Tech Ed Flashcards
Stud
Walls
Building a house
- Get ready
- Create a solid basement to support the house
- Install the floor
- Build the walls
- Add the roof
Header
Top of windows (wall)
Top plate
On top of walls
Sole plate
Bottom of walls
Joist
Horizontal bars in the floors
Plywood
A mixture of woods in the walls
Rafter
Diagonal pieces on roof
Sill
Bottom piece of window frame
Concrete
The basement support foundation
Plywood
Multi purpose wood in walls
Tarpaper
Waterproof covering for roof, goes under shingles
Shingles
Covering pieces for the outside of the house that is waterproof
Weather proof paper
Outside the wall but inside the tarpaper to prevent water from soaking in
Wall board. (Sheetrock. Plasterboard)
The board outside the wall
2 x 4 wood studs
Studs beneath the windows
2 x 8 wood boards
Regular studs in the walls
Steel columns
In foundation to support it
Steel beams
On the foundation to support it
Siding (wood, vinyl, brick)
Outside covering of house
Engineering design process
- Identify a need or problem
- Research and investigate
- Develop possible solutions
- Select the best solution
- Construct s prototype
- Test and evaluate the solution
- Communicate the solution
- Redesign
