Construction Materials

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Construction Materials

• Mr. ORourke
• Construction

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Five Main Categories

• Concrete
• Wood
• Metal
• Masonry
• Glass

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Concrete

• Used in almost every type of construction
• One of the most
• important
• STRENGTH

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Concrete Ingredients

• Cement Paste- Made of Portland cement and water
• Aggregate- Fine sand mixed with stones
• Chemical reaction between water and cement
  hardens (sets the concrete)

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Concrete Properties

• Strong- Reinforced with rebar
• Watertight
• Workable

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Working with Concrete

• Preparing-Forms are prepared
• Placing-Pouring near its final location
• Finishing-Using a straightedge to level off
• Curing-Done in moist conditions

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Wood Materials

• Lumber
• Boards-sheathing, siding, paneling
• Dimension Stock-Form wood frame of house
• Timber- Posts and beams

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Other Wood Materials

• Plywood- subfloors, roof decks
• Laminated Timbers- Lumber that is glued together
  (arches, poles and beams)
• Oriented Strand Board- Chipboard
• Pressure Treated Wood- Chemicals forced into wood
  to preserve

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Metal Materials

• Steel- Used for framing
• Aluminum- Siding, roofing
• Copper- Plumbing pipes and roofing

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Masonry Materials

• Clay Masonry- Consists of brick and tile
• Concrete Masonry- Brick and Block form

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Building Masonry Projects

• Laying out- Laying out materials in planned
  positions- Then space and cut
• Laying up corners- Build corners (leads)
• Laying between corners-Filling in walls between
  corners
• Tooling-Compacting and shaping the mortar

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Glass

• All glass buildings, doors, windows, etc.
• Flat glass-Clear, tinted, or opaque
• Tempered glass- Heat treated
• Insulated glass- Two
• layers of glass with dry
• air in between