House Illustrations Library INDEX Sub Page S - Z - 1/1/2015 - House Systems
Photos Index of House Illustrations
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S Type Clay Tile 0041 Sacrificial Anode for Water Heaters 1559 Saddle Flashings on Chimneys 0067 Safety Devices for High Efficiency Gas Furnaces 0808 Sagging Beam 0297 ----- Exterior 1840 Sagging ----- Deck or Porch Boards 1850 ----- Interior Lintel 0389 ----- Joists - Correction 0317 ----- or Missing Door Lintels 2062 ----- or Missing Window Lintels 2050 ----- Porch Floor 1844 ----- Spreading and Dishing of Roof 0410 Saltbox Style Home 1743 Saltbox, Four Square and Compound Plans 1701 Sapwood 0019 Sash 1718 Scorching at Gas Burner ----- on Furnace 0746 ----- on Water Heater 1575 Scouring of Gravel on Flat Roofs 0094 Screening for Combustion Air Intake for Fireplace 1091 Screens on Gutters 1901 Scuppers 1916 Secondary Attics 1361 Secondary Roof Missing Downspout 1903 Securement Methods for Concrete 0047 Securing ----- Clay Tiles 0043 ----- Decks to Buildings 1845 ----- Electrical Panels 0539 ----- Electrical Wires 0584 ----- Gutters 1900 ----- Ledgerboards on Decks 1845 Self-Flashing Skylight 0082 Self-Sealing Tabs - Asphalt Shingles 0012 Selvage Roofing 0103 Sequencers for Electric Furnaces 1145 Sequencing of Element on Electric Water Heater 1568 Series Loop on Hot Water System 0876 Service Box ----- and Panels - Electrical 0565 ----- and Panels - Inspecting 0562 ----- Breaker and Fuse-type 0536 ----- Bypassed by Neutral Wires 0544 Service Drop 0513-0519 ----- Clearances (Canada) 0516 ----- Clearances (United States) 0515 Service Entrance ----- Areas of Potential Water Entry 0526 ----- Cable 0523 ----- Cable should not be Covered by Siding 0528 ----- Wires 0520-0528 Service Equipment 0532 Service Masts - Bent 0524 Service Panel - Electric 0532 Service Piping for Plumbing 1531 Service Size 0529-0531 Service Size Determining by the Main Disconnect 0531 Settled Backfill around Homes 1887 Settled or Heaved Exterior Steps 1830 Settlement ----- Cracks - Rotational 0233 ----- Differential caused by Soils 0219 ----- due to Cut and Fill Excavation 0221 ----- of Buildings - Types 0218 ----- of Garages 0355 Settling or Leaning Chimneys 0970 Shadow Effect on Plaster Wall 2013 Shake Roofing ----- Application 0024 ----- Nailing Details 0025 Sheathing ----- Delaminating Roof 1375 ----- Excess on Electrical Panel Wires 0583 ----- Roof - H-clips and Spacing for Panel Type 0445 ----- Strandboard 0377 Shed Roof 0002 Sheet Metal Cradle Repairs for Slate Roofs 0038 Sheet Metal Roofing 0050 Shingle ----- and Shake Siding 1784 ----- Application Low Slope Roofing 0016 ----- Application - Wood 0021, 0023, 0028 Shingle Style Home 1734 Shingles - Metal 0049 Shingles at Ridges 0018 Shoring Type Retaining Walls 1933 Short Circuit 0508 Shrinkage of Wood 0019 Shrubs and Trees too Close to House 1928 Shut-Off Valves for Gas 0724 Shutoffs - Emergency for Oil Furnace 0828 Side Laps - Staggered, in Modified Bitumen Roofs 0099 Sidearm Heater on Hot Water System 0901 Sidelight 1721 Sidewall Vent ----- Locations for High Efficiency Gas Furnaces - Improper 0807 ----- Oil Furnace 0844 ----- Problems with Oil Furnaces 0845 Sidewall Venting of Gas Appliances - Improper 0802 Siding ----- Asbestos Cement 1805 ----- Boards - Joints 1790 ----- Butt Joint Detail on Vertical 1789 ----- can Trap Moisture 1318 ----- Clay and Slate Shingles 1806 ----- Concealed Nails 1782 ----- Cut Back Bottom 1787 ----- Flashings at Dormers 0086 ----- Hardboard 1794 ----- Identifying Inner-Seal(r) 1799 ----- Inside and Outside Corners 1783 ----- Insulbrick 1808 ----- Metal and Vinyl 1800 - 1804 ----- ----- Flashing below Window 1803 ----- ----- J Molding around Windows 1804 ----- ----- Nailing too Tightly 1801 ----- Mitered Corners 1788 ----- Mounting Blocks 1802 ----- Nailing Controversy 1781 ----- OSB 1795 ----- Plywood and Composite 1793 ----- should not Cover Electric Service Entrance Cable 0528 ----- Strapping for Vertical 1792 ----- Support 1746 ----- too Close to Grade 1748 ----- too Close to Roof 1750, 1797 ----- Vertical Joints in Panels 1796 Siding - continued ----- Wood ----- ----- Horizontal 1779 ----- ----- Shingle 1786 ----- ----- Shingles and Shakes 1784 ----- Wood/Soil Contact 1810 ----- Z Flashings 1798 ----- ----- Inner-Seal(r) Siding - Identifying 1799 Sight Glass for Refrigerant on Air Conditioning 1246 Sill ----- Anchor Spacing 0281 ----- Anchors for Walls 0278 ----- Capillary Break 1816 ----- Crushing - Wall 0283 ----- Gaskets and Electrical Box Enclosures 1334 ----- Mud 0280 ----- should be above Grade 0279 ----- Wall 0277-0283 ----- Wall - Gaps 0282 Simple Electrical Circuit 0507 Simply Spanned versus Continuous Beams 0296 Single and Double Hung Window 1713 Single Flue Serving Two Appliances 0993 Single Top Plates - Metal Ties in Bearing Walls 0370 Single-ply Modified Bitumen Roof 0097 Sister Wall Outside Foundations for Repairs 0261 Six Hundred and Fifty Degree Celsius Chimney 0999 Six Nails per Shingle - Asphalt Shingle Siding 1807 Size of Vent Connector on Gas Furnace 0771 Sizes of Columns 0288 Skirting for Decks and Porches 1853 Skylight ----- and Solarium Leaks 2049 ----- Flashings 0080, 0081, 0082 ----- Ice Damming 0083 ----- Ice Damming Below 2058 ----- in Flat Roof 0117 ----- in Sloped Roof - Curb Mount 0080 ----- in Sloped Roof - Curbless 0081 ----- in Sloped Roof - Integral Curb 0082 ----- Wells - Insulating 1366 ----- Window and Solarium from the Inside 2036 - 2058 Slab Coil for Air Conditioner 1233 Slab-on-grade ----- Monolithic 0208 ----- Supported Slab 0207 Slate Hooks 0036, 0037 Slate Repair ----- Method with Slate Hooks 0036 ----- by Making Babies 0037 ----- Using A Sheet Metal Cradle 0038 Slate Ribbons 0032 Slate Roof ----- Graduated 0031 ----- Installation - Dutchlap Method 0034 ----- Installation - French Method 0035 ----- Nailing Details 0033 ----- Typical Life 0030 Slate Types 0030 Slider Windows 1715 Slope and Support for Vent Connectors ----- for Wood Furnaces 1024 Slope of Exhaust Flue on Oil Furnace 0839 Slope of Roof Valleys 0054 Slope of Vent Connector for Wood Stoves 1054 Slope of Vent Connector on Gas Furnace 0767 Slope on Chimney Cap 0984 Sloped Glazing 2048 Sloped Roof ----- Draining onto Flat Roof 0124 ----- Shapes 1703 Slopes for Grading Recommended 1880 Slopes of Roof 0001, 0408 Small Roofs with no Downspouts 1905 Smoke Chamber ----- for Fireplace 1082 ----- Wall Slope 1083 Smoke Shelf for Fireplace 1082 Snap-Action Thermostat 0763 Soffit Vent Baffles 1345 Soffits 0424 ----- and Fascia 1813, 1814 Soil Conditions ----- Causing Differential Settlement 0219 ----- Causing Water Leakage 1881 Soil Level too High at Foundation Wall 0270 Soil Pressure on Foundation Walls 0201 Soil Strength 0203 Soil/Wood Clearances 0381 Solarium 0084 ----- and Skylight Leaks 2049 ----- and Window and Skylight from the Inside 2036 - 2058 Solid