House Structure
The load-bearing portion of the house, typically built below ground. It is meant to support the structure above, keep out groundwater and act as a barrier to water and soil vapor.
What is a foundation?
Wood, vinyl, carpet, and laminate
What are types of flooring?
Room in the house meant to keep the car and other storage items safe from weather or theft.
What is a garage?
An electronic fire-protection device that automatically senses the presence of smoke and sounds a warning.
What is a fire detector?
These are meant to invite natural light and fresh air into the space. They can also help insulate heat in a home during cold weather.
What is a window?
A home’s skeleton.
What is the frame of a house?
Furnace, boilers, baseboards, and wood stoves
What are types of heat for your home?
Top covering of the house’s physical structure.
What is a roof?
Lint, found in this appliance, is a major culprit in contributing to over 2000 house fires a year.
What is a dryer?
The space in between the beginning of the property and the front door or garage opening.
What is the driveway?
Walls that run perpendicular to the floor joists.
What are load-bearing beams or walls?
Awning, hopper, bay, picture, and slider
What are types of windows?
Platform that is enclosed by a low wall or a railing above the ground floor of a house that overlooks the back or front yard.
What is a balcony?
Alarm designed to warn you of any unusual build-up of CO in your home.
What is a carbon monoxide detector?
Appliances that supply electrical power during a power outage.
What is a generator?
Central heating and air conditioning are commonly referred to as this in a home or commercial properties.
What is HVAC?
Detached, attached, portico, and carriage house
What are types of garages?
Traditionally built as air vents to let out smoke from a fireplace or coal burning stove.
What is a chimney?
Two places in a house where the most falls happen.
What is the bathroom and stairs?
A rubber seal that closes off the flush valve to keep water in the tank and opens up the valve when the handle lever is pressed.
What is a flapper?
Everything within the home’s structure, including walls, flooring, outlets, and everything in between.
What is the home’s interior?
Gable, Dutch, hip, and flat
What are types of roofs?
Control the flow of rainwater on your house, protecting your roof, siding and foundation.
What are gutters?
If you go away, 55 degrees is the minimum temperature you should set your thermostat to prevent this.
What is to keep pipes from freezing?
Device that moves water from your basement to the outside of your home.
What is a sump pump?