1. Visual Dictionary
Thermal
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2. Air Barrier Paper
A sheet material used as both a vapor retarder and an air barrier.It blocks the air flow.
3. Attic Ventilation
Soffit Vent used to allow air to flow into the attic or the space below the roof sheathing.
Soffit Vent
4. Attic Ventilation
Ridge Vent allows air to circulate in and out of a gable roof at the ridge.
Ridge Vent
5. Attic Ventilation
Gable Vent used for exhausting excess heat and humidity from the attic.
Gable Vent
6. Attic Ventilation
Roof Turbine dome shaped structures that draw air out of the attic while they spin in the wind.
Roof Turbine
7. Backhoe
An excavating machine with a bucket that is attached to a rigid bar hinged to a boom and is drawn toward the machine in operation.
Backhoe
Used primarily for
digging trenches and
ditches on construction
sites.
Width of Bucket = 24
8. Batter Boards
A temporary frame built just outside the corner of the excavation to carry marks that lie on the surface planes of the the basement that will be built in the excavation.
9. Brick Arches
Brick Arch #1
Brick Arch #2
10. Brick Arches
Arch with Keystone
Keystone
11. Brick Bonds
Running Bond
(stretchers offset)
Flemish Bond
(Stretcher, Header, Stretcher)
12. Brick Bonds
Soldiers
Rowlocks
Headers
13. Brick Bonds
Sailor
Shiner
14. Brick Sizes
Engineer Brick
Width = 3-5/8
Height = 2-3/4
Length = 7-5/8
15. Brick Sizes
Modular Brick
Width = 3-5/8
Height = 2-1/4
Length = 7-5/8
16. Bulldozer
Is a crawler, equipped with a substantial metal plate, used to push large quantities of soil, sand, and rubble during construction work.
17. Cladding
Brick Clad Structure
EFIS Clad Structure
18. Cladding
Stone Clad Structure
Random Ashlar Pattern
19. Cladding
Wood Board Clad Structure
20. Cladding
Wood Shake Clad Structure
Wood Shingle a thin piece wood that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of a house.
Wood Shake a split piece of wood with an uneven surface that is laid in overlapping rows just like a shingle.
Wood Shake
21. Code Requirements
Window
Width = 34
Height = 60
Area = 14 sq ft
AFF = 24
IBC Code
Width = 20
Height = 24
Area = 5.7 sq ft
AFF = no more than 44
Yes, it meets code
22. Code Requirements
Stairs
Tread = 11
Riser = 7-3/4
IBC Code
Tread = 10 min
Riser = 7-3/4 max
Yes, it meets code
23. Concrete Joints
Control Joint An intentional, linear discontinuity in a structure or component, designed to form a plane or weakness where cracking can occur in response to various forces so as to minimize or eliminate cracking elsewhere in the structure.
Control Joint
Crack
24. Concrete Joints
Isolation Joint They separate or isolate slabs from other parts of the structure such as walls, footings, or columns.
Isolation Joint Brick wall from the concrete slab
25. Concrete Masonry Unit
1 CMU = 3 Brick Courses
26. Concrete Masonry Unit
A block of hardened concrete, with or without hollow cores, designed to be laid in the same manner as a brick or stone.
Typical Dimensions
Actual
Length = 15-5/8
Width =7-3/8
Height = 7-5/8
Nominal
Length = 16
Width = 8
Height = 8
27. Concrete Masonry Unit
CMU Blocks
28. Decorative Concrete Masonry Unit
Split Block
Ribbed Block
29. Doors
Exterior Panel Door
Exterior Flush Door
Top Rail
Stile
Panel
Lock Rail
Bottom Rail
30. Doors
Transom a small window directly above a door.
Sidelight a tall, narrow window along the side of a door.
Transom
Sidelight
31. Electrical Components
Transformer an electrical device that changes the voltage of alternating current.
32. Electrical Components
Service Head the assembly by which electricity is conducted from outdoor lines to the meter base.
Service Head
33. Electrical Components
Meter a device that measures the amount of electrical energy supplied to or produced by a residence.
Meter
34. Electrical Components
Service Panel metal container that houses and supports a receptacle, switch, or fixture and its connections to a circuit.
35. Electrical Components
Duplex Receptacle an electrical wall outlet having two plug receptacles.
