The document provides information about various building materials and components used in construction. It includes definitions and illustrations of items like air barrier paper, different types of brick bonds, concrete masonry units, doors, electrical components, framing elements, insulation materials, mortar, plumbing fixtures, roofing materials, stone styles, vapor retarders, waterproofing methods, windows, and more. The visual dictionary serves as a reference guide for many standard construction terms and products.

1. VISUAL DICTIONARY
PROJECT
DATE CLIENT
11/30/2009 MATERIALS BSCI-2300

2. AIR BARRIER PAPER A SHEET-LIKE MATERIAL THAT IS IMPERMEABLE TO LIQUID.
PROTECTS WOOD SHEATHING FROM WATER DAMAGE.

3. RIDGE VENT MOUNTED ON THE RIDGE, CIRCULATES AIR THROUGH THE GABLE
SOFFIT
INCREASED AIRFLOW TO ROOF CAVITY
ROOF
SPINS TO REGULATE AIRFLOW OF ATTIC
GABLE
CIRCULATES AIR THROUGH THE ATTIC
ATTIC VENTILATION
ALLOW WATER VAPOR TO ESCAPE, KEEP HOUSE COOLER IN SUMMER, PREVENT BUILDUP OF SOLAR HEAT

4. BACKHOE
a piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket on the end of
a two-part articulated arm. It is used to move earth, rubble, etc on a site to
prepare it for construction. Bucket width: 18”

5. BATTER BOARDS 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

6. JACK ARCH
ROMAN ARCH
BRICK ARCHES

7. BRICK ARCHES
ARCH WITH A KEYSTONE

8. BRICK ARCHES
CENTERING: TEMPORARY FRAMEWORK FOR AN ARCH, DOME, OR VAULT

9. BRICK BONDS FLEMISH: ROWS OF ALTERNATING HEADERS AND
STRETCHERS
RUNNING: BRICKWORK CONSISTING ENTIRELY OF STRETCHERS

10. HEADER
SOLDIER
ROWLOCK
ROWLOCK STRETCHER
SAILOR
BRICK BONDS

11. BRICK SIZES
MODULAR: 3 1/2” X 2 1/4” X 7 1/2” STANDARD: 3 5/8” X 2 1/4” X 8”

12. bulldozer
A tractor equipped with a substantial metal blade used to push large quantities of soil, sand, rubble, etc.

13. BRICK EIFS
WOOD SHAKES
SHAKES: SPLIT
RANDOM RUBBLE STONE
WOOD BOARDS
SHINGLES: SAWN
CLADDING

14. WINDOW DOES
NOT MEET CODE
4.65 SQ FT
NEEDS
30”
TO BE
5.7 SQ
OPENS 22” FT OR
MORE
31”
CODE REQUIREMENTS

15. CONTROL JOINT
INTENTIONAL WEAK
LINES IN CONCRETE
TO CONTROL WHERE
THE SLAB WILL FAIL
TO RELIEVE STRESS BETWEEN CONCRETE OBJECTS
ISOLATION JOINT
CONCRETE JOINTS

16. THREE
ROWS OF CMU
BRICKS
CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT
THREE BRICKS = ONE CMU

17. 8X8X16 12X8X16
CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT

18. SPLIT BLOCK
RIBBED BLOCK
DECORATIVE CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS

19. DOORS
FLUSH DOOR

20. Doors
Transom
Sidelight
Panel Door
panel
stile
top rail
lock rail
bottom rail

21. TRANSFORMER BOX METER
TO REDUCE CURRENT TO USEABLE VOLTAGE.
TO READ OUT THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY USED
SERVICE PANEL
CONTAINS BREAKERS THAT REGULATE SAFETY,
DISTRIBUTE POWER TO DUPLEXES
DUPLEX RECEPTACLE
SOURCE OF ENERGY INSIDE HOME
ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS SERVICE HEAD ON NEXT SLIDE

22. electrical
componants
service head: to bring power
into the building

23. 1.ANCHOR BOLT 2.SILL PLATE 3.FLOOR JOIST
4.SUBFLOORING 5.SOLE PLATE 6.STUD
FRAMING ELEMENTS

24. 9.RAFTER
7.TOP PLATE
8.CEILING JOIST
11.SHEATHING
10.ROOF DECKING
12.STRINGER
FRAMING ELEMENTS

25. FRONT END LOADER: a heavy equipment machine used in construction that is primarily used to "load" material (asphalt,
demolition debris, dirt, feed, gravel, logs, raw minerals, recycled material, rock, sand, wood chips, etc.) into or onto another type of machinery (dump truck,
conveyor belt, feed-hopper, rail-car, etc.).