Masonry ----- versus Veneer Walls 0395 ----- Walls 0339 ----- Walls - Bowing due to Tie Failure 0360 Solid vs. Veneer Masonry 1753 Sources of Heaving 0236 Space Heater - Unvented 1164 Spaced Planked Sheathing for Wood Sheathing 0023 Spacing between Layers of Glass and Windows 2045 Spacing for Panel Type Roof Sheathing 0445 Spacing for Wall Sill Anchors 0281 Spalling ----- of Brick due to Freezing 1757 ----- of Foundation Wall 0262 Span of Rafter Determined by Horizontal Projections 0416 Spanish Colonial Style Home 1740 Spanish or Mission Tiles - Eave Closures 0044 Spans - Methods of Reducing for Rafters 0431 Spark Arresters and Rain Caps for Chimneys 0983 Special Circuit Breakers for 240-volt Circuits 0560 Spillage from Barometric Damper on Oil Burner 0838 Spillage Switch on Hot Water Heating System 0902 Spindle Spacing for Stairs 1835 Splices in Ceiling Joist ----- Overlapped 0412 ----- Plywood 0413 Splitting Wood Shingles 0029 Spread Footing and Pad Footings 0209 Spreading Roofs 0425 ----- Remedial Action 0426 ----- Dishing and Sagging of Roof 0410 Springy Steps 1832 Stack Controller for Oil Furnace 0831 Stack Effect 1313 Stack Flashings from Plumbing Systems on Roofs 0071, 0072 Stack Jack - Plumbing Stack Flashing 0228 Stack Relay for Oil Furnace 0831 Staggered Bus Bars on Circuit Breaker Panels 0579 Staining below Exterior Doors 2065 Stair ----- Dimensions 2024 ----- Exterior - Handrail Design 1834 ----- Exterior - Handrails and Guards 1833 ----- Handrail Design 1834 ----- Handrail or Guard too Low 1836 ----- Handrails and Guards 2029 ----- Interior 2024 - 2035 ----- Pull-down 1360 ----- Rise, Run and Tread Width 1828 ----- Rot in Wood 2030 ----- Spindle Spacing 1835 ----- Stringer Movement 2032 ----- Stringers 2027 ----- Tread/Stringer Connections 2031 ----- Treads Curved 2025 ----- Winders 2026 ----- Wood Exterior - Rot 1831 Stairs that aren't Springy 1832 Stairwell ----- Exterior Basement - Side View 0238 ----- Firestopping 2034 ----- Insulated Exterior Basement 0239 ----- Landings - Exterior 1829 ----- Lighting 0605, 2020 ----- to Attic 1359 ----- Width 2028 Starter Course on Asphalt Shingles 0011, 0013 Starter Strip on Asphalt Shingles 0011, 0013 Static Head at Wells 1518 Static Water Pressure 1502 Steam Heat ----- "F" and "T" Trap 1108 ----- Air Vents 1099 ----- at Rest 1097 ----- Boiler Feed Pump 1113 ----- Call for Heat 1098 ----- Condensate Pump 1110 ----- Dimension "A" 1100 ----- Equalizer Pipe 1101 ----- Hartford Loop 1103 ----- ----- and Equalizer 1117 ----- ----- and Equalizer - Details 1122 ----- ----- Close Nipple Missing 1123 ----- How It Works 1096 ----- Location of Boiler Feed Pump 1112 ----- Location of Condensate Pump 1109 ----- Low Water Cut-out 1114, 1119 ----- Main Air Vent 1125 ----- One Pipe Counter Flow System 1104 ----- One Pipe Parallel Flow System 1105 ----- Pressure Relief Valve 1115 ----- Pressuretrol 1116, 1121 ----- Systems 1096 - 1131 ----- Thermostat Satisfied 1102 ----- Thermostatic Trap 1107 ----- Two Pipe System 1106 ----- Water Hammer 1118 ----- Water Level Gage 1120 Steel Beam ----- Attached to Joists 0295 ----- Lateral Support 0308 Steel Lintel ----- End Bearing 0405 ----- in Brick Veneer Wall 0346 Steel Studs with Electrical Wires Running through 0593 Steel Tie-backs to Repair Foundations 0259 Steep Roof Types 0002 Step Rise, Run and Tread Width 1828 Stepped Footings on Sloped Lots 0229 Steps ----- Exterior - Settled or Heaved 1830 ----- Exterior