Visual Dictionary

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April 26, 2010

Air Barrier – An external membrane applied to the sheathing behind the veneer which serves as a weather barrier and helps prevent air infiltration

Attic Ventilation - Serves to allow water vapor and hot attic air to escape through the roof vents and allows for circulation Soffit Vent

– Allows air into the attic so that warmer air may escape through the high vents

Gable Vent – Allows hot attic air to escape and prevents buildup of heat conducted through the roof of the structure

Ridge Vent – Allows hot attic air to escape through the ridge vent

Roof Turbine – allows the air to escape by drawing it out through the roof like a fan

Backhoe – Heavy machinery used for excavation of

smaller site clearing projects such as tree removal or used to dig footing and some basement excavation.

Bucket width – 32”

Batter Boards – Temporary framework erected just outside the corners of a foundation excavation used to make sure the structure is square and also to carry the lines of a footing from corner to corner

Brick ArchesArch with a keystone

ELIPTICAL

ROMAN ARCH

CENTERING!!!!!!!!

Brick Bonds

Running Bond

Rowlocks

Headers

Soldiers

Sailors

Flemish Bond

Brick Sizes

8 ¾” x 4” x 2 ½” 9” x 3 7/8” x 3”

Bulldozer – Heavy machinery used during site prep. It is used to level a site by grading with the front blade and pushing dirt around areas of the construction site

72” Blade

Cladding

Brick Cladding

EFIS

Stone Clad – Random Rubble

Wood Clad

Wood Shakes - SplitWood Shingles - Sawn

Wood Shakes

Code Requirements

- 36” x 73” -36” x 36” opening (9 sq. ft.)-- Sill height 11” AFF

For emergency escape and rescue:Max. sill height AFF – 44”Is the sill w/i 44” of finish grade?-Yes – min. net opening 5.5 sq. ft.-No – min. net opening 5.7 sq. ft.

Window meets code because it is within the minimum net opening requirements and within the maximum sill height requirements

Code Requirements

Tread – 10 7/8”Riser – 7”

Stairs meet code because they are within the allowed minimum and maximum

Code:

Tread – 10” min.Riser – 7 ¾” max

Concrete Joints

Control Joint – a designed cut in concrete to weaken the slab at that point in an attempt to prevent cracking elsewhere

crack

Isolation Joint – Separates concrete from objects or structures, and allows independent movement without any connection that could cause damage to either object. This one isolates the slab from the driveway.

Driveway

Slab

Concrete Masonry unit – block of hardened concrete designed to be laid up like masonry brick. The hollow cores allow for the block walls to be filled with grout for additional strength. CMU is more economical for foundation walls than cast in place concrete, and when laid by a proper mason, one course of block is equal to3 courses of standard brick w/ a 3/8” mortar joint. A typical block is 8” x 8” x 16” w/ a 3/8” mortar joint.

Different size CMU

4x8x16

8x8x16

Decorative CMU

Split Block Ribbed

Doors

Flush Door

Panel Door (Tiger paws are horrible at taking visual

dictionary pictures)

Top Rail

Stile

Panel

Lock Rail

Bottom Rail

Doors

Transom – small window directly over door

Sidelight – tall narrow window running along either or both sides of a door

Electrical Components

Duplex Receptacle

Meter

Transformer

Service Head

Service Panel

Framing Elements

#1 Anchor Bolt

#4 Sub Flooring

#2 Sill Plate

#3 Floor Joist

Framing Elements

#7 Top Plate#6 Studs

#5 Sole Plate

Framing Elements

#8 Unfinished Stringer

Framing Elements#9 Ceiling Joists

#10 Rafters

Framing Elements

#11 Roof Decking

#12 Sheathing

Front End Loader – used for transporting piles of dirt or other materials across a jobsite. The hydraulic arms on the bucket allows the ability to place material at a raised elevation. Used for loading dump trucks and backfilling . Unlike a bulldozer, a loader has the ability to scoop dirt out of the ground and move it to another location rather than pushing and spreading it around an area.

