Visual DictionaryLimestone

Air Barrier Paper

Air Barrier paper-a sheet of material used as a barrier to keep conditioned air inside the building and outside air from intruding

Attic Ventilation

Soffit Vent- used to vent air in and out of the attic to prevent root

Attic Ventilation

Ridge vent-used to vent air from the attic to help prevent root

Attic Ventilation

Gable Vent-used to vent air from the attic to prevent root

Attic Ventilation

Roof Turbine-A turbine on top of the roof of a house used to vent the attic to prevent root

Backhoe

Backhoe-hydraulic machine with an attached arm and bucket used to move earth and others small materials.Bucket width- 17 inches

Batter Boards

Brick arch

Brick arch #1

Brick Arch

Brick arch # 2

Brick Arch

Brick arch # 3 with a keystone

Brick Arch

Centering. Used to form a arch so that brick or other stone can be laid in an arch

Brick Bonds

Common brick bond

Brick Bonds

Running brick bond

Brick Bonds

Rowlock brick pattern

Brick Bonds

Header brick

Brick bonds

Soldier brick

Brick Bonds

Sailor bricks

Brick Bonds

Stretcher rowlocks

Brick Sizes

Modular Brick 3 ½” x 7 ½” x 2 ¼”

Brick Sizes

Standard brick 3 ½” x 8” x 2 ¼”

Bulldozer

Bulldozer-a large tracked machine with a vertical blade in the front used to clear trees, earth, and etc from jobs sites

Cladding

Brick clad structures

Cladding

Eifs

Cladding

Random Ashler stone cladding

Cladding

Wood board cladding

Cladding

Wood shake claddingWood shingle-a wood shingle that has been cut to have a smooth shape and textureWood shake- a shingle cut to have a rough shape and texture

Code Requirements

10” tread 6” riseCode require a min of 10” tread and 7 ¾” rise with ¾” noise. Stairs were in right dimensions so the pass code.

Egress window-code requires that a min of 24” height, 20” width, 5.7 sq ft, and max off 44” of the finish floor.This window passed code with a 36” width , height off 46”, 11sq stand 36 off finish floor

Concrete control Joints

Control joint-an intentional, linear discontinuity in a structure or component, designed to form a plane of weakness where cracking can occur.

Control Joints

Isolation joint slab from wall

Concrete Masonry Unit

1 cmu = 3 bricksCMU-a block of hardened concrete, with or without hollow cores, designed to be laid in the same manner as brick or stone . Normally 8x8x16

Concrete Masonry Unit

6”12”

6” and 12” cmu blocks

Decorative CMU

Split cmu

Ribbedcmu

Doors

Exterior flush door

Exterior panel door

Top rail

panel

Lock railBottom rail

Stile

Doors

Transom- rounded window above a door

Sidelight-fixed glazed panels on the sides of doors

Electrical Components

Power pole with above ground transformer used to transform high voltage power down to 120 volts for households

Service head- use to bring the power from the power poll into the meter then into the house

Electrical Components

Electrical meter- used to measure the amount of power that is being used

Service panel-used to protect to house or building from electrical surges or faults

Electrical Duplex-used in the house or building to transfer the power from the wires in the wall to the device being used

Framing Elements#1anchorbolt

#2 Sill plate

#3 floor joist

#4 subflooring

#8 ceiling joist

#7 top plate

#5 sole plate

#6 stud

#9 rafter

Framing Elements

#10 roofdecking

#11sheathing

#12 stinger

Front End Loader

Front end loader-a machine with a arm and bucket attached to the front, used to move topsoil, earth, and etc.

Gypsum Board

Gypsum Board- wallboard composed of mostly gypsum used as sheathing

Heat PumpHeat pump adv- cheaper long run power cost and more efficient than some other heat and cooling methodsHeat pump dis-higher up front cost to install than some other heating and cooling methods

Compressor/condenser-used to compress and condense fluids to heat and cool the house or building

Air handling unit- used to circulate the air through out the house or building

InsulationBatt insulation- used to keep help control to temp of a house or building

Foamed Insulation-Used to fill hole or gaps to stop air leakage.

Rigid board insulation

Loose fill insulation

Lintel

Steel lintel

Lintel- a horizontal member above a door or window used to support the overhead weight

Mortar#1 ½” tooled type k mortar on a engineering building

#2 3/8” troweled type k mortar on a apartment complex

Oriented Strand BoardOSB

Osb-a nonveneered panel board made by layering strands of wood flakes in a specific orientation

PlumbingLavatory with 1 ½” drain

Water closet with 3” drain

Plumbing

PlumbingRoof vent

VTR-used to vent the gases from the plumbing system out of the house and into the air through an opening in the roof

Drop in sink

PlywoodPlywood- a wood panel composed of an odd number of layers of wood veneer bonded together under pressure

Veneer-a thin layer, sheet, or facing

Radiant Barrier

Radiant barrier- used in the houses and other buildings to help protect against the son uv rays and keep cooling cost down

Rebar

# 3 rebar used to help strengthen concrete and prevent it from failing

Steep Roof Drainage

Gutter-a channel on the eave of a house used to carry rain water run off

Downspout-a tube that attaches to the gutter to guild the rain water run off from the gutter to the ground

Splash block-used at the bottom off a downspout used to deflect the rain water run off out the spout way from the foundation

Steep roof materials

Underlayment-a layer of water proof material such as belting felt between roof sheathing and roofing

Wood shingle

Shingle-a small unit of water-resistant material nailed in overlapping fashion with many other such units to render a wall or slopping roof watertight

Steep roof materials Clay tile roof

Metal aluminized steel roof

Steep roof shapesGable roof

Gambrel roof

Hip roof

Stepped 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

Eave-the horizontal edge at the low side of a sloping roof

Steep roof terms

Rake-the sloping edge of a steep roof

Soffit-the undersurface of a horizontal element of a building, especially the underside of a stair or roof overhang

Steep roof terms

Fascia-the exposed vertical face of an eave

No fascia

Stone

Random ashlar

Random rubble

Coursed rubble

Vapor retarder

Vapor retarder- a layer of material intended to obstruct the passage of water vapor through a building assembly.

Water proofing

Weep hole

Weep hole-a small opening whose purpose is to permit drainage of water that accumulates inside a building component or

Welded wire fabric

Windows

#1 single hung with one vertical opening window

#2 casement-sash tilts out on a vertical hinged jam

#3 Sliding- one sash slides horizontally over the other.