The document defines and describes various building materials and construction elements. It provides definitions and descriptions of items like air barrier paper, backhoes, batter boards, brick bonds, concrete joints, framing elements, gypsum board, insulation, mortar, plumbing components, rebar, roof drainage components, stone patterns, vapor retarders, waterproofing, weep holes, and window types.

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2. Define + What it’s doing: It is a type of paper that blocks air flow, so you don’t leak air out of the house. It’s also backup waterproofing for the siding. AIR BARRIER PAPER

3. ATTIC VENTILATION (2) -Why it’s needed? Because the HVAC system does not usually run through the attic, the ventilation allows the attic to be at a average temperature and let fresh air circulate.

4. Soffit Vent Ridge Vent Gable Vent Roof Turbine

5. BACKHOE Define: Equipment with 4 tires that has a digging arm attached to the front -Bucket Width 22.5” -Equipment is used for excavating job sites

6. BATTER BOARDS -Batter boards are temporary framing built on the outside corners that mark the boundaries of a structure and create a level line for it.

7. BRICK ARCHES Brick Arch #1-Roman Arch Brick Arch #2- Gothic Arch

8. Roman Brick Arch With Keystone

9. CENTERING Define: Temporary framework for an arch that allows you to place the bricks before entering the keystone

10. BRICK BONDS Running Bond - It is all rows of stretcher bricks Flemish Bond – Alternating Headers and stretchers

11. Headers Rowlocks

12. Soldiers Sailors

13. Stretcher Rowlocks (Shiners)

14. BRICK SIZES Modular Brick Measurements: 3.5” x 2.25” x 7.625” Utility Brick Measurements: 3.625” x 3.625” x 11.625”

15. BULLDOZER Define: Earth moving equipment with a plated front to push the soil What it’s used for: to push soil, leveling out soil for a slab

16. CLADDING Brick EIFS Stone-random

17. Wood Board Clad Wood Shake Cladding

18. Wood Shake Definition: A single split block of wood Wood Shingle Definition: A small unit of water resistant material installed in an overlapping fashion with many other units to render the wall tight

19. Code Requirements Egress Window Measurements: Window- 2.5’ x 5’ 12.5 SQF Area, and it is 2.5’ AFF IBC Requirements for Egress Window: Min opening of 5.7 SQF, Min height of 2’, Min Width of 1.33’, and less than or equal to 3.66’ sill height AFF Does it meet the requirements? YES

20. Stair Measurements: Tread: 11 1/8” Riser: 7 7/16” IBC Code Riser: 7-3/4” Max (no more than 3/8 deveation) Tread: 11” min depth Does it meet code? YES

21. CONCRETE JOINTS Define: intentional joint in a slab designed to form a plane of weakness where cracking can occur. In effect, minimizing cracking in the slab. Control Joint Crack

22. ISOLATION JOINT Define: joint that relieves flexural stresses due to the vertical movement of slab on grade applications that adjoin fixed foundation elements such as columns, building, or machinery foundations. Isolating the slab from the column

23. CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT Define: block of hardened concrete, with or without hollow cores, designed to be laid in the same manner as a brick stone; a concrete block. Typical Dimensions: 7 5/8” x 15 5/8”

24. 2 DIFFERENT SIZE CMU 6” 2”

25. Ribbed Block CMU Split Block CMU

26. DOORS Exterior Flush Door

27. EXTERIOR PANEL DOOR Stile Top Rail Panel Lock Rail Bottom Rail

28. Transom Define: a window directly above a door letting light in Sidelight Define: a tall, narrow window beside the door

29. ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS Underground Transformer Box Its Function: To drop down the voltage being sent into the neighborhood.

30. SERVICE HEAD It’s Function: Protects the electrical wires as they enter the house

31. METER It’s Function: To measure the amount of electricity being used in a residence

32. SERVICE PANEL It’s Function: To control the flow of electricity. It has breakers that shut off electricity if a surge is identified.

33. DUPLEX RECEPTACLE What it’s used for: An outlet to plug in electrical devices.

34. FRAMING ELEMENTS #1- Anchor Bolt

35. #2- Sill Plate

36. #3- Floor Joists

37. #4- Sub Flooring

38. #5- Sole Plate

39. #6- Stud

40. #7- Top Plate

41. #8- Ceiling Joist

42. #9- Rafter

43. #10- Roof Decking

44. #11- Sheathing

45. #12- Stringer

46. FRONT END LOADER Define: a piece of earth moving equipment that scoops or loads soil with it’s bucket

47. GYPSUM BOARD Define: interior facing panel made of a gypsum core between two faces of paper

48. 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

49. Compressor What it’s Doing: The working fluid, in its gaseous state, is pressurized and circulated through the system as a liquid Air handling Unit What it’s Doing: Conditioning and circulating air that is temperature controlled.

