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Air Barrier Paper
Air Barrier Paper - Used to prevent airflow and water penetration into the house. In this instance the air barrier paper is wrapped around only a small portion of the house.

Attic Ventilation
Soffit vent - Opening under the eave of the roof that allows air to flow into the attic.

Attic Ventilation
Ridge Vent - Long open assembly that allows air to circulate out of the ridge of a roof.

Attic Ventilation
Gable Vent - Opening used to exhaust excess heat from the attic.

Attic Ventilation
Roof Turbine - Helps exhaust heat from the attic or building. Pulls the air away from it.

Backhoe
A backhoe is primarily used in the beginning stages of residential construction. It is used for such things as digging foundations.
The bucket on this backhoe measured 2 feet wide.

Batter Boards Batter Boards are Boards erected at the corners of a proposed structure to specifically locate and show corners and show foundation height.

Brick Arches
Roman Arch
Keystone

Brick Arches
Jack Arch

Brick Arches
Gothic Arch

Brick Arches
Centering - Temporary framework used to construct domes and arches.

Brick Bonds
Running Bond - Stretcher courses off set

Brick Bonds
Stacked Bond - Bricks stacked on top of each other in vertical rows

Brick Bonds
Stretcher

Brick Bonds
Soldier

Brick Bonds
Sailor

Brick Bonds
Rowlock

Brick Bonds
Header

Brick Bonds
Rowlock Stretcher

Brick Sizes
Modular - 3 5/8” by 2 ¼” by 7 5/8”

Brick Sizes
Norman - 4 5/8” by 2 ¼” by 11 5/8”

Bulldozer
A Bulldozer is used to grade a site. A bulldozer is a machine that pushes dirt or any sort of land off or on a job site

Cladding
Wood Shingles
Shingle - Small unit of water resistant material nailed in overlapping fashion to render a wall or sloping roof water tight.

Cladding
Brick

Cladding
EIFS

Cladding
Stone Clad Structure – This building has a mix of random and coursed rubble Limestone.

Cladding
Wood Boards

Code Requirements
My Window
This window measured 21”x44”
This is an opening of 6.4 square feet.
This meets the code requirements.

Code Requirements
Stair s
Tread = 10.5”
Riser = 7”
Nosing = 1.25”
These stairs meet the code requirements.

Concrete Joints
Control Joint - An intentional, linear discontinuity in a structure or a 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 - An intentional, linear discontinuity in a structure or a 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.
The pole is being isolated from the slab.

Concrete Masonry Units
Also known as CMU. This is a building material that is hollowed concrete block. Meant to be laid in mortar. Standard dimensions are 8” by 8’” by 16”, which makes it equivalent to three courses of brick. The top of the wall is 4” by 8” by 16”.
One course of CMU = 3 courses of brick

Decorative Concrete Masonry Units
Split Face

Decorative Concrete Masonry Units
Ribbed

Doors
Flush Door

Doors
Panel Door
Lock Rail Bottom Rail Top Rail Stiles Panel

Doors Transom – Used to let in light over the door Sidelights – A small narrow window to the side of the door

Electrical Components Power Pole with Transformer - Holds power and transfers it to a smaller voltage to be used by the consumer.

Electrical Components
Service Head - Entrance point for power to go into a house.

Electrical Components Meter - A meter keeps track of how much power is used so that the power company will not charge you too little or too much.

Service Panel - Box that allows you to control power flow throughout your residence.

Duplex Receptacle -Provides power directly to appliances.

Framing Elements
#1. Anchor Bolt

Framing Elements
#2. Sill Plate

Framing Elements
#3. Floor Joists

Framing Elements
#4. Subflooring

Framing Elements 6. Stud 5. Sole Plate 7. Top Plate

Framing Elements
#9. Ceiling Joists

Framing Elements
#10. Rafters

Framing Elements
#11. Roof Decking

Framing Elements
#12. Sheathing
OSB used as sheathing

Framing Elements
#8. Unfinished Stringer - The sloping wood or steel member that supports the treads of a stair.

