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BSCI 2300 Visual Dictionary
Air Barrier Paper
• A sheet material used as both a vapor retarder and an air barrier
Attic Ventilation
• To allow water vapor to escape, but also to keep the house cooler in the summer
• Soffit Vent
Attic Ventilation
• Ridge Vent
• Gable Vent
Attic Ventilation
• Roof Turbine
Backhoe
• A mechanical excavator that draws toward itself a bucket attached to a hinged boom
• 24” Bucket width
Batter Boards
• A temporary frame built just outside the corner of an excavation to carry marks that lie on the surface planes of the foundation
Brick Arches
• Roman Arch
• Jack Arch
Brick Arches - Keystone
• Arch with a keystone
Brick Arches - Centering
• Temporary formwork for an arch, dome, or vault
Brick Bonds
• Running Bond – repeating layers of stretcher courses
• Flemish Bond – the courses alternate between headers and stretchers
Brick Bonds
• Rowlocks
• Headers
Brick Bonds
• Soldiers
• Shiners
Brick Bonds
• Sailors
Brick Sizes
• Modular Brick – 3 ½” x 2 ¼” x 7 ½”
• Utility Brick – 3 ½” x 3 ½” x 11 ½”
Bulldozer
• A powerful tractor with a broad upright blade at the front for clearing ground
Cladding
• Brick
• EIFS
Cladding
• Stone – random rubble
• Wood Boards
Cladding
• Wood Shingles – thin tapered slabs of wood, with the grain of wood running parallel to the length of the shingle
• Wood Shakes – split from the wood rather than sawn, much more irregular face texture than wood shingles
• Theses are wood shakes
Code Requirements
• Window Codes:• W = 20” minimum• H = 24” minimum• 5.7 Sq Ft minimum
• My Window:• W = 32 ¾” • H = 28”• 6.7 Sq Ft• Suitable as a means of
egress
Code Requirements
• Stair Code:• Tread = 11” min• Riser = 7 ¾” max
• My Stairs:• Tread = 11 ½”• Riser = 7”• Meets IBC
Requirements
Concrete Joints
• Control Joint – An intentional, linear discontinuity in a structure or component, designed to form a place of weakness where cracking can occur in response to various forces so as to minimize or eliminate cracking elsewhere in the structure
Concrete Joints
• Isolation Joint – joints that isolate the slab from a wall, column, or drainpipe
• Isolating the slab from the column
Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU)
• A block of hardened concrete, with or without hollow cores, designed to be laid in the same manner as a brick
• Typical Dimensions:• 7 5/8” x 15 5/8”
Decorative Concrete Masonry Units
• Split Block
• Ribbed Block
Doors
• Flush Door
Doors
• Panel Door• A Panel• A Stile• Top Rail• Lock Rail• Bottom Rail
Doors
• Transom – A small window directly above a door
• Sidelight – A tall narrow window along-side a door
Electrical Components
• Power Pole – a pole, mast, or tower that carries electric wires
• Service Head – the assembly by which electricity is conducted from outdoor lines to the meter base
Electrical Components
• Meter – a device that measures the amount of electrical energy consumed by a residence
• Service Panel – divides an electrical power feed into subsidiary circuits
Electrical Components
• Duplex Receptacle – an AC power plug
Framing Elements
• 1) Anchor Bolt
• 2) Sill Plate
Framing Elements
• 3) Floor Joist
• 4) Subflooring
Framing Elements
• 5) Sole Plate
• 6) Stud
Framing Elements
• 7) Top Plate
• 8) Stringer
Framing Elements
• 9) Ceiling Joist
• 10) Rafter
Framing Elements
• 11) Roof Decking
• 12) Sheathing
Front End Loader
• A machine with a scoop or bucket on an articulated arm at the front for digging and loading earth
• Differs from bulldozer in that it has wheels and a bucket instead of tracks and a blade.
Gypsum Board
• Interior facing panel made of a gypsum, core between two faces of paper
Heat Pump
• Advantage of Heat Pump: Saving energy so that you can generate lower energy bills.
• Disadvantage of Heat Pump: in very cold climates a backup system may be needed to effectively heat a building.
Heat Pump
• Compressor/Evaporator – The working fluid, in its gaseous state, is pressurized and circulated through the system as a liquid
Air Handling Unit – Conditioning and circulating air that is temperature controlled
Insulation
• Batt/Blanket
• Loose Fill
Insulation
• Foamed
Rigid Board• Purpose: To reduce heat
flow through the assembly
Lintel
• A beam that carries the load of a wall across a window or door opening
Mortar
• Concave Joint – troweled, 3/8”, Commercial building, type N
• Raked Joint – tooled, 3/8”, Residential building, type N
Oriented Strand Board
• A nonveneered panel product which is made of long, strandlike wood particles compressed and glued into three to five layers
Plumbing
• Lavatory:• Drain Pipe Diameter:
1.5”
• Water Closet:• Drain Pipe Diameter: 3”
Plumbing
• Manufactured Tub
Plumbing
Vent
Plumbing
• Kitchen Sink• Drop in
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
Radiant Barrier
• A reflective foil placed adjacent to an airspace in roof or wall assemblies as a deterrent to the passage of infrared energy
Rebar
• This rebar is .625” in diameter, it would be referred to as a #5 bar
The deformations rolled into the surface of a reinforcing bar help it to bond tightly to concrete
Steep Roof Drainage
• Gutter – a channel that collects rainwater and snowmelt at the eave of a roofDownspout – a vertical pipe for conducting water from a roof to a lower levelSplash block – A small precast block of concrete or plastic used to divert water at the bottom of a downspout
Steep Roof Materials
• Underlayment – a layer of waterproof material such as building felt between roof sheathing and roofing
• Clay tile roof
Steep Roof Materials
• Shingle – A small unit of water-resistant material nailed in overlapping fashion with many other such units to render a wall or sloping roof watertight
• Metal panel roof – panels, screws, neoprene washers
Steep Roof Shapes
• Gable
• Gambrel
Steep Roof Shapes
• Hip
• Mansard
Steep Roof Terms
• Ridge – the level intersection of two roof planes going upwards
• Valley – a trough formed by the intersection of two downward sloped roofs
• Eave – the horizontal edge at the low side of a sloping roof
• Rake – sloping edge on a roof
Steep Roof Terms
• Soffit – the udersurface of a horizontal element of a building such as a roof overhang
• Fascia – exposed vertical face of an eave
W/O Fascia
Stone
• Random Rubble
• Coursed Rubble
Stone
• Random Ashlar
• Coursed Ashlar
Vapor Retarder
• A layer of material intended to obstruct the passage of water vapor through a building assembly
• Placed on the “warm in winter” side of the insulation
Waterproofing
• An impervious membrane applied to the outside of a foundation. Keeps water from entering the structure
• Fully Adhered
Weep Hole
• A small opening whose purpose is to permit drainage of water that accumulates inside a building component or assembly
Welded Wire Fabric
• A grid of steel rods that are welded together, used to reinforce a concrete slab
Windows
• Casement – This is an outswinging casement window because it is hinged along the side of the window
• Double hung – This is a double hung window because both sashes of the window move freely
Windows
• Single Hung – This is a single hung window because one sash of the window moves freely