Visual Dictionary

Walton Stone

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Air Barrier Paper

• Definition: Sheet material used on the exterior of a house to prevent air infiltration

• Function: It is preventing air from infiltrating the building and preventing the increase of air volume inside the building

Attic Ventilation: Soffit Vent

• Soffit Vents are needed to allow cool air to flow into the attic space while still keeping out insects

Attic Ventilation: Ridge Vent

• Ridge Vents at the peak of the roof discharge the air entering through soffit vents or frieze block vents, and allow airflow through the attic

Attic Ventilation: Gable Vent

• Gable vents discharge the air from soffit vents or frieze block vents to create airflow through the attic

Attic Ventilation: Roof Turbine

• Roof Turbines have a fan that spins to suck hot air out of the attic space and discharge it, replacing gable or ridge vents

Backhoe

• Definition: Excavating equipment that consists of a digging bucket at the end of a two-part articulated arm, and is used for digging and dumping large amounts of dirt for various foundation and cut or fill projects

• Bucket Width: 24”

Batter Boards

• Definition/Function: A temporary frame built just outside the corner of an excavation to carry marks that lie on the surface planes of the basement that will be built in the excavation, they establish the position, shape, and size of the building on site

Brick Arches: Parabolic Arch

Brick Arches: Roman Arch

Brick Arches: Arch with a Keystone

Brick Arches: Centering

• Definition: Temporary formwork for an arch, dome, or vault (this one was not removed)

Brick Bonds: Flemish Bond

• Flemish bonds feature rows of alternating stretcher and header bricks

Brick Bonds: Stretcher Bond

• Stretcher bonds feature rows of all stretcher bricks next to each other

Brick Bonds: Rowlocks

Brick Bonds: Headers

Brick Bonds: Soldiers

Brick Bonds: Sailors

Brick Bonds: Stretcher Rowlocks (Shiners)

Brick Sizes: Modular Brick3 1/2” x 7 1/2” x 2 1/4”

Brick Sizes: Roman Brick3 1/2” x 11 1/2” x 1 5/8”

Bulldozer

• Definition: A crawler equipped with a metal blade used to push large quantities of soil, sand, or rubble during construction work

Cladding: Brick Clad Structure

Cladding: EFIS Clad Structure

Cladding: Stone Clad StructureCoursed Rubble

Cladding: Wood Board Clad Structure

Cladding: Wood Shingle Clad Structure

• Wood Shingle-Wood shingle that is sawed smooth on each side

• Wood Shake-Wood shingle that is split rough on at least one side

Code Requirements: Egress Window

• The window egress is 36” high by 32” wide and has a 24” sill. The requirements are for it to be at least 34 1/4” wide, 24” high and no more than a 44” sill. This window does not meet code because it is not wide enough.

Code Requirements: Stair Studied

• The stair has a riser of 8” and a tread of 10 1/2” without nosing. Code requires for a stair to have at least 10” tread and no more than 7 3/4” riser. The stair does not meet code because the riser is too high.

Concrete Joints: Control Joint

• Definition: An intentional, linear discontinuity in a structure or component, designed to form a plane 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

• Definition: A surface divider joint that provides space for the surface to expand

Concrete Masonry Unit: 1 CMU=3 Brick Courses

Concrete Masonry Unit:

• Definition: A block of hardened concrete, with or without hollow cores, designed to be laid in the same manner as a brick or stone; a concrete block. Typical dimensions: 7 5/8” x 7 5/8” x 15 5/8”.

Decorative Concrete Masonry Units: Split-Block

Decorative Concrete Masonry Unit: Ribbed

Doors: Exterior Flush Door

Doors: Exterior Panel DoorStile

Top Rail

Panel

Lock Rail

Bottom Rail

Doors: Transom

• Definition: A small window directly above a door

Doors: Sidelight

• Definition: A tall, narrow window alongside a door

Electrical Components: Power Pole

• Function: The power pole holds up power lines and contains the transformer, which is a device that changes the voltage of the alternating current.

Transformer

Electrical Components: Service Head

• Function: Conducts electricity from outdoor lines to the meter base

Electrical Components: Meter

• Function: Measures the amount of electricity used by a certain unit for billing purposes

Electrical Components: Service Panel

• Function: A central box of switches where the various branches of electical wiring can be switched on or off for specific areas of a building

Electrical Components: Duplex Receptacle

• Function: Serves as a receptacle where any two electric appliances or devices can be connected to the electrical wiring

Framing Elements: #1 Anchor Bolt

Framing Elements: #2 Sill Plate

Framing Elements: #3 Floor Joists

Framing Elements: #4 Subflooring

Framing Elements: #5 Sole Plate

Framing Elements: #6 Stud

Framing Elements: #7 Top Plate

Framing Elements: #8 Ceiling Joist

Framing Elements: #9 Rafter

Framing Elements: #10 Roof Decking

Framing Elements: #11 Sheathing

Framing Elements: #12 Stringer

Front-end Loader

• Definition: It is a construction vehicle that is primarily used to load and transport materials onto or into another vehicle or place. It differs from a bulldozer in that it is used to pick up material rather than merely push it.

