Roofing
Framing
Flooring
Materials
Concrete
100
These are sometimes made with asphalt and applied in layers.
What are shingles
100
These are the 2x material that run vertically in framed walls.
What are studs
100
This product comes in rolls and is usually found in bedrooms and basements.
What is Carpet
100
These types of nails are used to attach shingles to a roof.
What are Roofing Nails
100
This tool is used to create the rolled edges on finished concrete.
What is Edger
200
This type of paper is applied to roof before shingling
What is Tar Paper
200
These are the two pieces that run on the top and bottom of a framed wall.
What are plates
200
This is usually used in kitchen and bathrooms because of its durability.
What is Ceramic Tile
200
This is used in walls and ceilings to keep warm or cool air in your house or to keep hot or cold air out.
What is Insulation
200
These round steel bars are used to reinforce concrete slabs and walls.
What is Rebar
300
These need to be installed when roofing to keep the air flow moving the attic.
What are Roof Vents
300
In residential framing this is what exterior walls are framed with.
What are 2x6's
300
This is what goes down over the decking before you start laying wood or laminate flooring.
What is Underlayment
300
This type of beam is used for openings in load bearing walls. (Hint its made of many different types of material.)
What is LVL Laminated Vaneer Lumber
300
A measure of consistency of freshly mixed concrete, as determined by the distance the concrete slumps after a molded specimen is removed from an inverted funnel-shaped cone.
What is Slump
400
This type of roof has a main ridge line down the center with two additional ridge lines on each end.
What is Hip and Ridge
400
The section in a framed wall where another wall attaches to it.
What is a Partition
400
This flooring product is actually a type of grass but is generally put in the hard wood category.
What is Bamboo
400
In Green Building this material takes place of the lumber to build the walls.
What is Straw Bales
400
Sawed or tooled groove in a concrete slab used to regulate the location of cracking.
What is a Control Joint
500
This is the prefered roofing product in the Southwest because it absorbs and traps the heat not allowing it in the structure.
What is Teracotta Shingles
500
This is the actual thickness of OSB sheathing that is used in residential framing.
What is 7/16"
500
This is the process of forcing nails into the grooves of tongue and groove flooring at a 45 degree angle using an electric or pneumatic flooring hammer.
What is Blind Nailing
500
In Green Building this material is used to seal any holes or voids in the straw bale wall.
What is Mud
500
A separation of a coating or topping from a substrate or the layers of a coating from each other due to poor adhesion. Or in the case of a concrete slab, a horizontal splitting or separation of the upper surface.
What is Delamination
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