Building construction - Materials

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1. concrete 4. rebar

building material made by mixing small stones Short for reinforcing bar. These steel bars are
and sand with limestone, clay, and water placed in concrete forms before the cement is
poured. When the concrete sets the rebar within it
2. gravel
adds considerable strength.
5. spray
foam

Foam Insulation
6. batt
rock fragments and pebbles insulation
3. rigid
foam

Flexible, blanket like pieces, usually fiberglass

used for thermal or sound insulation.
type of insulation 7. drywall

Plasterboard, also called wallboard, used for

interior wall finishing.
8. sheetrock 12. wood

13. plaster

This is a brand name for drywall (or plaster

board) (kind of like Kleenex is a brand name for
tissues)
9. sheathing

paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used

for coating walls
14. plywood

protective covering, usually made of plywood, to

begin weatherproofing the building
10. brick a sheet material made by gluing thin layers of
wood at 90 degrees to each other.
15. reinforced
concrete

11. tile
when concrete is reinforced with steel
reinforcement (which is high steel strength), it is
referred to as ________.
16. stone