The document defines and provides visual examples of various construction terms related to building materials and components. It includes definitions and images for items like air barriers, attic ventilation methods, brick bonds and sizes, cladding types, code requirements, concrete joints, CMU sizes, door parts, electrical system components, framing members, insulation types, mortar joints, plumbing fixtures, rebar, roof drainage features, roof materials, roof shapes, stone wall patterns, vapor retarders, waterproofing methods, weeps, and window styles.

1. Visual Dictionary By: Waterstop

5. Brick Arches Arch #1 Elliptical Arch #2 Roman Arch with Keystone

6. Brick Bonds Rowlock Header Soldier Shiner Running Bond: Staggered stretcher courses Flemish Bond: Alternate between headers and stretchers

7. Brick Sizes Modular: 3 ½ x 2 ¼ x 7 ½ Utility: 3 5/8 x 3 ½ x 11 ½

9. Cladding Coursed rubble. Brick Wood Board Shake : Beveled boards used for siding that are similar to clapboards but longer and wider. EIFS Shingle: A small unit of water-resistant material secured in overlapping fashion with many other units to render a roof watertight . Shake

10. Code Requirements Tread: 9” Riser: 7 5/8” IBC: Tread: 10” min. Riser: 7 ¾” max. Doesn’t meet tread code. Window: 34” x 28” Area: 952 sq. in Sill Height: 21 ½” IBC: Max 44” sill height Min area: 5.7 sq ft Min. 20” wide & 24” tall Meets all code requirements.

11. Concrete Joints Control joint: An intentional, linear discontinuity designed to form a plane of weakness where cracking can occur in response to various forces so as to minimize cracking elsewhere. Isolation joints: Separate the slab from objects or structures, and allow independent movement of the concrete, object or structure without any connection that could cause damage. Slab from wall.

12. CMU 11 5/8” 15 5/8” CMU: A block of hardened concrete, with or without hollow cores, designed to be laid as is brick or stone. Allows for high compression forces and when paired with rebar, is strong in tension as well. Typical Dimensions: 8x8x16

13. Decorative CMU

14. Doors Top rail Stile Lock rail Panel Bottom Rail Transom Sidelight Transom: A small window directly above a door. Sidelight: A tall, narrow window alongside a door.

15. Electric Transformer reduces a high voltage to a lower, usable voltage. Service Head: Point at which the outdoor electrical wiring enters the structure. Meter: Records the amount of power that the residence is pulling from the power grid. Service Panel: Controls the amount of amperes and voltage into the circuits; tripping if too high. Duplex Receptacle: Point in structural circuit where appliances are introduced

16. Framing 1.Anchor Bolt 6.Stud 5.Sole Plate 3.Floor Joist 4.Subflooring 2.Sill Plate 7.Top Plate

17. Framing 10.Roof Decking 9.Rafter 8.Ceiling Joist 12.Sheathing 11.Stringer

25. Plumbing Lavatory 1.5” Pipe Water Closet 3” Pipe Prefab Shower Unfinished Studs Drain waste vent Off vents the fumes from the drain waste piping Drop in sink

30. Roof Materials Underlayment: A layer of waterproof material between roof sheathing and roofing. It helps to protect the sheathing before the roofing is attached and to help prevent water infiltration during the life of the roof. Clay Tile Cont. 

31. Roof Materials Slate Shingles Shingle: A small unit of water-resistant material secured in overlapping fashion with many other units to render a roof watertight. Typical materials: Aluminum, Galvalum, Nickel, Tin, Copper

32. Roof Shapes Gable Hip Mansard Gambrel

33. Roof Terms Ridge Valley Eave Rake Fascia Soffit Building w/o fascia Definitions 

35. Stone Random Rubble Coursed Ashlar Coursed Rubble Random Ashlar

36. Vapor Retarder Vapor Retarder: Obstructs the passage of water vapor through a building assembly Most commonly put on the inside of the insulation, toward the interior of the residence.

37. Waterproofing Waterproofing: An impervious membrane applied to stop the infiltration of water into the exterior of the foundation wall Category: Liquid applied

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

39. WWF Welded Wire Fabric: The wire mesh will be reinforcing the concrete slab that will be poured over it. Size: Roughly 30’x50’

40. Windows Casement: Pivots on an axis at or near a vertical edge of the sash Single Hung: Has two overlapping sashes, the lower can slide vertically in tracks, while the upper is fixed Double Hung: Has two overlapping sashes in tracks, both can slide vertically.