Concrete Support 1827 ----- in Exterior Walkways 1927 Stick Style Home 1731 Stone Foundation ----- with Masonry Walls 0213 ----- with Wood Frame Walls 0214 Stoves ----- Pellet 1042 ----- Wood 1011, 1034-1059 Straightening Partition Studs 0385 Straightsplit Wood Shakes 0020 Strainers/Baskets at the Top of Downspouts 1909 Strandboard Sheathing 0377 Stranded Electrical Wires for Overhead Runs 0587 Strapping for Vertical Siding 1792 Strapping the Underside of Roof Trusses 2019 Strapping Underside of Trusses 0435 Strapping, Bridging and Blocking for Joists 0318 Strategies for Comfort 1306 Strengths of Soils 0203 Stretched or Buckled Plumbing Stack Flashing 0072 Stringer Movement in Stairs 2032 Stringer/Tread Connections in Stairs 2031 Stringers for Stairs 2027 Structural Clues on Interior Walls 2012 Structural Garage Floor 1859 Structure - House - Overview 0200 Structure - Openings in Floors 0329 Stucco ----- Cracking 1771 ----- Drip Screen 1770 ----- Kickout Flashing 1776 ----- Nail Popping 1773 ----- Problems on Tudor-style Homes 1772 ----- Synthetic - EIFS 1774 ----- Three Coat Process 1768 ----- Two Coat Process 1769 ----- Wall 1768 - 1778 Stud ----- Notch and Drilling 0378 ----- Notching 0384 ----- Sizes and Spaces affect Wall Strength 0372 ----- Straightening Partition 0385 ----- Support for Jack 0374 ----- Support for Jack Studs on Wide Openings 0387 Subflooring 0333 - 0336 ----- Edge Support 0335 ----- Plywood 0334 ----- Types 0333 Submersible Pump for Drilled Well 1527 Subpanel ----- Feeder Wires need Ground 0556 ----- Wiring Disconnect by Main Panel 0573 ----- Wiring Disconnect by Subpanel 0572 ----- Wiring Electrical 0571-0573 ----- Wiring No Separate Disconnect Switch 0571 Sump Pump in Basement 2078 Super Heated Water 0849 Supply Air ----- Registers, Diffusers and Grills 0790 ----- Systems 1351 ----- Systems for House Ventilation 1351 Supply and Return Registers Poorly Located 0794 Supply Plumbing ----- 3/4 inch Pipe 1503 ----- Constant Water Flow Can Wear Out Pipes 1508 ----- Downstream vs. Upstream Pipe Replacement 1505 ----- Elbows and T's Reduce Pressure 1506 ----- Factors Affecting Supply 1500 ----- Flow and Pressure 1500-1511 ----- Galvanized Steel Pipe 1504 ----- In-house 1538-1558 ----- Larger Diameter Pipe to Water Heater 1510 ----- Pressure Decreases With Height 1509 ----- Pressure Regulator Required 1507, 1537 ----- Static Water Pressure 1502 Support and Slope for Vent Connector Section for Wood Furnaces 1024 Support for Beam End 0298 Support for Edges of Subflooring 0335 Support for Exhaust Flue for Oil Furnace 0840 Support for Gas Piping 0726 Support for Handrails 2033 Support for Jack Studs 0374 Support for Joist 1843 Support for Roof Ridge 0417 Support for Siding 1746 Support for Vent Connector on Gas Furnace 0769 Support Requirements for Service Entrances 0525 Supported Slab - Slab-on-grade 0207 Surface Water and Roof Runoff Control 2068 Swales 1882 Switches ----- and Outlets in Bathrooms - Electrical 0618 ----- Blockage for Forced Air Furnaces 0801 ----- Electrical for Furnaces 0624 ----- for Garbage Disposal 0626 ----- Three-way 0606 Synthetic Rubber Roofing 0100 Synthetic Stucco 1774 ----- Inspection Strategy - Exterior 1777 ----- Inspection Strategy - Interior 1778 ----- Insulation Details 1775 Synthetic Ventilation Layer for Wood Shingles 0028 System Grounding - Electrical 0546-0554
