Air Barrier Paper•Standard approach to control infiltration•Can be located on the interior or exterior wall framing•Installed under siding

Attic Ventilation

• Allows water vapor to escape and keeps the house cooler in the summer by preventing solar heat

• Four types:– Soffit vent- creates the required intake ventilation at the eave– Ridge vent- effective because its located at highest point on roof– Gabled vent- located high in the wall at opposite ends of the attic. Helps

create cross draft in a wind– Through roof vents- resemble inverted cake pans and are flashed into

roofing material

Backhoe•Backhoe/Front end loaded•The bucket width is 21 ½ inches and the depth was 27 ¼ inches•Used for digging and removing dirt

• 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•Typically 3-4 feet from actual place of the house

Rough Brick Arch

Centering

• It’s a piece of wood or steel (in this case steel) that the brick is formed to for an arch, dome, vault.

Running bond•Nothing but rows of stretchers

Flemish Bond

• Bonds that alternate with one row of stretchers and one row of headers

Soldier•Brick laid on its end with its face parallel to the wall

Rowlock

Stretcher Rowlocks

Brick Sizes•Length- 7 ½ in•Height- 2 ¼ in•Modular size•Width- 3 ½ in•3 ½ x 2 ¼ x 7 ½ in

Bulldozer• A crawler equipped with a metal plate, used to push large amounts of dirt, sand, gravel, or trash•Used at all construction sites.

Exterior Cladding

Wood Shakes EIFS and Stone

Exterior Cladding

Brick Wood Boards

Code Requirements•22 ½ in from floor to sill•Height = 33 ½ in•Width = 28 in•Meets all requirements for building code•Suitable for egress

•Tread = 10 in•Riser Height = 7 ¾ in•Nosing = 1 in

Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU)•A block of hardened concrete, with or without hollow cores, designed to be laid in the same manner as a brick or stone.•Most common block dimensions 8x8x16•3 modular stacked bricks are equal to 1 CMU

Exterior Door•Flush Door

1 Panel Door1. Top Rail2. Stile3. Bottom Rail4. Panel5. Lock Rail

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1. Sidelight- a tall narrow window along side a door

2. Transom- a small window directly above the door

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