Visual Dictionary By:Subfloor

1. Visual Dictionary By: Subfloor

2. Air Barrier Paper Weather barrier paper is applied to sheathing and serves as an air barrier to reduce leaking air through joints and as a waterproofing backing underneath sidings. It is wrapped around and keeps air out of the house

3. Attic ventilation Soffit vent=also a ventilation system that is used on the out side of a building and usually up under an eve. Ridge vent=located at highest point of roof, prevent snow and rain from entering by blown wind

4. Attic ventilation Gable vent= it is a ventilation system used for attic ventilation Roof turbine=it is a attic ventilation system also used and it spins on top of the house.

5. Back Hoe A Back Hoe digs footings for buildings and single family dwellings it also moves dirt from one place to another. Dimension of bucket= 2’x2’

6. Batter Boards Batter Boards are used right before concrete is poured and they are also used so that the framer can get a 3-4-5 or also known as a right angle .

7. Brick Arches Brick Arch #1

8. Brick Arches #2/#3 Key stone Brick Arch# 2

9. Brick Arches (centering) Centering is the form work that is used to make brick arches

10. Brick Bonds Common Bond Herringbone Bond

11. Brick bonds rowlock Headers

12. Brick Bonds Soldiers Stretchers Flemish Bond there is an alteration between the soldier bond and stretcher bonds

13. Brick bonds Strecther rowlock Sailors

14. Brick sizes Firebrick= size is 9 x 4.5 x 3 Normal brick= size is 9 x 4 x 2

15. Bulldozer A bulldozer is a tracked tractor equipped with a metal blade used to push large amounts of soil rubble and gravel during construction.

16. Cladding Wood Shingles Brick Clad structure

17. EIFS (stucco)

18. Cladding Stone= course( random ) pattern ( ashlur) Wood boards

19. Cladding This is a wood shingle and it is used on outside of a house and this is a wood shake.

20. Code Requirements Bedroom Window 2’10”x5’0”= Area=14.12 Sill height=5’0” This window meats requirements because the clearance is enough for an escape route in an emergency. Interior stair case= 7” by 10” It meats code requirments because maxium rise is 7 ¾ and tread in 10“ minimuim

21. Concrete Joints Control Joints - ¼” depth slab weaken by a recess joint in hopes to let stress off the concrete so that the concrete will crack to that joint

22. Concrete Joint (isolation joint) Isolation joint is a padding of concrete underneath point of pressure so that the slab will not crack.It is isolated from the slab.

23. Concrete Masonry Units Concrete Masonry units (CMU) primarily serve as foundations, retaining walls, and fireplaces. They are larger solid units than brick and are less expensive. Actual dimensions 7 5/8” x 7 5/8” x 15 5/8” : Nominal 8” x 8” x 16” 1 cmu block =3 bricks Different size CMU

24. Decorative concrete Masonry Unit Splitt block

25. Decorative Cmu Ribbed Block

26. Doors Flush Door Panel Door Top rail Stile Lock rail Panal Bottom rail

27. Doors Transom =the glazing below the door Side Light= glazing on the side of the doors usually in glass.

28. Electrical Components Transformer= lowers the voltage from high to a lower voltage. Service head =power hook up from power pole to the service 240/120 Meter= tell how much power is used measured in kilowatts Service panel=is a panal the is for disconect means has brakes in it Duplex receptacle= adouble receptacle the fits in a single gain box.

29. Framing Elements Anchor Bolt

30. Framing elements Sill plate Floor Joist Floor joist for Up stairs

31. Framing elements Subflooring Soleplate

32. Framing Elements Stud Top plate Top plate

33. Framing Elements Ceiling Joist Rafter

34. Framing Elements Roof decking Sheathing

35. Framing Elements Stringer

36. Front end loader A large motorized peace of machinery used to and move around dirt, gravel and other materials another to a location. It differs from a bulldozer because it can pick up the dirt where as a bulldozer can only push dirt.

37. Gypsum Board Gypsum Board is a building material known as drywall or also known as sheetrock that is made of gypsum plaster placed between two sheets of paper that is then kiln dried.