72” bucket

Gypsum Board – an interior finish board made from a gypsum core sandwiched between two paper faces

Heat Pump Compressor – compresses the refrigerant gas which gives off heat, thus cooling the air as it blows across the cooler coils at the air handler

-One main disadvantage of the heat pump system is that it is noisy. One must take into account where to place the outside compressors to avoid noise intrusion into the home.-One advantage of a heat pump system is that it is the most efficient way to heat and cool a home

Heat PumpAir Handler – forces the air through the system with the use of a blower fan. Also, cooler air is blown across a heating element inside the air handler to warm it up before distributing it through the duct

Batt Insulation – Insulation is used to create the thermal envelope for the house to reduce air infiltration/heat loss in the home

Insulation

Insulation

Loose Fill

Insulation

Rigid Board Insulation

Lintel

Concrete Lintel – a concrete lintel that carries the load of the wall across a door or window

Mortar

Extruded Joint – This house used a 3/8” joint neither trowled nor tooled with type ‘M’ mortar

Mortar

Concave Mortar Joint-Tooled- 3/8” joint spacing-Building - Church- Type ‘M’

Oriented Strand Board

OSB – a nonveneered panel made up of long strands of wood shavings which are compressed and glued together in several layers. Each layer is oriented opposite the direction of the previous layer for strength

Plumbing

Lavatory – uses 1 ½” drain pipe

Plumbing

Water closet – uses 3” pipe to drain

Plumbing

Plumbing

Vent Through Roof – allows air to enter the plumbing system which lets the water drain from the pipes

Plumbing

Under-mounted sink

Plywood– manufactured by gluing thin layers of wood together, rotating each layer 90 degrees so that the grain in the wood does not run the same direction in each layer. This provides greater strength and equalizes moisture movement

ve·neer   (və-nîr')n.

A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material.Any of the thin layers glued together to make plywood.A decorative facing, as of brick.A deceptive, superficial show; a façade: a veneer of friendliness.

Rebar

#4 Rebar (1/2” thickness) The purpose of the deformations is where the concrete will bond to it better

Steep Roof DrainingGutter – a channel which collects rainwater at the eave of a roof

Downspout – A vertical pipe for conducting the rainwater from the gutter to a lower level discharge point

Splashblock - a precast concrete block used to dissipate the water at the downspout’s discharge point

Steep Roof Draining

Steep Roof Materials

Underlayment – A thin layer of waterproof material laid between the roof deck and roofing. It allows to get the house ‘in the dry’ so progress will not be held up due to inclement weather and protects the building before the roofing is applied

Steep Roof

Clay Tile Roof

Shingle – a water resistant material nailed in an overlapping pattern with other like materials to make the roof watertight.

Steep Roof Material

Steep Roof Materials

Slate Roof

Steep Roof Materials

Metal Panel Roof - Aluminum steel

Steep Roof Shapes

Gable Roof

Steep Roof Shapes

Gambrel Roof

Sttep Roof Shapes

Hip Roof

Steep Roof Shapes

Mansard Roof

Steep Roof Terms

Ridge - the level intersection of roof planes

Valley – the sloping intersection of roof planes when water runs to it

Eave – the level, low edge of the roof

Steep Roof Terms

Rake – the sloping edge of a steep roof

Steep Roof Terms

Facia

Soffit

Soffit – the exposed vertical face of the eave

Facia – the undersurface of a roof overhang installed to enclose the rafter tails

Steep Roof Terms

No Facia – House with exposed rafter tails

Stone

Random Rubble Pattern

Stone

Random Ashler Patter

Stone

Coursed Ashler Pattern

Vapor Retarder - put in place to reduce the passage of air and water vapor through the building assembly to prevent condensation. It is usually placed towards the inside of the building (warm-in-winter).

Waterproofing – installed to prevent the passage of water through the CMU into a basement or crawlspace. This is an example of liquid applied.

Weep Hole - a small hole opening in the brick veneer to allow accumulated water from the building to escape from the cavity wall

Welded Wire Fabric

WWF – 6” x 6” grid

Windows

Double Hung Window - Both top and bottom sash open

-Vinyl clad

Awning Window –window swings out

-Metal