2. Air Barrier Paper A sheet material used as both a vapor retarder and an air barrier.
3. Attic Ventilation Insulated roof assemblies can have both a higher temperature differential and is subject to moisture.
4. Backhoe Piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm.
5. Batter Boards A temporary frame built outside the corner of an excavation to carry edges of a foundation.
6. Brick Arches Both are roman arches, one is a Roman arch with three courses rowlock-soldier-rowlock (to the right). The other arch is a roman arch with two alternating courses, rowlock-solider (to the left).
7. Brick Bonds The photo to the left is an example of a running bond-courses of alternating stretchers.
13. Brick Sizes The brick on the right is a Standard brick with dimensions 3 ½ x 2 ¼ x 8. The brick on the left is a Modular brick with dimensions at 3 ½ x 2 ¼ x 7 ½.
14. Bulldozer A piece of excavation equipment used to push large amounts of dirt around a site.
19. Cladding Wood Shingles are a form of cladding where shingles, usually cedar or redwood, are overlapped to form a drip edge.
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22. Concrete Joints A control joint is an intentional, linear discontinuity in a structure or component, designed to form a plane of weakness where a crack can occur.
23. Concrete Joints An isolated joint completely isolates the slab from a column, wall, or pipe.
24. Concrete Masonry Unit A CMU is a concrete block used in residential foundations and retaining walls. They are usually covered up by brick or other forms of exterior finish.
41. Front End Loader A piece a machinery that’s purpose is to load material (gravel, asphalt, dirt ,etc.) into another piece of machinery. It has a bucket specifically for scooping loose material.
42. Gypsum Board Panels made of the mineral gypsum used in construction of interior walls and ceilings.
43. Heat Pump This is a picture of the compressor which is used to evaporate and condense refrigerant to form heat and air conditioning.
44. Heat Pump This is a picture of the air handling unit used to force the cooled or heated air throughout the building.
45. Insulation A material added to a building to slow thermal heat transfer. Batt / Blanket Ridged Board Loose Fill
47. Lintel A beam that carries the load of a wall across a window or door.
48. Mortar This is a 3/8” tooled, concave mortar joint used on a building. This is a 3/8” tooled, raked mortar joint used on a residential home.
49. Oriented Strand Board OSB A nonveneered panel composed of long shreds of wood fiber oriented in a specific direction and bonded together under pressure.
54. Plywood A wood panel composed of an odd number of layers of wood veneer bonded together under pressure. Veneer is a thin layer, sheet or facing.
55. Radiant Barrier A reflective material that inhibits heat transfer by radiation.
56. Rebar This rebar is 1” in diameter. It would be referred to as #8 bar. The purpose of the deformations in on the surface of the rebar are to help it bond tightly to the concrete.
57. Steep Roof Drainage The Gutter collects all the rainwater from the roof and directs it to the downspout. The Downspout is the vertical pipe that carries rain water away from the gutter. The Splashblock is the component that directs water from the downspout away from the house.
70. Vapor Retarder A layer of material intended t obstruct the passage of water vapor into a building. Vapor retarder is located on the side of insulation facing the exterior walls.