38. Heat Pump A component of the forced air system used to move heat and air through ducts to all. Advantage: allows the ability to filter air and control humidity while heating and cooling. Disadvantage: Very noisy and controls big airducts. Air Handling Unit- absorbs direct Air and supplies air to ducts. Compressor- condenses air and rejects heat Compressor evaporator Air handling unit Heat pump

39. Insulation Any material that is added to the perimeter of a building to slow down the conduction of heat flow referred to as thermal insulation. Most critical spaces are the walls and ceiling.

40. Insulation Batt/Blanket Loose Fill

41. Insulation Foamed Rigid Board

42. Lintel Lintels are steel or concrete angles placed above window and door openings to support opening span. Typically reinforced brick or block lintel or precast concrete

43. Mortar Concave Mortar Joint- 3/8”thick, tooled, on Stewarts house Type M Mortar- High Strength Exterior #1 Tooled #2 Trowled

44. Oriented Standard Board OSB- a softwood made of long strand-like wood particle that are compresses and glued into three to five layers. OSB is generally stronger because of the length and compression of the strands and is stiffer than veneered panels. Used as Sheathing

45. Plumbing Piping used to drain lavatory is a 1” pipe Lavatory

46. Plumbing Water closets= 3” drain and a ½” water line Shower/Tub Unit

47. Plumbing Roof plumbing Vent This vent is used to ventilate the restroom and shower area. Kitchen sink This is a drop in sink.

48. Plywood Veneer-thin slices of wood glued onto five core panels to produce plywood. It is also consider to be manufactured wood.

49. Radiant Barrier Radiant barriers are most commonly found only in attics. They reflect up to 97% of heat stored in attics. Since most of the heat in homes escapes and enters through the attic, the radiant barrier acts much like a form of insulation.

50. Rebar 3/8 size rebar It is sitting in the ground waiting to be poured or filled with concrete but when it is poured it will reinforce the concrete.

51. Steep Roof Drainage A gutter is used to direct the water to the down spout and that is used to direct the water to the ground as runoff and the slash block is used to keep the water from slashing over as it is being directed from the gutter to the downspout so the water doesn’t build up on top of the house as cause leaking from the roof. Splash Block Gutter DownSpout

52. Steep Roof Materials Underlayment- 15-30 pound building felt protects building from precipitation before the roofing is applied. Easily installed and is “dried in” Underlayment

53. 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 or other building.

54. Steep roof material Clay tile roof Shingles/ concrete

55. Steep roof materials Metal panel roof= material used usually galvanized.

56. Steep roof Shapes Gable Gambrel

57. Steep roof shapes Hip Mansard

58. Steep roof terms Ridge- level of roof intersection at its highest point. Valley- the sloping intersection of two roof planes where water runs toward it

59. Steep roof terms Eave= lowest horizontal edge of the low side of a sloping roof Rake= sloping corner of the roof

60. Steep roof material Fascia=- board that run around the eave of a building along the edge Soffit =undersurface of a horizontal rafter that conncets to the eve

61. Building without Facia Fascia=- board that run around the eave of a building along the edge

62. Stone Random rubble Coursed rubble

63. stone Random ashlar Coursed ashlar

64. Vapor Retarder Vapor Retarder is placed and helps keep the room warm in winter season. It determines and helps block the amount of dew or condensation that seeps through insulation.

65. Waterproofing It is aiding in keeping the moisture in the gravel and also keeping water out of the ground. This waterproofing is loosely laid. Loosely laid

66. Weep hole Weep hole-allows water that seeps behind building through mortar to drain out so that the wood framing of building will not rot.

67. Welded wire fabric The welded wire fabric is laying on the gravel waiting to have concrete poured on top of it and when its is poured it will help strengthen the concrete Size = 6”x 6”

68. Windows Casement Window that swings along the side #1 window

69. Windows Sliding Window= it is sliding window because it slides Double window= it is a double hung window because it is fixed on top and slides up from the bottom .