This document provides definitions and descriptions of various construction materials and building components. It explains items like air barriers, attic ventilation components, types of concrete joints, brick bonds and sizes, doors and their parts, electrical system elements, framing members, insulation materials, plumbing fixtures, roofing materials and components, siding and cladding options, stone types, vapor retarders, window styles, and more.

5. Brick Arches Arch with a Keystone Roman Arch Segmental Arch Centering- Is the structure that the material for the arch is laid on during construction.

6. Brick Bonds Header Rowlock Flemish Bond – The courses alternate between headers and stretchers. Running Bond – The courses are stretchers all the way across. Soldier Sailor

7. Brick Sizes Utility Brick – 113 ½ ‘’ x ½ ‘’ x 3 ½ ‘’ Modular Brick – 3 ½’’ x 7 ½ ‘’ x 2 ¼ ‘’

9. Cladding Brick Stone – Random Rubble Wood Boards EIFS Wood Shingles and Shakes – They are a siding that modernly are either sawn or split. Wood shakes are thicker and usually left undressed.

10. Code Requirements Yes it meets code.

11. Concrete Joints Isolation Joint (Column is isolated from the slab) - Separation that allows adjoining parts of a structure to move freely from one another, both in the horizontal and vertical directions, usually a saw cut. Control Joint – An intentional, linear discontinuity in a structure or component, designed to form a plane of weakness where cracking can occur because of various forces so to minimize or eliminate cracking elsewhere in the structure.

12. Concrete Masonry Units 8’’ CMU Block - The workhorses of masonry construction. They are concrete masonry units or CMU’s. The serve primarily in foundations, retaining walls, and fireplaces. 12’’ CMU Block 4’’ CMU Block

13. Decorative Concrete Masonry Units Split Face Block

14. Doors Flush Door Sidelight- A tail, narrow window alongside a door. Panel Door Transom- A small window directly above a door. Top Rail Stile Panel Lock Rail Bottom Rail

15. Electrical Components Duplex Receptacle- Electrical outlet with space for two plugs. Service Panel- The main panel or cabinet through which electricity is brought into the building and then distributed to various branch circuits. Transformer Box- An electrical device that changes the voltage of alternation current. Meter- A meter for measuring the amount of electric power used Service Head- The assembly by which electricity is conducted from outdoor lines to the meter base.

16. Framing Elements 8 Stringer 6 Anchor Bolt 2 Sub flooring 1 Floor Joist 12 Sheathing 9 Ceiling Joist 10 Rafter 11 Roof Decking 3 Sole Plate 5 Top Plate 7 Sill Plate 4 Stud

19. Heat Pump Compressor/evaporator – the exterior component that moves outdoor air across coils containing refrigerant to change the temperature of the refrigerant. Advantage- the ability to heat a house rapidly and the potential to integrate other climate control devices with it. Disadvantage- It is difficult to zone because the furnace supplies air to the supply ducts at a single temperature, and the outside units are noisy. Air handling unit- Device used to condition and circulate air as part of a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning system.

20. Insulation A material with a low thermal conductivity that is included in a building assembly for the purpose of reducing heat flow through the assembly. Batt/Blanket insulation Loose fill Rigid Board Foamed

21. Lintel Steel Lintel - A beam that carries the load of a wall across a window or door opening.

22. Mortar Concave Joint, 3/8 inch, tooled, used on office building, and type S. Vee Joint, 3/8 inch, troweled joint, used on office building, and type S.

23. Oriented Strand Board A non-veneered panel product that is made of long wood particles compressed and glued into three to five layers. They are oriented in the same manner in each layer as the grains of the veneer layer in plywood.

24. Plumbing Vent through the roof- Creates a way for harmful waste gases to escape the house that buildup in the pipes. Drop-in sink Manufactured Shower and Tub Water closet- 3 inch Lavatory- 1 ½ inch

25. Plywood A wood panel composed of an odd number of layers of wood veneer bonded together under pressure. The layers are glued together so that adjacent plies have their wood grain at right angles to each other for greater strength. Veneer- A thin layer, sheet, or facing.

26. Radiant Barrier A reflective foil placed adjacent to an airspace in roof or wall assemblies as a deterrent to the passage of infrared energy.

27. Rebar #4 Rebar Ridges are for better mechanical anchoring in the concrete.

28. Steep Roof Drainage Splash block- A small pre-cast block of concrete or plastic used to divert water at the bottom of a downspout. Down spout- A vertical pipe for conducting water from a roof to a lower level. Gutter- A channel that collects rainwater and snowmelt at the eave of a roof.

29. Steep Roof Materials Underlayment - A panel laid over a sub floor to create a smooth, stiff surface for the application of finish flooring. Clay tile roof Metal Panel Roof – Materials used are enamel coated galvanized steel, copper, lead coated copper, stainless steel, terne, and terne coated stainless steel.

30. Steep Roof Shapes Gable Roof Gambrel Roof Hop Roof Mansard Roof

31. Steep Roof Terms Roof without fascia Ridge Rake Valley Eave Fascia Soffit Rake- The sloped perimeter edge of a roof that runs from the eaves to the ridge. The rake is usually perpendicular to the eaves and ridge. Ridge- The line where two planes of roof intersect, forming the highest point on the roof that runs the entire length of the roof. Valley- The internal intersection of two sloping roof planes that runs from the eaves to the ridge. This intersection collects the most water run-off. Eave- A roof edge that extends out past the exterior wall line. Fascia- Vertical roof trim located along the perimeter of a building, usually below the roof level. Its use can be either decorative or for waterproofing. Soffit- The underside of a roof overhang.

32. Stone Coursed Ashlar Random Rubble Coursed Rubble

33. Vapor Retarder A layer of material intended to obstruct the passage of water vapor through a building assembly. Usually on the inside of insulation or the warmer side of the insulation layer.

34. Waterproofing

35. Weep Hole Weep Hole A small opening whose purpose is to permit drainage of water that accumulates inside a building component or assembly.

36. Welded Wire Fabric

37. Windows Single-hung because it has one moving sash that slides up and down in tracks in the frame of the window. Sliding because it is essentially a single hung or double hung laid on its side where the tracks in the frame hold the sash securely along two opposite sides. Casement because it is hinged along the side of the window.