Thursday, November 22, 2007

This picture shows the masonry veneer that is being put up over the rigid insulation and the windows that have been put into the rough openings. The frame is made up of the head jamb and side jambs. The exterior sill is sloped and drains the water away from the window. The muntins are the pieces connecting the 4 panes of glass. They are most likely just attatched to the exterior and interior of 1 continuous pane. The sash is a frame made up of rails (horizontals) and stiles (verticals) that hold up the panes of glass.
This side of the building (gable) is finished on the exterior. We can see how all the different parts come together. The exterior brick is laid and the rough openings have the windows in them and the roof is framed aswell.
On this end of the building single hung windows are installed, only the bottomportion of the window slides up to allow for air circulation. The sash is the frame consisting of rails and stiles that hold the panes of glass together. The muntins are the pieces of the frame connecting the panes of glass. A top the window is the lintel, and below is the sill (directs water away from window) and between the 2 windows is the mullion.
On the roof we can see the peak where the ridge beam sits on the interior. From this view of the gable we see the rake which is the sloping side of the roof (eave -horizontal). Under the fascia -which is the horizontal strip under ther roof, the cornice is at the meeting of the roof and the wall, under the cornice is the frieze board which is the transition from the roof to the brick veneer. Under the peak the is a louvered window that is used as an air vent for the interior of the roof/attic.
The concrete blocks delievered prefab to the site ready to be put up on the exterior wall.
The concrete blocks that were seen in the stacks are being put up on the exterior wall -over the rigid insulation and the weather proofing. The concrete blocks are cut accordingly to creating the running bond that is seen. They are not butted up against the weatherproofing but rather there is a 2in gap between to create a drainage system inside the wall. The moist mortar can also be seen in between the concrete blocks.

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