2. Air Barrier Paper A sheet material used as both a vapor retarder and an air barrier. It blocks the air flow.
3. Attic Ventilation Soffit Vent – used to allow air to flow into the attic or the space below the roof sheathing. Soffit Vent
4. Attic Ventilation Ridge Vent – allows air to circulate in and out of a gable roof at the ridge. Ridge Vent
5. Attic Ventilation Gable Vent – used for exhausting excess heat and humidity from the attic. Gable Vent
6. Attic Ventilation Roof Turbine – dome shaped structures that draw air out of the attic while they spin in the wind. Roof Turbine
7. Backhoe An excavating machine with a bucket that is attached to a rigid bar hinged to a boom and is drawn toward the machine in operation. Backhoe Used primarily for digging trenches and ditches on construction sites. Width of Bucket = 24”
8. Batter Boards A temporary frame built just outside the corner of the excavation to carry marks that lie on the surface planes of the the basement that will be built in the excavation.
20. Cladding Wood Shake Clad Structure Wood Shingle – a thin piece wood that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of a house. Wood Shake – a split piece of wood with an uneven surface that is laid in overlapping rows just like a shingle. Wood Shake
21. Code Requirements Window Width = 34” Height = 60” Area = 14 sq ft AFF = 24” IBC Code Width = 20” Height = 24” Area = 5.7 sq ft AFF = no more than 44” Yes, it meets code
22. Code Requirements Stairs Tread = 11” Riser = 7-3/4” IBC Code Tread = 10” min Riser = 7-3/4” max Yes, it meets code
23. Concrete Joints Control Joint – An intentional, linear discontinuity in a structure or component, designed to form a plane or weakness where cracking can occur in response to various forces so as to minimize or eliminate cracking elsewhere in the structure. Control Joint Crack
24. Concrete Joints Isolation Joint – They separate or isolate slabs from other parts of the structure such as walls, footings, or columns. Isolation Joint – Brick wall from the concrete slab
26. Concrete Masonry Unit A block of hardened concrete, with or without hollow cores, designed to be laid in the same manner as a brick or stone. Typical Dimensions Actual Length = 15-5/8” Width = 7-3/8” Height = 7-5/8” Nominal Length = 16” Width = 8” Height = 8”
43. Front End Loader A heavy equipment machine that is primarily used to load material into or onto another type of machinery. Front End Loader
44. Gypsum Board An interior facing panel consisting of a gypsum core sandwiched between paper faces; also called drywall, plasterboard.
45. Heat Pump Advantage – The most efficient system you can buy to heat the home, it also is a lot quieter than most electric heaters. Disadvantage – You may have to buy a backup unit, and the initial price can be a deterrent.
46. Heat Pump Air Handling Unit – sends cooled refrigerant to a coil in the supply duct that cools the circulated air. Air Handling Unit
47. Heat Pump Compressor – extracts heat from outdoor air, and this heat is transported through refrigerant lines to a heat exchanger in the furnace. Compressor
48. Insulation Batt Insulation – most common, used between studs in walls and joists. Have a solid facing on one side to prevent water from coming in.
49. Insulation Loose Fill Insulation – used in attics because they are inexpensive and leave few voids and no gaps between pieces.
50. Insulation Foamed Insulation – a spray foamed insulation used on pipes and to fill spaces between walls and cavities.
51. Insulation Ridge Board Insulation – is commonly used where a high R value is needed. Some composites are water resistant and used below sub grade.
52. Lintel A beam that carries the load of a wall across a window or a door opening.
53. Mortar Joint #1 Tooled Joint 3/8” Education Building Mortar Type – S
55. Oriented Strand Board A building panel composed of long shreds of wood fiber composed of long shreds of wood fiber oriented in specific directions and bonded together under pressure.
57. Plumbing Plumbing Roof Vent – pipe that maintain a system of plumbing drains and waste lines at atmospheric pressure by connecting them to the outdoor air.
59. Plywood A wood panel product composed on an odd numbers of layers of wood veneer bonded together under pressure.
60. Radiant Barrier A reflective foil placed adjacent to an airspace in roof or wall assemblies as a deterrent to the passage of infrared energy.
61. Rebar Diameter = .75” (#6 American or #19 Metric) The deformations help it to bond tightly to concrete. Rebar
62. 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. Gutter Downspout
63. Steep Roof Drainage Splash block – a small precast block of concrete or plastic used to divert water at the bottom of a downspout. Splash block
64. Steep Roof Materials Underlayment – a layer of waterproof material such as building felt between roof sheathing and roofing. Underlayment
65. Steep Roof Materials Shingle – a small unit or water resistant material nailed in overlapping fashion with many other such units to render a wall or sloping roof water tight. Wood Shingle Roof
66. Steep Roof Materials Metal Panel Roof – usually made out of galvanized or aluminized steel
69. Steep Roof Terms Ridge – the level intersection of two roof planes in a gable roof. Valley – a trough formed by the intersection of two roof slopes. Ridge Valley
70. Steep Roof Terms Eave – the horizontal edge at the low side of a sloping roof. Rake – the sloping edge of a steep roof. Rake Eave
71. Steep Roof Terms Soffit – the undersurface of a horizontal element of a building, especially the underside of a roof overhang. Fascia – the exposed vertical face of an eave. Fascia Soffit
