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AIR BARRIER PAPER IS THE WATER RESISTANT PAPER INSTALLED OVER SHEATHING AND UNDER SIDING OR SHINGLES TO INSULATE IN THE HOUSE.

THE PAPER IS ALSO WATERPROOFING THE HOUSE.

SOFFIT VENTS ARE USED TO VENT AIR OUT OF ATTICS THROUGH THE SOFFIT.

Ridge Vents are used to vent air out of attics at the ridge of the roof. It is most commonly seen on hip roofs.

Gable Vents are used to vent air through the gable of the house

Roof turbines are used to vent air through the roof.

A BACKHOE IS A MACHINE USED TO DIG LARGE DEEP HOLES WITH THE USE OF HYDRAULICS THAT CONTROL AN ARM WITH A BUCKET ON THE END.

WIDTH OF BUCKET: 22”

BATTER BOARDS ARE 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.

BRICK ARCH #1

GOTHIC ARCH

BRICK ARCH #2

PARABOLIC ARCH

ARCH WITH KEYSTONE

ROMAN ARCH

CENTERING IS TEMPORARY FORMWORK FOR AN ARCH, DOME, OR VAULT.

This is a flemish bond. In a flemish bond every other brick on each course is a rowlock.

This pattern is much like a flemish bond but has four courses of running bonds in between every flemish bond.

Rowlocks

Headers

Soldiers

Sailors

Stretcher rowlock (shiner)

Bick Size #1

Modular: 3 ½ x 7 ½ x 2 ¼

Brick Size #2

Closest on chart is Utility:3 ½ x 11 ½ x 3 ½

A bulldozer is a machine that runs on tracks with a blade on the front used to bush dirt around and roughly level a sight.

Brick Clad Structure

EIFS

Stone Clad Structure

Random Ashlar

Wood Board Clad Structure

Wood Shingle Clad Structure

Wood Shake: a single board to be used as cladding by overlapping with many more differentiated planks

Wood Shingle: a board used as cladding that is overlapped with similar boards.

This house uses wood shakes.

29” x 30” = 870sq.”

20” AFF

IBC requirements:Must have opening of 5.7 square feet unless sill is below 44”.

This window meets these requirements

Riser height: 7 ½”

Tread depth: 10 ¾”

IBC requires that a stair with a nosing have a maximum riser height of 7 ¾” and a minimum tread depth of 10” so these stairs meet the code.

A CONTROL JOINT IS AN INTENTIONAL, LINEAR DISCONTINUITY IN A STRUCTURE OR 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.

AN ISOLATION JOINT IS A CONCRETE JOINT THAT SEPARATES TWO POURS WITH A FIBER MATERIAL IN ORDER TO PROTECT EACH SLAB FROM SHIFTS AND MOVEMENTS IN THE OTHER.

A CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT IS A BLOCK OF HARDENED CONCRETE, WITH OR WITHOUT HOLLOW CORES, DESIGNED TO BE LAID IN THE SAME MANNER AS BRICK OR STONE.

TYPICAL DIMENSIONS:7 5/8 X 7 5/8 X 15 5/8

A CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT IS A BLOCK OF HARDENED CONCRETE, WITH OR WITHOUT HOLLOW CORES, DESIGNED TO BE LAID IN THE SAME MANNER AS BRICK OR STONE.

Different size CMU than previous slide

Ribbed block Split Block

Panel

Stile

Top Rail

Lock Rail

Bottom Rail

Flush Door Ext. Panel Door

A TRANSOM IS A SMALL WINDOW DIRECTLY ABOVE A DOOR.

A SIDELIGHT IS A TALL NARROW WINDOW DIRECTLY ALONG SIDE A DOOR.

Underground transformer box

Transfers power from main electrical lines to the service head.

Service head

Routes wires from guideline to the power meter

Meter

The meter monitors the amount of power used by a household.

Service Panel

Houses breakers that routes the electricity to each load.

Duplex Receptacle

Transfers electricity from wires in wall to load.

GYPSUM BOARD IS INTERIOR FACING PANELS. CONSISTING OF A GYPSUM CORE SANDWICHED BETWEEN PAPER FACES.

OSB IS A NONVENEERED BUILDING PANEL COMPOSED OF LONG SHREDS OF WOOD FIBER ORIENTED IN SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS AND BONDED TOGETHER UNDER PRESSURE.

PLYWOOD IS A WOOD PANEL COMPOSED OF AN ODD NUMBER OF LAYERS OF WOOD VENEER BONDED TOGETHER UNDER PRESSURE.

A RADIANT BARRIER IS A REFLECTIVE FOIL PLACED ADJACENT TO AN AIRSPACE IN ROOF OR WALL ASSEMBLIES AS A DETERRENT TO THE PASSAGE OF INFRARED ENERGY.

A GUTTER IS A CHANNEL THAT COLLECTS RAIN WATER AND SNOWMELT AT THE EAVE OF A ROOF.

A DOWNSPOUT IS A VERTICAL PIPE FOR CONDUCTING WATER FROM A ROOF TO A LOWER LEVEL.

A SPLASH BLOCK IS A SMALL PRECAST BLOCK OF CONCRETE OR PLASTIC USED TO DIVERT WATER AT THE BOTTOM OF A DOWNSPOUT.

UNDERLAYMENT IS A LAYER OF WATERPROOF MATERIAL SUCH AS BUILDING FELT BETWEEN ROOF SHEATHING AND ROOFING.

A SHINGLE IS A SMALL UNIT OF WATER-RESISTANT MATERIAL NAILED IN OVERLAPPING FASHION WITH MANY OTHER SUCH UNITS TO RENDER A SLOPING ROOF WATERTIGHT.

A RIDGE IS THE LEVEL INTERSECTION OF TWO ROOF PLANES IN A GABLE ROOF.

A VALLEY IS A TROUGH FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF TWO ROOF SLOPES.

AN EAVE IS THE HORIZONTAL EDGE OF THE LOW SIDE OF A SLOPING ROOF.

A RAKE IS THE SLOPING EDGE OF A STEEP ROOF.

SOFFIT IS THE UNDERSURFACE OF A HORIZONTAL ELEMENT OF A BUILDING, ESPECIALLY THE UNDERSIDE OF A ROOF OVERHANG.

A WEEP HOLE IS A SMALL OPENING WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO PERMIT DRAINAGE OF WATER THAT ACCUMULATES INSIDE A BUILDING COMPONENT OR ASSEMBLY.