50. INSULATION The Purpose of Insulation Insulation reduces unwanted heat loss or gain and can decrease the energy demands of heating and cooling systems Batt Insulation Rigid Board Insulation Loose-Fill Insulation

51. LINTEL Definition: A horizontal beam used in the construction of buildings, and is a major architectural contribution of ancient Greece. It usually supports the masonry above a window or door opening.

52. MORTAR #1-Concave Mortar Joint Tooled 3/8” Joint My Moms Dentist Office/ Commercial Probably type N mortar

53. MORTAR #2- Weathered Mortar Joint Neither Tooled nor Trowled 3/8” joint The building is a house/ Residential Probably type N mortar

54. ORIENTED STRAND BOARD OSB Define: a building panel composed of shreds of wood fiber oriented in specific directions and bonded together under pressure. It is a non-veneered panel.

55. PLUMBING Lavatory Pipe size required: 1.5”

56. Water Closet Pipe size required: 3”

57. Manufactured Tub set in framing prior to gypsum board being applied

58. Plumbing Roof Vent What it’s Doing: Releasing the sewer gas into the air and freely allowing the drain system to vent itself

59. Kitchen Sink installed in a countertop What kind is it?: Under Mount

60. PLYWOOD Define: a wood panel composed of an odd number of layers of wood veneer bonded together under pressure Veneer Define: a thin layer, sheet, or facing.

61. RADIANT BARRIER Define and what it’s doing: A reflective surfac that repels radiation away from the house. In effect, cooling it. It is foil like material.

62. REBAR Gage: #5 Diameter: 5/8” Deformations are to help bond with the concrete

63. STEP ROOF DRAINAGE Gutter Define: a metal pan that stretches the linear length of the outside of the roof at the eave. What it does: it catches rainwater from flying off the roof

64. DOWNSPOUT Define: metal pipe-like structure that is connected to the gutter and has 2 openings on each end What it does: it allows the water that flows through the gutter to flow out onto the ground in a controlled fashion

65. SPLASH BLOCK Define: A concrete block that resides about 4-6 inches below the opening in the downspout What it does: It breaks the drop from the downspout on the ground and funnels the water onto where it is

66. STEP ROOF MATERIALS Underlayment Define: a layer of synthetic fiberglass fabric that is nailed to the roof and roofing tiles go over it What it’s doing: Secondary weather barrier with better resistance to tearing, moisture, and ultraviolet rays then traditional roofing felt.

67. CLAY TILE ROOF

68. Wooden Shingle (Shake) Roof Metal Panel Roof ( Typically Aluminum but sometimes galvanized steel)

69. STEEP ROOF SHAPES Gable Roof Gamble Roof

70. Mansard Roof Hip Roof

71. STEEP ROOF TERMS Ridge Define: the level of intersection of two roof planes going upwards Valley Define: a trough formed by the intersection of two downward sloped roofs

72. Rake Define: sloping edge on a roof Eave Define: the horizontal edge at the low side of a sloping roof

73. Fascia Define: exposed vertical face of an eave Soffit Define: the undersurface of a horizontal element of a building such as a roof overhang

74. Building without Fascia Define: a building without a fascia board installed around the end of the eave, exposing the rafters of the building

75. STONE Random Rubble Pattern Coursed Rubble Pattern

76. Coursed Ashlar Random Ashlar

77. VAPOR RETARDER What it’s doing: it blocks water vapor from entering the building Which side of the insulation it is commonly put: interior face of the insulation

78. WATERPROOFING It is keeping the water from seeping up under the concrete It is was sprayed on the concrete

79. WEEP HOLE Define (and what it’s doing): It’s a small hole in a brick wall that allows the water that gets behind the wall to be released back out of it

80. WELDED WIRE FABRIC Measurements of grid in both directions: 4” x 4”

81. WINDOWS Awning Window It is an awning window because it pops up from the bottom position. It blocks the rain from coming into the window, and is hinged from the top

82. Sliding Window This is a sliding window because it slides on a track

83. Double Hung Window Why it’s this window? : It has two separate moving pieces that allow you to open either end of the window.