Visual DictionaryBSCI 11/30/09

By: Waterproofing

Air Barrier Paper

• Air/Weather Barrier paper is a moisture-resistant barrier that covers the sheathing and acts as a back-up waterproofing layer in addition to the siding.

• abp

Attic Ventilation

• Attic Ventilation lets water escape and prevents the buildup of solar heat that occurs throughout the roofing and sheathing by drawing in air to cool of the space.

• Soffit Vent

Attic Ventilation

• Ridge Vent:

Attic Ventilation Cont’d

• Roof Turbine • Gable Vent

Backhoe

• A backhoe is an excavator with a shovel bucket

attached to a hinged

boom and is drawn

backward to move

earth.

backhoe

Batter Boards

• A batter board is a temporary frame that is 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

Brick Arches

• Roman Arch • Bonded Arch

Brick Arches Cont’d

• Arch With a Keystone:

• Centering- temporary framework for an arch, dome, or vault

Brick Bonds

• Running Bond (all stretchers)

• Common Bond (several rows of stretchers separated by one

row of headers.)

• Headers

Brickwork

Brickwork

• Rowlocks • Rl

Brickwork

• Soldiers

Brickwork

• Sailors

Brick Sizes

• Standard Brick• 3 5/8” x 2 1/4” x 8”

• Modular Brick

• 3 1/2” x 2 1/4” x 7 5/8”

Bulldozer

• A bulldozer is a tractor with a metal blade used to move soil and gravel during construction.

Cladding

• Brick • EIFS

Cladding Cont’d

• Stone • Wood Boards

Cladding

• Wood Shingles • Shingles- come individually; nails of each course covered by succeeding course

• Wood shingles- sawn; Wood Shakes- split

Code Requirements

• The net opening must be 20” in min. width; 24” min. height; 5.7 sf min. area.

• Does meet code with opening; however height AFF is only 14”

• Bed r

Code Requirements

• Wood-Framed Stairs: • Tread = 11.5”• Riser = 6”• Stays within code;

min tread = 11”• Max riser = 7 3/4”

Concrete Joints

• Control Joint- an intentional, linear discontinuity in a component to make a plane of weakness allowing a crack to form in response to forces in order to minimize/eliminate cracking in other parts of the structure

• CJ

Concrete Joints

• Isolation Joint- pad of concrete beneath a pressure point to prevent the slab from cracking

• C.J.

Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU)

• CMU- a block of hardened concrete, with or without hollow cores, designed to be laid in the same manner as brick or stone; a concrete block

• Standard is an 8” block

• 1 CMU = 3 courses modular brick:

CMU Sizes

• 4” block • 12” block; 8” block

Decorative Concrete Masonry Units

• Split Block • Ribbed

Doors

• Panel: 2 panels

Top rail

Stile

panel

Lock rail

Bottom rail [implied]

Flush Door

Doors Cont’d

• Transom- A small window directly above a door

• Sidelight: window alongside a door

• T

Electrical Components

• EC • Service Head

Meter- measures amt. of electricity going into home

service panel-receives 3 main wires from meter base; holds circuit breakers.

Transformer- electrical device that changes the voltage of alternating current.

Duplex receptacle- hides 2 entering cables and wires, covered w/ plastic sheathing.

Framing Elements

• 1) Anchor Bolt • Anchor bolt

Framing Elements

• 2) Floor Joist [for 2nd floor]

• 3) Sub-flooring

• – 6) Stud

4) Sill plate

7) Top

plate

5) Sole plate

Framing

8) Stringer • St

Framing Cont’d

• 9) Ceiling Joist • 10) Rafters

Framing Cont’d

• 11) roof decking• 12) sheathing

Front End Loader

• Engineering vehicle that loads and transports dirt, gravel, and other materials

• 5’

• Front end loaders are wheeled (not tracked like a bulldozer). Unlike backhoes, they have a front bucket.

• fel

Gypsum Board

• An interior facing panel made of a gypsum core between two paper faces. Also known as drywall or plasterboard

Heat Pump

• Device that utilizes a refrigeration cycle to heat or cool a building by passing water or air over condensing or evaporating coals.

Insulation

• Purpose- slow passage of heat, control water vapor, control air filtration

• Rigid board insulation

• Inside

Batt Insulation

Concrete Lintel

• A beam that carries the load of a wall across a window or door, or opening

• Lintel

Mortar• Troweled; 1/2” thick;

residential, house. Type O or N

• Tooled 3/4” public building; possibly type N or S

Mortar joint

Oriented Strand Board (OSB)

• Building panel composed of long shreds of wood fiber oriented in specific directions and bonded together under pressure; nonveneered panel product.

• Osb

Plumbing

• Lavatory- 1 1/2 in pipe required

• Water Closet

Plumbing Cont’d

• Tub w/ studs:

Plumbing

• Plumbing Vent; VTR admits air to waste water system

Plumbing

• Kitchen Sink• undermount

• Sink

Plywood

• Wood panels composed of an odd number of layers of wood veneer or veneers in plywood that are bonded together under pressure.

• Plywood

Radiant Barrier

• This is a reflective foil next to an airspace in the roof or the wall assemblies to defer infrared energy

Rebar

• 1/2” diameter, #4 bar:

• The surface ribs of rebar allow for better bonding to the concrete.

Steep Roof Drainage

• Gutter- a channel that collects rainwater and snowmelt at the eave of a roof

• Downspout- a vertical pipe for conducting water from a roof to a lower level

Steep Roof Drainage

• Splash block- water and soil that are deposited on an exterior wall near the ground by the action of falling water from the roof

• Drainage

Steep Roof Materials

• Underlayment: • Clay Tile Roof:•

Steep Roof Materials

• Shingle: a small unit of water-resistant material that is nailed to a wall or a sloping roof (with many overlapping layers); purpose is to keep it water-tight.

• Slate Shingles:

Steep Roof Materials

• Wood Shingles: • Shingles

Steep Roof Materials

• Metal Panel Roof-

• Common materials today are enamel-coated galvanized steel, copper, lead-coated copper, stainless steel, terne, and ternecoated stainless

steel.

Steep Roof Shapes

• Gable • Mansard

Steep Roof Shapes

• Hip

Steep Roof Shapes

• Shed or Single-pitched roof

Steep Roof TermsValley- trough formed by the intersection of 2 roof slopes

Ridge- level intersection of 2 roof planes in a gable roof

Rake- sloping edge of a steep roof

Eave- horizontal edge at low side of sloping roof

Steep Roof TermsHip- diagonal intersection of planes in a hip roof

soffit

Facia- exposed vertical face of an eave

Under-surface of horizontal element, I.e. roof overhang

Stone

• Coursed Rubble • Random Rubble

Stone

• Coursed Ashar • Random Ashar

Waterproofing

• Dampproofing- membrane loosely applied over foundation.

• Wp

Weep Hole

• asdf • Weep Hole: small opening whose purpose is to permit drainage of water that accumulates in a building component or assembly.

Windows

Casement (hinged alongside the window)

• Fixed (not hinged)

Windows

• Double hung (2 overlapping sashes that slide vertically in tracks)