Front End Loader
Front end loader is used in the early stages like a backhoe, but is not meant for digging. It is used to move dirt and gravel or anything necessary. It doesn’t just push dirt like a bulldozer, it also picks it up

Gypsum Board
Gypsum board is gypsum in between two sheets of paper. A material used for walls and ceilings. Also known as sheet rock or drywall.

Heat Pump
Compressor – Brings fresh air into house.
Air Handling Unit – Regulates temperature in house.
Advantages – Rapid response time Disadvantages – Relatively noisy

Insulation
Insulation is a material used that has a low conductivity to help keep heat and cold air through the structure or assembly.

Insulation
Batt/Blanket Insulation

Insulation
Loose Filled

Insulation
Foam

Insulation
Rigid

Lintel
A lintel is a beam that carries a load of an opening.

Mortar
Concave mortar joints are troweled. Used on a church. 3/8” mortar joints. This looks like K mortar.

Mortar
Flush mortar joints are troweled. Used on an educational building. 3/8” mortar joints. This looks like K mortar.

Oriented Strand Board
A type of sheathing similar to plywood. It is not veneered, and it is strands of wood that is bonded together by pressure in specific directions. Its typical dimensions are 4’ by 8’.

Plumbing
Drop-in Sink

Plumbing
Manufactured shower and tub – This shower and tub are ready to be installed

Plumbing
This plumbing vent is letting the gas from plumbing pipes escape through the roof instead of coming back into the house.

Plumbing
A lavatory is a sink. This one uses a 1.5” piping to drain it.

Plumbing
Water Closet
Uses a typical 3” pipe to drain

Plywood
Plywood is a wood panel composed of an odd number of layers of wood veneer bonded together under pressure. Veneer is a thin layer or sheet.

Radiant Barrier This radiant barrier is used around duct work.

Rebar #5 rebar. Measured 5/8”. The rebar has ridges on it so it will grip inside the concrete and not slide out.

Steep Roof Drainage
Gutter - Channel that collects rainwater and snowmelt at the eave of a roof
Downspout - Vertical piping used to drain water from roof to lower level or ground.

Steep Roof Drainage
Splashblock - Small piece of concrete or plastic used to divert water at bottom of the downspout.

Steep Roof Materials
Metal Panel Roof - Aluminized steel

Shingle - Small unit of water resistant material nailed in overlapping fashion to render a wall or sloping roof water tight.

Clay Tile Roof

Underlayment - Underlayment helps keep moisture and any penetration out of the sheathing.

Steep Roof Shapes
Gambrel

Steep Roof Shapes
Gable

Steep Roof Shapes
Hipped Roof

Steep Roof Shapes
Mansard

Steep Roof Terms
Ridge - Level intersection of two roof planes in a gable vent.
Fascia - Exposed vertical face of an eave.
Eave - Horizontal edge at the low side of a roof.

Steep Roof Terms
Valley - Trough formed by the intersection of two parts of a roof
Rake - Sloping edge of a steep roof

Steep Roof Terms
Soffit - Undersurface of a horizontal element of a building, especially a roof overhang.

Steep Roof Terms
Building without a fascia has no board or face to the eave.

Stone
Random Rubble
Coursed Rubble
This wall is a mix of Random Rubble and Coursed Rubble.

Stone
Coursed Ashlar
Random Ashlar

Vapor Retarder
Vapor retarder protects moisture. It is usually put on the warm winter side of the insulation.

Waterproofing
Definition: An impervious membrane applied to the outside of a foundation to prevent water permeation.
This is adhered waterproofing.

Weep Hole
Weep hole allows water to drain from where it has seeped through the mortar.

Welded Wire Fabric These are 8’ by 4’ WWF.

Windows Awning - This is an awning window because it is hinged at the top of the window. Casement - This is a casement window because it is hinged at the side and it swings outward.

Windows

Windows
This is double hung because it has two overlapping sashes that slide vertically in tracks.

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