Visual Dictionary
- 1. Visual Dictionary Materials, Methods, and Equipment 1
- 2. Air Barrier Paper: a sheet material used as both a vapor retarder and an air barrier
- 3. Attic Ventilation: Soffit Vent:
- 4. Attic Ventilation: Ridge Vent:
- 5. Attic Ventilation: Gable Vent:
- 6. Attic Ventilation: Roof Turbine:
- 7. Backhoe: is a piece of excavating equipment or digger consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm
- 8. Batter Boards: 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
- 9. Brick Arches: A wedge-shaped brick used in arches Brick Arch # 1: Roman Arch
- 10. Brick Arches: Brick Arch # 2: Elliptical Arch
- 11. Brick Arches: Brick Arch with Keystone: Jack Arch with Keystone
- 12. Brick Arches: Centering: temporary formwork for an arch, dome, or vault
- 13. Brick Bonds: an arrangement of built-up brick or other units laid so that their overlapping thoroughly ties the units together, which enables the whole to act as a unit in resisting stresses Brick Bond # 1: Common Every 6 th Course is a Header line
- 14. Brick Bonds: Brick bond # 2: Stacked Bricks are stacked on top of one another
- 15. Brick Bonds: Rowlocks:
- 17. Brick Bonds: Soldiers:
- 19. Brick Bonds: Stretcher Rowlock (Shiners):
- 20. Brick Sizes: Length, Width, and Height of a Brick Brick Size # 1: Modular 3 5/8” wide X 2 ¼” tall X 7 5/8” long
- 21. Brick Sizes: Brick Size # 2: Roman 3 ½” wide X 1 5/8” tall X 11” long
- 22. Bulldozer: A heavy, driver-operated machine for clearing and grading land, usually having continuous treads and a broad hydraulic blade in front
- 23. Cladding: Exterior façade of a building that carries no loads from the building itself Brick Clad Structure:
- 24. Cladding: EIFS Clad Structure:
- 25. Cladding: Stone Clad Structure:
- 26. Cladding: Wood Board Clad Structure:
- 27. Cladding: Wood Shingle/ Shake Clad Structure: strong planked wood used for siding
- 28. Code Requirements: Egress of Bedroom Window: Window meets egress requirements for a second floor window Width: 3 ½’, Height: 2 ½’, Area: 8 ¾ sq ft, Sill Height 24” AFF
- 29. Code Requirements: Stairs: This stair meets IBC code requirements Tread: 10” Riser: 7 3/4”
- 30. Concrete Joints: 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 Control Joint:
- 31. Concrete Joints: Isolation Joint: Isolates wall from structural steel column. used to relieve flexural stresses due to vertical movement of slab-on-grade applications that adjoin fixed foundation elements such as columns, building or machinery foundations, etc.
- 32. 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 1 CMU= 3 Brick Courses CMU: usually 8”X8”X16” CMU is an important structural element or it can be an interior façade over structural steel.
- 33. Concrete Masonry Units: Different Sizes of CMU:
- 34. Decorative Concrete Masonry Units: Split Block:
- 35. Decorative Concrete Masonry Units: Ribbed Block:
- 36. Doors: Exterior Flush Door:
- 37. Doors: Exterior Panel Door: Stile Top Rail Bottom Rail Lock Rail
- 38. Doors: Transom: a small window directly above a door
- 39. Doors: Sidelight: a tall, narrow window alongside a door
- 40. Electrical Components: Underground Transformer: an electrical device that changes the voltage of alternating current
- 41. Electrical Components: Service Head: entrance spot for the three wires that come from the transformer to the house and pass through to the meter
- 42. Electrical Components: Meter: measures power usage of a house
- 43. Electrical Components: Service Panel: Also known as a breaker panel, contains a main disconnect switch and circuit breakers that act as fuses for each electrical circuit
- 44. Electrical Components: Duplex Receptacle: a receptacle with more than one outlet, a place where an appliance can be connected to an electrical circuit
- 45. Framing Elements: # 1 Anchor Bolt:
- 46. Framing Elements: # 2 Sill Plate:
- 47. Framing Elements: # 3 Floor Joists:
- 48. Framing Elements: # 4 Sub flooring:
- 49. Framing Elements: # 5 Sole Plate:
- 50. Framing Elements: # 6 Stud: Light gauge steel framing stud
- 51. Framing Elements: # 7 Top Plate:
- 52. Faming Elements: # 8 Ceiling Joist:
- 53. Framing Elements: # 9 Rafter:
- 54. Framing Elements: # 10 Roof Decking:
- 55. Framing Elements: # 11 Sheathing:
- 56. Framing Elements: # 12 Stringer:
- 57. Front End Loader: An earthmoving machine with a hydraulic scoop in front for lifting and loading earthwork and rubble . A backhoe is an excavator whose bucket is rigidly attached to a hinged pole on the boom and is drawn backward to the machine when in operation. A bulldozer is a heavy, driver operated machine for clearing and grading land, usually having continuous treads and a broad hydraulic blade in front.
