Overview
- Framework:
- RQF
- Level:
- Level 1
- Unit No:
- H/618/3311
- Credits:
- 4
- Guided learning hours:
- 40 hours
Overview
Unit Learning Outcomes
1
Know about the foundations for a house.
House foundations
- strip
- raft
- mass
Strip foundation components
- excavation
- concrete
- projection
- substructure brickwork/blockwork
- damp proof course (DPC)
- cavity fill
Assessment Criteria
-
1.1
Identify the different types of house foundations.
-
1.2
State the components of a simple strip foundation.
2
Know about the construction of walls to a house.
Cavity wall construction
- cavity wall in terms of two skins
- installation of wall ties and position
- filling of cavity with mineral wool
- external finishes
- internal finishes
- sketch of a cross section through a wall with annotated components
- materials
- brickwork
- blockwork
- mineral wool
- plaster finishes
Assessment Criteria
-
2.1
Describe the construction of a cavity wall.
-
2.2
Produce an annotated drawing for an external cavity wall.
-
2.3
Describe the materials that form a cavity wall.
3
Know the roof construction for a house.
Roof construction
- types of roof
- flat roof
- pitched roof
- mono pitched roof
- terminology
- eaves
- fascia
- verges
- ridge
- flashings
- roof coverings
Assessment Criteria
-
3.1
Identify different roof types.
-
3.2
State the major components of a roof.
4
Know the floor construction for a house.
Floor construction
- types of floor
- solid floors
- suspended floors
- components
- hardcore fill
- damp proof membrane
- concrete bed
- timber joists
- joist hangers
- insulation
Assessment Criteria
-
4.1
Identify different types of floor.
-
4.2
Describe the construction of a solid and suspended floor.