1. BSCI 2300 Visual Dictionary

2. Air Barrier Paper A sheet material used as both a vapor retarder and an air barrier

3. Attic Ventilation To allow water vapor to escape, but also to keep the house cooler in the summer Soffit Vent

4. Attic Ventilation Ridge Vent Gable Vent

5. Attic Ventilation Roof Turbine

6. Backhoe A mechanical excavator that draws toward itself a bucket attached to a hinged boom 24” Bucket width

7. 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

8. Brick Arches Roman Arch Jack Arch

9. Brick Arches - Keystone Arch with a keystone

10. Brick Arches - Centering Temporary formwork for an arch, dome, or vault

11. Brick Bonds Running Bond – repeating layers of stretcher courses Flemish Bond – the courses alternate between headers and stretchers

12. Brick Bonds Rowlocks Headers

13. Brick Bonds Soldiers Shiners

14. Brick Bonds Sailors

15. Brick Sizes Modular Brick – 3 ½” x 2 ¼” x 7 ½” Utility Brick – 3 ½” x 3 ½” x 11 ½”

16. Bulldozer A powerful tractor with a broad upright blade at the front for clearing ground

17. Cladding Brick EIFS

18. Cladding Stone – random rubble Wood Boards

19. 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

20. 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

21. Code Requirements Stair Code: Tread = 11” min Riser = 7 ¾” max My Stairs: Tread = 11 ½” Riser = 7” Meets IBC Requirements

22. 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

23. Concrete Joints Isolation Joint – joints that isolate the slab from a wall, column, or drainpipe Isolating the slab from the column

24. 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”

25. Decorative Concrete Masonry Units Split Block Ribbed Block

26. Doors Flush Door

27. Doors Panel Door A Panel A Stile Top Rail Lock Rail Bottom Rail

28. Doors Transom – A small window directly above a door Sidelight – A tall narrow window along-side a door

29. 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

30. 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

31. Electrical Components Duplex Receptacle – an AC power plug

32. Framing Elements 1) Anchor Bolt 2) Sill Plate

33. Framing Elements 3) Floor Joist 4) Subflooring

34. Framing Elements 5) Sole Plate 6) Stud

35. Framing Elements 7) Top Plate 8) Stringer

36. Framing Elements 9) Ceiling Joist 10) Rafter

37. Framing Elements 11) Roof Decking 12) Sheathing

38. 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.

39. Gypsum Board Interior facing panel made of a gypsum, core between two faces of paper

40. 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.

41. 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

42. Insulation Batt/Blanket Loose Fill

43. Insulation Foamed Rigid Board Purpose: To reduce heat flow through the assembly

44. Lintel A beam that carries the load of a wall across a window or door opening

45. Mortar Concave Joint – troweled, 3/8”, Commercial building, type N Raked Joint – tooled, 3/8”, Residential building, type N

46. Oriented Strand Board A nonveneered panel product which is made of long, strandlike wood particles compressed and glued into three to five layers

47. Plumbing Lavatory: Drain Pipe Diameter: 1.5” Water Closet: Drain Pipe Diameter: 3”

48. Plumbing Manufactured Tub Plumbing Vent

49. Plumbing Kitchen Sink Drop in

50. 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

51. Radiant Barrier A reflective foil placed adjacent to an airspace in roof or wall assemblies as a deterrent to the passage of infrared energy

52. 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

53. Steep Roof Drainage Gutter – a channel that collects rainwater and snowmelt at the eave of a roof Downspout – a vertical pipe for conducting water from a roof to a lower level Splash block – A small precast block of concrete or plastic used to divert water at the bottom of a downspout

54. Steep Roof Materials Underlayment – a layer of waterproof material such as building felt between roof sheathing and roofing Clay tile roof

55. 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

56. Steep Roof Shapes Gable Gambrel

57. Steep Roof Shapes Hip Mansard

58. 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

59. 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

60. Stone Random Rubble Coursed Rubble

61. Stone Random Ashlar Coursed Ashlar

62. 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

63. Waterproofing An impervious membrane applied to the outside of a foundation. Keeps water from entering the structure Fully Adhered

64. Weep Hole A small opening whose purpose is to permit drainage of water that accumulates inside a building component or assembly

65. Welded Wire Fabric A grid of steel rods that are welded together, used to reinforce a concrete slab

66. 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

67. Windows Single Hung – This is a single hung window because one sash of the window moves freely