26. GYPSUM BOARD: AN INTERIOR FACING PANEL CONSISTING OF A GYPSUM CORE SANDWICHED BETWEEN
PAPER FACES.

27. PROS: VERY EFFICIENT
CONS: NOISY
COMPRESSOR/EVAPORATOR
COMPRESSES GAS (TYPICALLY FREON) TO REMOVE HEAT FROM
SUPPLIED AIR--MAKING IT COLDER. WHEN RUN BACKWARDS, IT
SUPPLIES HEAT TO AIR--MAKING IT HOTTER AIR HANDLING UNIT
CHANGES TEMPERATURE OF SUPPLIED AIR AND
HEAT PUMP DISTRIBUTES IT THROUGH THE HOUSE

28. LOOSE INSULATING MATERIAL
THERMAL
INSTALLED IN PARTICULATE FORM SO
AS TO POUR AND FILL SPACE EASILY
FOAMED
A SPRAYABLE
INSULATING
BATT EXPANDING FOAM
COMES IN ROLLS, CAN BE EASILY
CUT TO FIT BETWEEN STUDS
RIGID
A SHEETLIKE INSULATOR
USUALLY PLACED
UNDERNEATH CLADDING
INSULATION: TO SLOW THE FLOW OF HEATED AIR

29. lintel
a beam that carries the load
of a wall across a window or
door opening

30. RESIDENTIAL-FLUSH-
TROWELED - 3/8” -
TYPE N
RESIDENTIAL - FLUSH -
TOOLED - 3/8” - TYPE N
MORTAR

31. ORIENTED STRAND BOARD: A BUILDING PANEL COMPOSED OF LONG SHREDS OF WOOD FIBER ORIENTED IN SPECIFIC
DIRECTIONS AND BONDED TOGETHER UNDER PRESSURE.

32. PLUMBING
LAVATORY: 1.5” WATER CLOSET: 3”

33. PLUMBING
MANUFACTURED SHOWER

34. PLUMBING
PLUMBING VENT: CONNECTS PLUMBING WASTE AND DRAIN LINES TO OUTSIDE AIR TO REGULATE NORMAL PRESSURE

35. PLUMBING
KITCHEN SINK: UNDERMOUNT

36. PLYWOOD
VENEER: A THIN LAYER, SHEET, OR FACING

37. RADIANT BARRIER
A REFLECTIVE FOIL PLACED ADJACENT TO AN AIRSPACE ROOF OR WALL ASSEMBLY AS A DETERRENT TO THE PASSAGE OF INFRARED ENERGY

38. REBAR: 3/4” DIAMETER , #6
DEFORMATIONS ARE TO GRIP SURROUNDING CONCRETE

39. GUTTER
DOWNSPOUT
SPLASHBLOCK
STEEP ROOF DRAINAGE GUTTER: A CHANNEL THAT COLLECTS RAINWATER/SNOWMELT AT THE EAVE OF A ROOF
DOWNSPOUT: A VERTICAL PIPE FOR CONDUCTING WATER FROM A ROOF TO A LOWER LEVEL
SPLASHBLOCK: A SMALL PRECAST BLOCK OF CONCRETE USED TO DIVERT WATER AT THE
BOTTOM OF A DOWNSPOUT

40. UNDERLAYMENT
CLAY TILE ROOF
SHINGLE
METAL PANEL
STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL, ALUMINUM, COPPER, ZINC
A WATERPROOF FELT MATERIAL PLACED
BETWEEN ROOF SHEATHING AND ROOFING.
STEEP ROOF MATERIALS SHINGLE A SMALL WATERPROOF MATERIAL THAT IS
APPLIED IN AN OVERLAPPING FASHION TO
KEEP WATER OUT OF A ROOF

41. GAMBREL
HIP
MANSARD
GABLE
STEEP ROOF SHAPES

42. RIDGE EAVE
VALLEY
FASCIA
RAKE SOFFIT
STEEP ROOF TERMS

43. BUILDING WITH NO FASCIA

44. RANDOM ASHLAR
RANDOM RUBBLE
COURSED RUBBLE
COURSED ASHLAR
STONE

45. VAPOR RETARDER
A LAYER OF MATERIAL INTENDED TO OBSTRUCT THE PASSAGE OF WATER VAPOR THROUGH A BUILDING ASSEMBLY. VAPOR BARRIER FACES OUT

46. WATERPROOFING
LOOSELY LAID: HERE IT IS APPLIED TO THE INNER WALL OF A CRAWL SPACE. KEEPS WATER PROF PENETRATING THE CMU WALLS

47. WEEP HOLE
A HOLE THAT PERMITS DRAINAGE IN A WALL

48. WELDED WIRE FABRIC
A GRID OF STEEL RODS THAT ARE WELDED TOGETHER, USED TO REINFORCE A CONCRETE SLAB

49. SLIDING
DOUBLE HUNG
BECAUSE IT HAS TWO SASHES HOPPER
THAT SLIDE UP AND DOWN
JALOUSIE
AWNING
WINDOWS