Visual Dictionary

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Downspout

Air Barrier PaperAir Barrier Paper is used to prevent airflow and water penetration into the house. In this instance the air barrier paper is wrapped around the opening where a new door is being placed.

Attic Ventilation

Soffit vent-opening under the eave of the roof that allows air to flow into the attic.

Soffit vent

Attic Ventilation (contd.)

Gable vent

Gable vent-opening used to exhaust excess heat from the attic.

Ridge vent-long open assembly that allows air to circulate out of the ridge of a roof.

Gable Vent

Ridge Vent

Attic Ventilation (Contd.)

Roof turbine-help exhaust heat from the attic or building. Pulls the air away from it.

Roof Turbine

Backhoe

A backhoe is primarily used in the beginning stages of residential construction. It is used for such things as digging foundations. The width of the bucket in this picture is 2 feet.

Brick Arches

Jack arch

Arch with a Keystone

Brick Arches (contd.)Centering-temporary framework used to construct domes and arches.

Centering

Brick Arch #1

Brick Bonds

running

Flemish

Stacked Brick- Brick stacked on top in a vertical and horizontal straight pattern

English garden wall- Flemish bond every other brick every fourth or 5th row

Brick Work

soldier

Rowlock

soldier

Rowlock

Header

Sailor

Brick Work (contd.)

Rowlock Stretcher stretcher

Brick SizesModular

Norman

3 5/8” by 2 ¼” by 7 5/8” 4 5/8” by 2 ¼” by 11 5/8”

Bulldozer

A Bulldozer is used to grade a site. A bulldozer is a machine that pushes dirt or any sort of land off or on a job site

Cladding

BrickEIFS

Brick

EIFS

Cladding (contd.)

Wood shingles-Shingles that are wooden

Shingle-small unit of water resistant material nailed in overlapping fashion to render a wall or sloping roof water tight.

Wood Boards

Limestone (Travertine)Coursed Ashlar

Code Requirements

Measurements of stairs: Tread- 11”riser- 7”nosing-3/4”

Code= tread-10”minriser-7 ¾”maxnosing-3/4” to 1 ¼ “… The stairs

meet the requirements

-Window opening width is 27” and height is 35”= around 6.8 square feet. Code is 5.7 square feet minimum so it passes-Opening is 15” from finished floor. Code is maximum 44” above finished floor

Control Joint

An intentional, linear descontinuity in a structure or a component, designed to form a plane of weakness where cracking can occur in response to various forces so as to minimize or eliminate cracking elsewhere in the structure.

Isolation Joint

Isolation joint-A joint in the concrete that is all the way around a column or pole. The concrete around it is usually poured at a separate time than the rest of the slab. This power pole is separated from the rest of the median.

Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU)

Building material that is hollowed concrete block. Meant to be laid in mortar. Standard dimensions are 8’ by 8’ by 16’

Concrete Masonry Unit (Contd.)

12” thick CMU

8” thick CMU

Decorative CMU

Ribbed

Split face

Ribbed

Split Block

DoorsTransom

Side light

Transom-small window located directly above the door

Sidelight- tall, narrow window located to the side of the door.

Doors (Contd.)

Top Rail

stile

Lock rail

Bottom rail

panel

Doors (contd.)

Flush door

Electrical Components

power pole transformer-This is used to step down the power so that it can be used within a residence.

Meter-A meter measures (in Kilowatt/hour) the energy usage in a building.

Electrical Components (contd.)A panel board houses circuit breakers that divert the main power supply into different circuits and shuts of if a circuit is tripped.

Duplex recepticle-A Duplex receptacle grounds anything that is in need of a source of energy. It provide power to common household items.

Electrical Components (Contd.)

Service head

The assembly by which electricity is conducted from outdoor lines to meter base.

Service Head

Framing Elements (Contd.)

#3 Floor Joists#9 Rafter#10 Roof Decking

Framing Elements (contd.)

#6 Stud

#4 Subflooring

#8 Ceiling Joists

#7 Top plate

#5 Sole Plate