Environmental Separation
This environmental factor can cause damage to unprotected materials that are left exposed to the sun.
What is ultra violet (UV) radiation?
These fenestrations need to be properly integrated into the WRB by flashing them in a way that directs water to the outside of the wall.
What are windows and/or doors?
When installing a new construction window, this is the first flashing installed.
What is the sill pan flashing?
The name of the seal at the bottom of a door frame.
What is a threshold?
This type of contractor is responsible for ensuring all construction work is completed from start to finish.
What is a general contractor?
The International Residential Code (IRC) divides the United States into eight of these to differentiate environmental separation requirements.
What are climate zones?
The cladding of a home is considered its _____ line of defense against water infiltration.
What is first?
When installing a new construction window, the sealant is placed on these flanges.
What are the side and top flanges.
A door that comes mounted on hinges and fitted to a frame with weatherstripping and exterior casing installed.
What is a pre-hung door?
A plumbing, electrical, framing, or flooring contractor, for instance.
What is a sub-contractor?
This is the term that designates the separation between the inside environment and the outside environment on a house.
What is the building envelope?
This type of house wrap is designed to promote drainage behind materials that might otherwise trap water.
What is drain wrap?
The name given to the glass and the frame that contains it.
What is the sash?
A door assembly that has two operational hinged doors in one frame.
What is a French door?
A builder who improves existing homes.
What is a remodeling contractor?
These work together to mitigate the impact that environmental factors like temperature and weather have on a building.
What are control layers?
This built-in feature, which allows free drainage and ventilation between the WRB and the siding, is considered a best practice for cladding like wood and fiber-cement.
What is a rainscreen?
The inverse of R-value.
What is U-factor?
The name given to a window over the top of the door.
What is a transom?
A contractor who builds one-of-a-kind homes for individual clients.
What is a custom home builder?
In order of importance, for a building to remain structurally sound, energy-efficient, and a healthy place of habitation, these four control layers must be maintained.
What are water control, air control, vapor control, and thermal control?
According to the IRC name four materials approved for use as a WRB.
What are: 15# felt paper; building paper; house wrap; rigid foamboard; coated sheathing; liquid applied membrane; "other approved materials"
A glazing which reflects heat back in a room in the winter and out in the summer
What is a low-E coating?
Doors typically arrive on the job predrilled for this hardware.
What is a lockset?
A builder who builds a home to sell on the open market.
What is a spec(speculative) home builder?