Chapter 9: Stone & Concrete Masonry
What is the dimension of a high stretcher?
4" x 4" x 16"
What is the typical concrete block? (behaves like masonry)
8" x 8" x 16"
Difference between Ashlar and Rubble?
Ashlar is a stoned that has be cut and easier to stack. Rubble Rock are raw stone and more difficult to stack because you need to find the right pieces to pick.
what do you call...
Cast Clay Modular Units
What is Curtain wall
Curtain wall has ease of construction and protects us, resistant to fire and condensation and reducing the swelling from the building system and how it stands to UV rays, rain and moisture.
Difference between curtain wall and storefront
Curtain wall is attached the exterior and the storefront sits in between two floor plates.
Glass Block
Glass block is technically a masonry wall because they are held by a pencil wire and use mortar but it holds no structure
Difference between granite and marble?
Granite is non-porous and doesn't stain easily, hard Marble is porous and stains easily.
Where is grout placed?
Grout is deposited in the cores of a reinforced concrete masonry wall using a grout pump and hose.
How do you tell the difference between a stone veneer and real stone.
If you look at the corner and it goes back an inch than its a veneer, but a structural stone will be a block
Define Stone Tracery
In architecture, tracery is the stonework elements that support the glass in a Gothic window. The term probably derives from the 'tracing floors' on which the complex patterns of late Gothic windows were laid out. There are two main types, plate tracery and the later bar tracery.
Where is the motor placed?
In between the stones
Cladding System
Is the exterior skin and protects the structure, able to control the environment (water, wind, earth and fire)
Primary Role of cladding system
Is to protect us from the basic systems water, wind earth and fire.
Identify the 4 types of way stone can be placed
Random Rubble, Coursed Rubble, Random Ahslar, and Coursed Ashlar
What are the 3 parts in compression in a gothic cathedral is?
Rib Vault, Flying Buttresses and pointed arch
What structural system is a parthenon?
Stone Masonry
Define Stress Line
Stress line forces an arch outward but having a pointed arch, the stress is moved downward.
What materials is used for the motor and grout?
The motor is made of sand and cement while the grout has 3/8" P-gravel and aggregate.
What are some ways to place concrete?
slump, rib face, random ashlar, rib split face block, and texture slashed striated block
