1. VISUAL DICTIONARY
Conduit1

2. Air Barrier Paper
Air barriers are used

to control air
leakage into and out
of the building
envelope

3. Attic Ventilation
Attic ventilation is important for
gable
two reasons
Ridge
•Excess heat builds up in the
attic increasing cooling costs
for the house
•Moisture can build up in the
attic and condense rotting
the house from the top down
soffit
Roof turbine

4. Backhoe
A backhoe is an

excavator with a
digging bucket on
an articulating two-
piece arm

5. Batter Boards
Batter boards are

Horizontal boards
nailed to corner
posts located just
outside the corners
of a proposed
building to assist in
the accurate layout
of foundation and
excavation lines

6. Brick arches
keystone
parabolic
centering
roman

7. Brick bonds
Flemish
runnin
g
sailor
header
rowlock
Stretcher soldier
rowlock

8. Brick sizes

9. Bulldozer
A bulldozer is a

crawler with a
substantial metal
plate, called a blade,
used to push soil,
stone, etc. on a
construction site

10. Cladding
stucco
brick
Wood shingles
Wood shakes
Wood panel
EIFS
stone

11. Code Requirements - Window
A clear opening of a Minimum clear
 
minimum of 5.0 opening height of
24”
square feet
Minimum clear Bottom of clear
 
opening width of 20” opening not more
than 44” AFF

12. Concrete Joints
An isolation joint are
used to isolate the
concrete slab from
A control joint is a groove
something else, such
carved into concrete to
as a wall or column.
prevent cracking.

13. Concrete Masonry Unit
Concrete masonry units, or CMUs, are concrete blocks designed to be
laid in the traditional masonry style. A traditional CMU’s dimensions are 8
x 8 x 16, but the actual dimensions are generally 3/8 inches smaller to
allow for mortar joints, but CMU’s do come in different dimensions as well.

14. Decorative Concrete Masonry
ribbed
split

15. Doors
Panel door
flush
transom
Top rail
stile
panel
Lock rail
Bottom rail
sidelight

16. Electrical Components
Power pole with
transformer
Service head
Service
panel
Duplex
meter
receptacl

17. Framing Elements 1 of 2
1. Anchor bolt
7. Top plate
3. Floor joist
4. subflooring
6. stud
2. Sill plate
5. Sole plate

18. Framing Elements 2 of 2
11. sheathing
10. Roof decking
8. Ceiling joist
9. rafter
12. stringer

19. Front End Loader
A front end loader is

a piece of heavy
equipment with an
articulating bucket
used to load
material onto
another piece of
equipment, such as
a dump truck.

20. Gypsum Board
Gypsum board is

made of a layer of
gypsum between
two thick sheets of
paper, and then kiln
dried.
Gypsum board is

also known as
drywall, sheetrock,
plasterboard, or
simply board.

21. Heat Pump
An advantage of

heat pumps is that it
keeps the humidity Air handling unit compressor
level more
comfortable in
winter, not too dry.
A disadvantage is

the inability to
operate well at low-
temperatures.

22. Insulation
The purpose of insulation is mainly to
help control the temperature in the
house, but can also be used for
acoustics as well as fire protection.
Rigid board
Batt/blanket

23. Lintel
A lintel is used to

support a structure
located over
openings in a
bearing wall created
by windows and
doors. It is help up
at both ends by two
vertical posts.

24. Mortar
Raked, tooled
Extruded, not tooled or troweled.
3/8 inch joint
3/8 inch joint
Store front exterior
Residential exterior
Probably Type-N
Probably Type-O

25. Oriented Strand Board
Oriented strand

board, also called
OSB, is made by
layering flakes of
wood in specific
orientations. It is a
non-veneered panel
product.

26. Plumbing
Water closet
lavatory

27. Plywood
Plywood is a type of

engineered board
made from thin
sheets of wood or
veneers glued
together.
Veneer refers to thin

slices of wood
usually thinner than
3 millimeters.

28. Radiant Barrier
Radiant barriers are

used to inhibit heat
transfer by thermal
radiation.

29. Rebar
This rebar is ½ inch in diameter and
would be referred to as a #4 bar.
The deformations on the
rebar are designed to bind
the rebar mechanically to the
surrounding concrete.

30. Steep Roof Drainage
gutter
A gutter is a narrow channel
which collects rainwater from
the roof of a building and
diverts it away from the
structure, typically into a
drain.
A downspout directs water
from the roof to the ground
without the water running
down the side of the building.
A splashblock is used to keep water downspo
from pooling at the bottom of the ut
downspout by forcing it outward away
from the building and down an angle.
splashbloc

31. Steep Roof Materials

32. Steep Roof Shapes
gable
hip
mansard
gambrel

33. Steep Roof Terms

34. Stone

35. Vapor Retarder

36. Waterproofing

37. Weephole

38. Welded Wire Fabric

39. Windows
out swinging
sliding