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Sheet-like material permeable to water vapor but not to liquid or air

In this photo, the air barrier paper is preventing infiltration of

air into house via walls

Soffit vents create the required intake

ventilation to keep attic cool

Ridge vents: located at highest point of roof and are

necessary to evenly distribute air across the roof’s ridge

Gable vent: located high in the wall at opposite

ends of the attic; necessary to create cross draft

for attic ventilation

Roof turbine: necessary to ventilate attic by

releasing/eliminating hot air and water vapor

A tractor with an attached hydraulic hinged boom used for excavating earth for footings, slabs, etc.

Bucket width of this particular one is: 23”

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.

Used for running lines

This arch is a segmental arch except it only has one course of

soldiers bricks in its design

This is a roman arch

This is a roman arch with a keystone

This is a flemish bond consisting of header and stretcher bricks laid in alternating fashion shown. Each header is layed on

center with the stretcher below it.

This is a running bond, characterized by

just continuing courses of stretchers.

Rowlocks

Header

Sailor

Soldier:

Rowlock Strecther

Similar to a Utility Brick: 3”x10 ½”x3 ½”

Norman Brick: 3 ½”x11 ½”x2 ¼”

Large, powerful tractor having a vertical blade at the front end used for moving earth, tree stumps, rocks, etc.

Also used to help bring a site to grade

Bulldozer blade measurement: 96”

Brick clad structure

EFIS clad structure

Stone clad structure

Wood board clad

Wood shingle siding is typically smoother and sawn

Wood Shake siding is usually split and has a rough rustic appearance

Wood shake clad structure seen

•the code requires habitable

• rooms other than kitchens to be 70 sq. ft. or larger

•code requires ceiling height to be a minimum of 7 ft.

•Code requires that half of the area of a room have at least a seven foot ceiling height.

•Code Requires Windows 24” max above finish floor

•IBC Requires a safe means of egress, accessibility for persons with disabilities, fire resistance, fire protection systems,

weather resistance, finishes, and interior environments

•This window meets code for egress because it fits perameters of: a net width of opening being no less than 20 inches and the net height of no more than 24 inches

•Tread: 10’”

•Riser 6 ½”

•IBC tread and riser requirements are: minimum 10” tread and maximum 7 3/4 “ riser

•This stair meets IBC because it is within the parameters stated by the code.

Control Joint: an intentional,

linear discontinuity in a structure,

designed to form a plane of

weakness where cracking can

occur, to avoid stresses on other

structures

Isolation Joint: joint in slab or other structure that isolates it from the

vibrations or potential movement of another integral structure. In this

picture the column is being isolated from the surrounding slab.

Concreter Masonry Unit- a block of hardened concrete with or without hollow cores. Designed to be laid in the same manner as a brick. Dimensions 8”x8”x16”. 1 CMU =3 courses of brick.

Split block Ribbed faced block

Exterior Flush Door

Transom-small window directly above a

door.

Sidelight-a tall narrow window on the

side of a door.

Power Pole-used to support power

lines as they run down the road and

then to your service head.

Transformer-converts the several

thousand volts running through the

utility lines into a usable 110/220 volt

alternating current

Service Head- where

the eletrical lines

enter the house

Meter-measures the amount of electricity your house is consuming

Service Panel- distributes electricity to various circuits throughout the

house. (one picture has not had the breakers installed)

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A loader having a shovel or bucket at the end of an articulated arm

located at the front of the vehicle

Used for moving materials around the job site/any earth work

needed

Bucket shown is an 86” bucket.

Gypsum Board-interior facing panel with

a gypsum floor sandwiched between

paper faces.

Heat Pump- a device that utilizes a refrigeration cycle either to heat or cool

a building by passing air or water over either condensing coil or the

evaporating coils.

Air Handling Unit- actually

sends the cooled refrigerant to

a coil in the supply duct that

cools the circulated air.

Advantage of Forced Air

System-rapid response time,

disadvantage: its noisy

Blanket/batt insulation

Loose fill

Foamed

Rigid Board

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1 ½” Pipe is used for draining a lavatory

3” pipe is used to drain a watercloset

Plumbing Vent-

vents plumbing

fixture pipes so

that they drain

properly.

Integral

A wood panel composed of an odd number of layers of wood

veneer bound together under pressure

Reflective foil

placed adjacent to

an airspace in roofs

or walls as a

deterent to infrared

energy.

Gutter-catches all the water before it leaves the roof

Downspot-water leaves the gutter and travels down the side of the building

vertically

Splashblock-”breaks” the fall of the water to prevent undermiing and errosion

Splash Block

Underlayment-waterproof material laid between roof sheathing and

roofing, keeps sheathing dry

Clay tile roof

shingle-a small unit of water-

resitant material nailed in

overlapping fashion, so as to

make a roof or wall watertight.

These are shingles made out

of recycled papers and other

building materials. Lack

characteristics of an asphalt

shingle

Metal panel roofing-

preformed panels of

galvenized or alluminized

steel.

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Mansard

Ridge

Valley

Eave

Rake

Fascia

Soffit

Coursed ashlar

Liquid Applied Waterproofing- to keep

water from entering the structure

Weep Hole-a small opening whose purpose is to permit drainage of

water that accumulates inside a building component.

Casement Window- hinged along the

edges and projects out when operated

Doublehung- both top and bottom lites

move up and down

Jalousie-operates by the vent-like panes opening vertically by

operating a crank like mechanism.