Loader

Bucket Attachment

Gypsum Board

• Definition: An interior facing panel consisting of a gypsum core sandwiched between paper faces

Heat Pump

• Advantage: Heat Pumps increase heating efficiency by a factor of 3

• Disadvantage: Cooling ducts for heat pumps must be larger because of a larger volume of air

Heat Pump: Compressor/ Condenser

• The compressor/ condenser extracts heat from the cool air outside by moving the air across coils that change the temperature of the refrigerant

Heat Pump: Air Handling Unit

The Air Handling Unit contains filters, heating/cooling coils, and blowers to clean, regulate, and circulate the desired temperature throughout a house

Insulation: Blanket Insulation

• The purpose of insulation is to to prevent the passage of heat from penetrating the wall of a house and keep the inside heat from escaping to the outside, while keeping the inhabitants comfortable and saving them money on energy costs

Insulation: Loose Fill Insulation

Insulation: Rigid Board Insulation

Insulation: Foamed Insulation

Lintel

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

Mortar: Concave Joint

• Tooled Joint• 3/8”• Large

Office/Classroom Building

• Type S

Mortar: Raked Joint

• Tooled Joint• 3/8”• Small Mechanical

Building• Type S

Oriented Strand Board

• Definition: Nonveneered panel product composed of long shreds of wood fiber oriented in specific directions and bonded together under pressure

Plumbing: Lavatory

• 1 1/2” Piping used to drain

Plumbing: Water Closet

• 3” Piping used to drain

Plumbing: Manufactured Tub

Plumbing: Roof Vent

• The roof vent allows air to enter into the drainage and waste system to allow them to drain using the atmospheric pressure

Plumbing: Countertop Sink

• Drop-in Sink

Plywood

• Definition: Wood panel composed of and odd number of layers of wood veneer (thin sheets of wood) bonded together under pressure

Radiant Barrier

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

Rebar

• 1/2” rebar #4• The deformations

rolled into the surface of a rebar help it to bond tightly to concrete

Steep Roof Drainage: Gutter

• Definition: A channel that collects snowmelt and rainwater at the eave of a roof and channels it to a downspout

Steep Roof Drainage: Downspout

• Definition: A vertical pipe for conducting rainwater and snowmelt from the roof via the gutter and channeling it to the ground

Steep Roof Drainage: Splash Block

• Definition: Small pre-cast block of concrete or plastic used to divert water at the bottom of a downspout

Steep Roof Materials: Underlayment

• Definition: A layer of waterproof material such as building felt between roof sheathing and roofing to keep rainwater from leaking through the roof

Steep Roof Materials: Clay Tile

Steep Roof Materials: Shingles

• Definition: A small unit of water-resistant material nailed in overlapping fashion wit may other such units to render a wall or sloping roof watertight

• Metal Shingles

Steep Roof Materials: Metal Panel Roof

• Typical materials used: Aluminized Steel

Steep Roof Shapes: Gable Roof

Steep Roof Shapes: Gambrel Roof

Steep Roof Shapes: Hip Roof

Steep Roof Shapes: Mansard Roof

Steep Roof Terms: Ridge

• Definition: The level intersection of two roof planes in a gable roof

Steep Roof Terms: Valley

• Definition: A trough formed by the intersection of two roof slopes

Steep Roof Terms: Eave

• Definition: The horizontal edge at the low side of a sloping roof

Steep Roof Terms: Rake

• Definition: The sloping edge of a steep roof

Steep Roof Terms: Soffit

• Definition: The undersurface of a horizontal element of a building, especially the underside of a stair or a roof overhang

Steep Roof Terms: Fascia

• Definition: The exposed vertical face of an eave

Steep Roof Terms: Building Without a Fascia

• Definition: A Building that has no vertical face on its eaves

Stone: Random Rubble Pattern

Stone: Coursed Rubble Pattern

Stone: Random Ashlar Pattern

Stone:Coursed Ashlar Pattern

Vapor Retarder

• Vapor retarder is intended to obstruct the passage of water vapor through a building assembly and is placed on the warm in winter side of a wall’s insulation (insulation to be installed as sheathing here)

Waterproofing

• Waterproofing is applied to the outside of the foundation and is impervious to water and water accumulation

• Loosely Laid

Weep Hole

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

Windows: Single-Hung

• The window has two components, with only the bottom one operable, and it opens from the bottom up and latches in the middle when closed

Windows: Sliding

• The window has two components, one of which is stationary and the other of which can slide horizontally and latch on the side

Windows: Casement

• The window has one component that cranks to open out to the left or right like a door