Duplex Receptacle
36. Framing Elements
(1) Anchor Bolt
37. Framing Elements
(2) Sill Plate
38. Framing Elements
(5) Sole Plate
(4) Subflooring
(3) Floor Joists
39. Framing Elements
(7) Top Plate
(6) Stud
40. Framing Elements
(8) Ceiling Joists
41. Framing Elements
(9) Rafters
(11) Sheathing
(10) Roof Decking
42. Framing Elements
(12) Stringer
43. Front End Loader
A heavy equipment machine that is primarily used to load material into or onto another type of machinery.
Front End Loader
44. Gypsum Board
An interior facing panel consisting of a gypsum core sandwiched between paper faces; also called drywall, plasterboard.
45. Heat Pump
Advantage The most efficient system you can buy to heat the home, it also is a lot quieter than most electric heaters.
Disadvantage You may have to buy a backup unit, and the initial price can be a deterrent.
46. Heat Pump
Air Handling Unit sends cooled refrigerant to a coil in the supply duct that cools the circulated air.
Air Handling Unit
47. Heat Pump
Compressor extracts heat from outdoor air, and this
heat is transported through refrigerant lines to a heat
exchanger in the furnace.
Compressor
48. Insulation
Batt Insulation most common, used between studs in walls
and joists. Have a solid facing on one side to prevent water
from coming in.
49. Insulation
Loose Fill Insulation used in attics because they are
inexpensive and leave few voids and no gaps between pieces.
50. Insulation
Foamed Insulation a spray foamed insulation used on
pipes and to fill spaces between walls and cavities.
51. Insulation
Ridge Board Insulation is commonly used where a high R value is needed. Some composites are water resistant and used below sub grade.
52. Lintel
A beam that carries the load of a wall across a window or a door opening.
53. Mortar
Joint #1
Tooled Joint
3/8
Education Building
Mortar Type S
54. Mortar
Joint #2
Tooled Joint

Fireplace
Mortar Type O
55. Oriented Strand Board
A building panel composed of long shreds of wood fiber composed of long shreds of wood fiber oriented in specific directions and bonded together under pressure.
56. Plumbing
Lavatory
Water Closet
1-1/2 drain pipe
3 waste pipe
57. Plumbing
Plumbing Roof Vent pipe that maintain a system of plumbing drains and waste
lines at atmospheric pressure by connecting them to the outdoor air.
58. Plumbing
Bathroom Sink undermount sink
59. Plywood
A wood panel product composed on an odd numbers of layers of wood veneer bonded together under pressure.
60. Radiant Barrier
A reflective foil placed adjacent to an airspace in roof or wall assemblies as a deterrent to the passage of infrared energy.
61. Rebar
Diameter = .75(#6 American or #19 Metric)
The deformations help it to bond tightly to concrete.
Rebar
62. 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.
Gutter
Downspout
63. Steep Roof Drainage
Splash block a small precast block of concrete or plastic used to divert water at the bottom of a downspout.
Splash block
64. Steep Roof Materials
Underlayment a layer of waterproof material such as building felt between roof sheathing and roofing.
Underlayment
65. Steep Roof Materials
Shingle a small unit or water resistant material nailed in overlapping fashion with many other such units to render a wall or sloping roof water tight.
Wood Shingle Roof
66. Steep Roof Materials
Metal Panel Roof usually made out of galvanized or
aluminized steel
67. Steep Roof Shapes
Gambrel Roof
Gable Roof
68. Steep Roof Shapes
Mansard Roof
Hip Roof
69. Steep Roof Terms
Ridge the level intersection of two roof planes in a gable roof.
Valley a trough formed by the intersection of two roof slopes.
Ridge
Valley
70. Steep Roof Terms
Eave the horizontal edge at the low side of a sloping roof.
Rake the sloping edge of a steep roof.
Rake
Eave
71. Steep Roof Terms
Soffit the undersurface of a horizontal element of a building, especially the underside of a roof overhang.
Fascia the exposed vertical face of an eave.
Fascia
Soffit
72. Stone
Random Rubble Pattern
Coursed Rubble Pattern
73. Stone
Random Ashlar Pattern
Coursed Ashlar Pattern
74. Vapor Retarder
A layer of material intended to obstruct the passage of water vapor through a building assembly.
75. Waterproofing
An impervious membrane applied to the outside of a foundation.
Waterproofing
76. Weep Hole
A small opening whose purpose is to permit drainage of water that accumulates inside of a building component or assembly.
Weep Hole
77. Welded Wire Fabric
78. Windows
Awning Window a projected window that rotates upward
vertically from its frame.
79. Window
Casement Window a projected
window that rotates horizontally outward from its frame.
80. Window
Double Hung Window has two operable sashes, where the
upper sash over laps the lower sash to keep out the weather.