Visual Dictionary

Air barrier paper

Air barrier paper is used to help prevent the passage of air through the exterior walls as well as add and extra level of water proofing while drying in the house.

Soffit vent

Its needed to allow air to flow into the attic space below the roof sheathing.

Ridge Vent

Gable vent

A gable vent allows the excess heat and humidity to escape from the attic space.

Roof turbine

Backhoe

An excavator with a bucket on a hinged boom usually attached to the back of a front endLoader. Used to excavate and dig if equipped with the front end loader it can also be used to move the excavated earth. The bucket on this one is a two foot wide bucket.

Batter BoardsTemporary frames built outside an excavation and used to transfer marks for the foundation of a building.

Brick arch #1Roman arch

Brick arch #2Segmental arch

Brick arch with keystone

Keystone

Brick bond #1Flemish bond

The Flemish bond is created by alternating headers and stretchers in a single course.

Brick bond #2Running bond

The running bond is created by laying stretchers only.

Rowlocks

Headers

Soldiers

Sailors

Stretcher rowlocks

Brick size #1Modular brick 3 5/8”x2 ¼”x7 5/8”

Brick size #2Norman brick 3 5/8”x 2 ¼”x 11 5/8”

Bulldozer

The bulldozer has a large flat blade that is used to move earth. It runs on tracks and is used to move earth and clearing sites of debris and other material.

Brick Clad Structure

EFIS Clad Structure

Stone clad structureRandom Ashlar pattern

Wood board clad structure

wood shingle- a thin piece of wood laid in overlapping rows to cover the walls and roofs of buildings.wood shakes – are split from wood blocks and are less uniform than shingles.

Wood shingles

Egress from a bedroom window

31”x 26 ½”

Area=5.7sq ft

Sill is 2’ AFF

Code- min of 24” tall and 20”wide no more than 44” AFF and a min of 5sq ft on ground floor.

Exceeds all Requirements.

stairs

Treads=10”

Risers=7 ¾”

Code states a min of 10” tread and 7 ¾” risers.Meets the basic requirements for tread and risers.

Control jointA control joint is some form of weakness made into the structure that encourages a crack to Occur there and minimize cracking elsewhere.

Isolation jointThis isolation joint is isolating the two slabs from each other and the one slab from the wall.

3brick = 1 cmu

Concrete masonry unitCmu- a block of concrete with or without hollow cores, designed to be laid the same way as brick.

They are cheap and easy to work with and can be used for many purposes.

33Split block

Ribbed block

Exterior flush door

Panel

stile

Top rail

Lock rail

Bottom rail

Exterior panel door

TransomA small window directly above a door.

Sidelight

Tall window along the side of a door.

Power pole with transformerA transformer changes the voltage of the of the current in the wires before the current gets to the house.

Service headThis is where the electricity goes from the service lines to the meter base.

MeterThis monitors the amount of electricity being used by the house.

Service panelThis is where all the power is controlled through breakers. Older houses will have fuses not Breakers.

Duplex receptacleThis is where an appliance is connected to the electrical current.

Framing element #1Anchor Bolt

Framing element #2Sill Plate

Framing element #3

Floor joists

Framing element #4Subflooring

Framing element #5Sole Plate

Framing element #6Stud

Framing element #7Top Plate

Framing element #8Ceiling joist

Framing element #9Rafter

Framing element #10Roof Decking

Framing element #11Sheathing

Framing element #12Stringer

Front End loader

Its used mainly to move of load dirt, debris, and other various materials. You do not use it to dig of blade like with a backhoeor bulldozer.

Gypsum boardInterior facing panel consisting of a gypsum core and paper faces. Also known as drywall or sheetrock.

One advantage of a heat pump is that they are more efficient than other applications.One disadvantage of a heat pump is they have a higher up front cost than other applications.

Compressor/condenser Air handling unitThe compressor compresses the refrigerant to a highly cooled liquid state where it flows through the evaporator coils cooling the air.

The air handling unit distributes the air throughout the building whether it be cool or warm air. This is where many of the filters are and the duct work is connected to.

Insulation – is used to help slow heat transfer. It is to keep the heat out in the summer and in in the winter.

Batt or Blanket insulation

Insulation – is used to help slow heat transfer. It is to keep the heat out in the summer and in in the winter.Loose fill insulation

Insulation – is used to help slow heat transfer. It is to keep the heat out in the summer and in in the winter.

Insulation – is used to help slow heat transfer. It is to keep the heat out in the summer and in in the winter.

Rigid Board insulation

LintelLintel- a beam that carries the load of a wall across a window or door opening.

Mortar joint #1It is a 3/8” tooled concave joint its used on a brick clad building with type N mortar.

Mortar joint #2It is a ½” flush troweled joint used on a brick clad building I think its type M or S mortar.

Oriented strand boardA nonveneered panel product consisting of long strands of wood fiber bonded together under pressure in specific directions.

Lavatory

1 ½” piping used to drain lavatory

Water Closet

Drained by a 3” line.

Manufactured shower

Plumbing roof vent

Its venting the sewer gas off the line and allowing air into the line to prevent the lines from pulling a vacuum on the lines.

Kitchen sink This sink is a drop in sink

Plywood

Plywood- a wood panel product composed of anodd number of layers of wood veneer bonded together under pressure .

Veneer-a thin layer, sheet, or facing.

Radiant barrier

rebar#7 DIA. 7/8” Deformation-a change in the shape of a structure or structural element caused by a load or force acting on that structure.

GutterA channel that catches the rain water and snowmelt from the roof and carries it to a downspout.

DownspoutThis is a vertical pipe that allows the water to travel from a higher level to a lower level.

Splash blockA device at the bottom of a downspout that is used to divert the water away from the downspout.

UnderlaymentUnderlayment- a layer of waterproof material such as building felt between roof sheathing and roofing. Its helping to prevent moisture from entering the roof decking.

Clay tile roof

Wood shingle roof

shingle-a small unit of water-resistant material nailed in overlapping fashion with many other such units to render a wall or sloping roof watertight.

Metal panel roof

The typical is galvanized

Gable roof

Gambrel roof

Hip roof

Mansard roof

RidgeThe level intersection of two roof planes in a gable roof.

ValleyA trough formed by the intersection of two roofs.

Eave The horizontal edge at the low side of a sloping roof.

RakeThe sloping edge of a steep roof.

Soffit The under surface of a horizontal element of a building.

FasciaThe exposed vertical face of an eave.

Building without fascia

Random rubble pattern

Coursed rubble pattern

Random ashlar pattern

Coursed ashlar pattern

Vapor retarderIt is helping to prevent the passage of water vapor from the ground to the house.

Waterproofing

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

Weld wire fabric

Grid measurements are6”x 6”

Window # 1

Single hung window

It is a single hung window because it only has one operable sash.

Window # 2

Casement window

It is a casement window becauseit pivots on a axis at or near a vertical edge of a sash.

Window # 3

Double hung window

It’s a double hung window becauseit has two operable sashes.