- 58. Gypsum Board: an interior facing panel consisting of a gypsum core sandwiched between paper faces
- 59. Heat Pump: a device that utilizes a refrigeration cycle either to heat or cool a building by passing air or water over either the condensing coils or the evaporating coils repeatedly Advantage: Heat pumps are more energy efficient. Disadvantage: Higher first cost than hot water heater.
- 60. Heat Pumps: Compressor/ Condenser: a device that removes vapors like oil or water from the air stream in a compressed air line
- 61. Heat Pumps: Air Handling Unit: provides treatment for air before it is distributed
- 62. Insulation: material used in the building assembly to reduce heat flow through the assembly Blanket/ Batt Insulation: used to reduce heat flow in walls
- 63. Insulation: Loose Fill Insulation: used to reduce heat flow in attic spaces.
- 64. Insulation: Foamed Insulation: used to reduce heat flow in wall cavities or window cavities
- 65. Insulation: Rigid board Insulation: used to reduce heat flow in any part of the building assembly
- 66. Lintel: a beam that carries the load of a wall across a window or door opening Concrete Lintel
- 67. Mortar: Mortar Joint # 1: Tooled= Raked 5/8” thick Used on a house: N mortar used
- 68. Mortar: Mortar Joint # 2: Tooled= Concave 5/8” thick Used on public building: N mortar used
- 69. Oriented Strand Board: a nonveneered panel product composed of long shreds of wood fiber oriented in specific directions and bonded together under pressure
- 70. Plumbing: Lavatory: 1 ½” pipe
- 71. Plumbing: Water Closet: 3” Drainage Pipe
- 72. Plumbing: Manufactured Shower/ Tub:
- 73. Plumbing: Plumbing Roof Vent: maintains a system of plumbing drains and waste lines at atmospheric pressure by connecting them to outdoor air.
- 74. Plumbing: Kitchen/ Bathroom Sink: Integral Sink
- 75. Plywood: a wood panel composed of an odd number of layers of wood veneer bonded together under pressure Veneer: a thin layer, sheet, or facing
- 76. Radiant Barrier: a reflective foil placed adjacent to an airspace in roof or wall assemblies as a deterrent to the passage of infrared energy
- 77. Rebar: Rebar in elevator shaft #4 rebar ½” diameter Deformations/ surface ribs are better for bonding with concrete
- 78. Steep Roof Drainage: Gutter: a channel that collects rainwater and snowmelt at the eave of a roof
- 79. Steep Roof Drainage: Downspout: a vertical pipe for conducting water from a roof to a lower level
- 80. Steep Roof Drainage: Splash back: a small pre-cast block of concrete or plastic used to divert water at the bottom of a downspout
- 81. Steep Roof Materials: Under-layment: a panel laid over a sub-floor or rafters/trusses to create a smooth, stiff surface for the application of finished flooring or roofing.
- 82. Steep Roof Materials: Clay Tile Roof:
- 83. Steep Roof Materials: Shingle: a thin, oblong piece of material, such as wood or slate, that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of a house.
- 84. Steep Roof Materials: Metal Panel Roof: generally galvanized or aluminized steel
- 85. Steep Roof Shapes: Gable Roof:
- 86. Steep Roof Shapes: Gambrel Roof:
- 87. Steep Roof Shapes: Hip Roof:
- 88. Steep Roof Shapes: Mansard Roof:
- 89. Steep Roof Terms: Ridge: the level intersection of two roof planes in a gable roof
- 90. Steep Roof Terms: Valley: a trough formed by the intersection of two roof slopes
- 91. Steep Roof Terms: Eave: the horizontal edge at the low side of a sloping roof
- 92. Steep Roof Terms: Rake: the sloping edge of a steep edge
- 93. Steep Roof Terms: Soffit: the undersurface of a horizontal element of a building
- 94. Steep Roof Terms: Fascia: the exposed vertical face of an eave
- 95. Steep Roof Terms: Building w/out Fascia:
- 97. Stone: Coursed Rubble: ------- ------- ------- -------
- 100. Vapor Retarder: Prevents water vapor from penetrating the insulation in the wall of a building Placed on the inside of the insulation
- 101. Waterproofing: Rolled on waterproofing An impervious membrane applied to the outside of a foundation concrete masonry units. It prevents water from entering the building through concrete masonry units.
- 102. Weep Hole: a small opening whose purpose is to permit drainage of water that accumulates inside a building component or assembly
- 103. Welded Wire Fabric: The welded wire fabric grid was about 5’ x 6’
- 104. Windows: Window # 1: Casement Window: window has a sash that rotates outward from its frame on the side
- 105. Windows: Window # 2: Sliding Window: essentially a single hung window on its side with the advantage that the track holds the sash in the frame along two sides
- 106. Windows: Window # 3: Single Hung: sash is kept in place by a track on the vertical sides of the window.