2. Air barrier paper Air barrier paper is used to help prevent the passage of air through the exterior walls as well as add and extra level of water proofing while drying in the house.
3. Soffit vent Its needed to allow air to flow into the attic space below the roof sheathing.
7. Backhoe An excavator with a bucket on a hinged boom usually attached to the back of a front end Loader. Used to excavate and dig if equipped with the front end loader it can also be used to move the excavated earth. The bucket on this one is a two foot wide bucket.
8. Batter Boards Temporary frames built outside an excavation and used to transfer marks for the foundation of a building.
21. Bulldozer The bulldozer has a large flat blade that is used to move earth. It runs on tracks and is used to move earth and clearing sites of debris and other material.
26. wood shingle- a thin piece of wood laid in overlapping rows to cover the walls and roofs of buildings. wood shakes – are split from wood blocks and are less uniform than shingles. Wood shingles
27. Egress from a bedroom window 31”x 26 ½” Area=5.7sq ft Sill is 2’ AFF Code- min of 24” tall and 20”wide no more than 44” AFF and a min of 5sq ft on ground floor. Exceeds all Requirements.
28. stairs Treads=10” Risers=7 ¾” Code states a min of 10” tread and 7 ¾” risers. Meets the basic requirements for tread and risers.
29. Control joint A control joint is some form of weakness made into the structure that encourages a crack to Occur there and minimize cracking elsewhere.
30. Isolation joint This isolation joint is isolating the two slabs from each other and the one slab from the wall.
32. Concrete masonry unit Cmu- a block of concrete with or without hollow cores, designed to be laid the same way as brick. They are cheap and easy to work with and can be used for many purposes.
56. Front End loader Its used mainly to move of load dirt, debris, and other various materials. You do not use it to dig of blade like with a backhoe or bulldozer.
57. Gypsum board Interior facing panel consisting of a gypsum core and paper faces. Also known as drywall or sheetrock.
58. One advantage of a heat pump is that they are more efficient than other applications. One disadvantage of a heat pump is they have a higher up front cost than other applications. Compressor/condenser Air handling unit The compressor compresses the refrigerant to a highly cooled liquid state where it flows through the evaporator coils cooling the air. The air handling unit distributes the air throughout the building whether it be cool or warm air. This is where many of the filters are and the duct work is connected to.
59. Insulation – is used to help slow heat transfer. It is to keep the heat out in the summer and in in the winter. Batt or Blanket insulation
60. Insulation – is used to help slow heat transfer. It is to keep the heat out in the summer and in in the winter. Loose fill insulation
61. Insulation – is used to help slow heat transfer. It is to keep the heat out in the summer and in in the winter.
62. Insulation – is used to help slow heat transfer. It is to keep the heat out in the summer and in in the winter. Rigid Board insulation
63. Lintel Lintel- a beam that carries the load of a wall across a window or door opening.
64. Mortar joint #1 It is a 3/8” tooled concave joint its used on a brick clad building with type N mortar.
65. Mortar joint #2 It is a ½” flush troweled joint used on a brick clad building I think its type M or S mortar.
66. Oriented strand board A nonveneered panel product consisting of long strands of wood fiber bonded together under pressure in specific directions.
72. Plywood Plywood- a wood panel product composed of an odd number of layers of wood veneer bonded together under pressure . Veneer-a thin layer, sheet, or facing.
74. rebar #7 DIA. 7/8” Deformation-a change in the shape of a structure or structural element caused by a load or force acting on that structure.
75. Gutter A channel that catches the rain water and snowmelt from the roof and carries it to a downspout.
76. Downspout This is a vertical pipe that allows the water to travel from a higher level to a lower level.
77. Splash block A device at the bottom of a downspout that is used to divert the water away from the downspout.
78. Underlayment Underlayment- a layer of waterproof material such as building felt between roof sheathing and roofing. Its helping to prevent moisture from entering the roof decking.
80. Wood shingle roof 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.