Tabs-Self Sealing on Asphalt Shingles 0012 Tall Masonry Chimneys 0971 Tangential Shrinkage of Wood 0019 Tank - Oil Storage ----- Caps for Fill and Vent Pipes 0826 ----- Clearance from Oil Burner 0822 ----- Exterior above Ground 0821 ----- Fill in Vent Piping 0825 ----- Leaks 0823 ----- Underground 0824 ----- Undersized Fill Lines 0827 Tankless Coil Water Heater on Boiler 0900 Tapered Mission Style Clay Tile 0039 Tapersawn Shakes 0020 Tapersplit Shakes 0020 Taps - Illegal Electrical 0543 T-connection in Top Plate of Wood ----- Frame Bearing Wall 0368 Teflon Tape at Gas Piping Connections 0722, 1574 Temperature across Inside Coil of Air Conditioner 1220 Temperature and Pressure Gauge on Boiler 0860 Temperature Differences in High Efficiency Gas Furnaces 0805 Temperature Limit Switch on Boiler 0855 Temperature Rise on Electric Furnaces 1149 Tempering Valve on Combination Heating System 0819 The Indoor Fire 0705 Thermal Breaks in Window Frames 2046 Thermal Bridging Causing Marks on Walls 1326 Thermal Conductance 1305 Thermal Conductivity 1304 Thermoplastic Roofing 0101, 0102 Thermostat 0762-0765 ----- Bi-Metallic (Mercury Bulb) 0743 ----- Conditions to Watch for on Wood Furnaces 1025 ----- Mercury Bulb - Air Conditioning 1261 ----- must be Level 0765 ----- Poor Location for Air Conditioning 1263 ----- Snap Action - Air Conditioning 1262 ----- Snap Action 0763 Thermostatic Expansion Valve for Air Conditioning 1237 Thermostatic Trap for Steam Heating 1107 Three Approaches to House Ventilation 1349 Three Kinds of Draft for Burners 0730 Three Sided Chimneys 0972 Three-way Electrical Switches 0606 Threshold - Exterior door 0851 Throat, Smoke Shelf And Smoke Chamber ----- For Fireplace 1082 Through-wall Flashings 0114 Tie Failure causing Bowing of Solid Masonry Wall 0360 Tile - Ceramic Insulation 0336 Tile Flue Liners 0962 Tiles - Ceramic - Alternatives for Installing 2008 Toe-kick Electric Heaters 1138 Toothed-in Masonry on Additions 1760 Top Plate ----- Holes and Notches in Bearing Walls 0369 ----- T-connection in Wood Bearing Wall 0368 Transom Light 1721 Trap - Thermostatic For Steam Heating 1107 Trap in Condensate Drain for HRV 1405 Trap Required in Condensate Line for Air Conditioning 1241 Tread Width Rise and Run for Stairs 1828 Tread/Stringer Connections in Stairs 2031 Treads - Curved on Stairs 2025 Tree Roots Causing Foundation Cracks 0253 Trees and Shrubs too Close to House 1928 Triangle - Fire 0712 Trickle Humidifier 0786 Trim Flashings and Caulking - Macro Approach 1821 Trim, Counters and Cabinets 2021 - 2023 Trimmers with Wall Above 0331 Triple Split System Heat Pump 1278 Triple-Wall Metal Chimney 0998 Truss ----- Sag or Damage caused by Drifting Snow 0437 ----- Types 0436 ----- Uplift 0438, 2017 ----- Uplift - Remedial Action 0439, 2018 Trusses ----- Bracing of Compression Webs 0434 ----- Overview of Roof 0433 ----- Roof 0433 - 0441 ----- Strapping 0435 ----- Strapping the Underside 2019 Tudor Style Home 1735 Tudor Style Stucco Problems 1772 Turbine Vents 1344 Tuscan Column 1722 Twisted or Rotated Beams 0300 Two Comfort Strategies 1306 Two Fireplaces on One Flue 0992 Two Gas Appliances on One Flue 0993 Two Pipe System (Direct Return) on Hot ----- Water Heating 0878 Two Pipe System (Reverse Return) ----- for Hot Water Heating 0879 Two-Forty Volt Circuit Pull-out Fuse Blocks 0559 Two-Forty Volt Circuits - Special Breakers 0560 Two-piece Counter Flashings 0106 Two-ply Modified Bitumen Roof 0098 Types of Roof 0002, 0407 Typical Supply and Return Register Locations 0776
