by reflecting infrared radiation with an aluminum foil. Goes over the rafters and beneath the sheathing

Rebar

• Size #4• Deformations purpose

is to allow the bars to grip to the concrete so the bars do not slip.

Steep Roof Drainage

• Gutter – usually a metal tube on the eave of a roof that collects rain water.

• Downspout – directs the water collected by the gutter to the splash block on the ground.

• Splash block – receives the water from the down spout. Prevents erosion of the soil below the down spout.

Steep Roof Materials

• Underlayment – helps provide extra protection from

water getting into the sheathing and then attic.

• Clay

Steep roof Cont.• Shingle – sawn

wood planks.

• Panel Metal Roof – galvanized or aluminized steel

Steep Roof Shapes

• Gable• Gambrel

• Hip • mansard

Steep Roof Terms• Ridge – the highest point on a roof where

the sides of a roof intersect.

• Valley – the area where the slopes of two adjacent roofs come together.

• Eave – the low level edge of a roof

Steep Roof Cont

• Rake – the low sloping edge of a roof

• Soffit – the area underneath where a roof hangs over, is usually perforated for ventilation.

Steep Roof Cont

•Fascia – the area at the bottom of a roof that faces outward. Is attached to the butts of the rafters.

•Building without a Facia – does not have a bottom rail that is attached to the rafters

Stone

• Coarse Ashlar

• Random Ruble

• Random Ashlar

• Course Ruble

Vapor Retarder

• Prevents water vapor from getting into the insulation. Goes on the warm in winter side.

Waterproofing

• Waterproofing – this one is liquid applied water proofing. Water proofing prevents water from penetrating into the basement.

Weep Hole

• Definition – allows water that gets behind the brick to escape and not collect.

Welded Wire Fabric

• The wire squares are 6” x 6”

Windows

Awning – pivots from the top horizontal axis and swings outward

• Casement – pivots from the side and opens outward

windows

Hopper – swings on the bottom horizontal axis and opens inward.