10 architecture words you probably are getting wrong.

[@t.e.1189]

Love this video. Glad you included baluster, banister & balustrade. As a professional finish carpenter I incorrectly referred to the window stool as the sill for the first 15 yrs of my career probably because that's what the person called it that I learned from. As I went off and started my own business I began to educate myself more and more on the proper names and use of moldings and such. And still learning, it's never to late. Thanks.

[@BrentHull]

Nice, the sill apron/stool is a good one. Maybe that will be in the next 10 words. Thx.

[@t.e.1189]

@@BrentHull I have many customers that confuse shoe and quarter round too. And though it might be outside your area, when it comes to wood and solid surface flooring - reducers, transitions and thresholds.

[@youarenotme01]

“Au coin de” = on the corner of en Francaise. ALSO, i love your channel. i’ve been developing my fine woodwork skills over 20 years. We should talk regarding multiple things.

[@BrentHull]

Thanks, sounds good.

[@StallionFernando]

Please do more videos on architectural termonology, sometimes I see certain details/pieces on a house and wish I knew what it was called.

[@BrentHull]

Ok, working on it.

[@Mike-dy8bq]

Thanks for sharing your wealth of architecture knowledge with us Brent. You are responsible for causing me to dig deeper into the architectural things that I loved for many years but didn't understand the how's and why's. Keep em coming.

[@BrentHull]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching.

[@JoshPiland]

Brent always exposes my building ignorance. Keep’em coming Brent we’re learning!

[@BrentHull]

Nice! Will do.

[@trips505]

architectural vocabulary is so important. they don't emphasize and teach it enough in architecture school. keep these coming.

[@BrentHull]

Nice. Thx.

[@bonniehyden962]

I knew about 1.5 of those words even existed. ....but now I not only know they exist...I know what they are and how to pronounce them correctly! Thank ye, kind sir!

[@BrentHull]

Nice, thanks for watching.

[@sdsconstruction]

Great content! I would be very interested in a “video dictionary” of common and not so common building/construction, house-elements, and trim vocabulary with visual examples. Many of your videos offer small examples/capsules of this. Thanks for the videos Brent!

[@BrentHull]

Good idea. Thanks for watching.

[@michaelbissen1946]

Learn something new everytime I watch, thanks Brent

[@BrentHull]

Awesome. Thanks for watching.

[@eh_bailey]

I definitely thought we were going to get wainscoting vs "wainscoating"

[@BrentHull]

Haha, thx.

[@lizzapaolia959]

Excellent video with humor 😊. If they get it wrong no ice cream after recess 😳😬 Your knowledge is second to none. Great educational video.🙏

[@BrentHull]

Thanks! 😃

[@jamesmaddigan8132]

Appreciate these videos. Worth noting that local usage of terms can have a different meaning and understanding. Always good to have a real item or illustration to point to so ensure everyone is clear they are talking about the same thing. In my area the porte cohere can also be a feature on the front entry of the building.

[@BrentHull]

Good point. And I agree it would retain the same name. Thanks.

[@mab49696]

you left off wainscoting mostly called Wayne's-coating

[@BrentHull]

Good one! I'll add that to part 2. Thanks.

[@crossroadschronicles4647]

Thank you Brent

[@BrentHull]

Welcome!!

[@alexlatiff4198]

Fantastic content! Keep going Brent!!

[@BrentHull]

Thanks! Will do!

[@heathmiller8462]

This was great content. I’m guilty of incorrectly using a few of these. I actually thought “Portico” covered the “port cochere” as well. 😂 Thanks for the education!!

[@BrentHull]

Ha, not exactly. Thanks for watching.

[@benchippy8039]

As an English carpenter/builder I was expecting some of the words to be wrong to how we’d say but all are the same. Most videos you use words that we don’t but not this one!

[@BrentHull]

Hm, that's interesting. Thanks for the insight.

[@benchippy8039]

@@BrentHull you guys use so many different words to us- we have door linings not jambs, architraves and skirting boards not trim and base. Our window openings are plastered reveals not cased with timber and ’trim’ but a windowboard fitted during first fix (framing) that is plastered down to. Just a tiny selection of how different our terminology is to yours but your video used universal terms!

[@kennethharman2779]

Finally a reason why it’s called bedmold! If one want to see some amazing brick work check out Salem,Ohio the chimneys around town are incredible

[@BrentHull]

Nice, thanks for the tip.

[@Gab_deb]

I love this video! I would love to hear more about the house at 5:47.

[@BrentHull]

Its in Philly. Near carpenter's Hall. I don't know the name. Sorry.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

Belt course vs. water table

[@BrentHull]

Mm, good one. I'm making a second list. I'll include that one. Thanks.

[@tc9148]

Great fun and informative video. Learned so much.

[@BrentHull]

Glad to hear it! Thanks.

[@eamonnmckeown6770]

Must be thirty years ago now I worked in a very small pre-cast concrete firm making those quoins along with pavers and exterior lintels I think for windows, also the concrete sills - this was in the north of Ireland. I remember there was a total eclipse of the sun that year - we worked up to it then got after it again. lol.

[@BrentHull]

Great story. Thanks for sharing.

[@carmencolon3520]

Glad you have explained this words. Now I understand the weirdest looks contractors have given me every time I try to explain what I want 😅 🙃 😂.

[@BrentHull]

Haha, thanks for watching.

[@josefchalat7786]

#11: Blueprints, Bluelines, Sepia (or brownline) , prints from a modern wide format printer Can a porte cochere come off the front of a building and still be a porte cochere? Architects typically refer to the drive through at a hotel entry as a porte cochere

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

I think so. The front of the White House has a portico that can be driven under….

[@BrentHull]

Noted. thanks. Yes, someone else asked the same thing.

[@BrentHull]

I would still call the white house a portico more than a porte cochere. At least I think. Mainly because its primary visual strength is as a portico. Thoughts?

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

@@BrentHull According to Wickipedia, if its for vehicles it is a porte coche, if it is for people it is a portico. So technically the one at the White House is a porte coche. The White House calls it the North Portico. Go figure.

[@petersallay5221]

Thanks for that lesson! I definitely had some of those terms wrong. What would you call a cantilevered flat roof over a front door on a modern house? Is that still a portico if there are no columns on the corners?

[@BrentHull]

Good question. I'll make it part of the next 10 words video. Thanks.

[@petersallay5221]

@@BrentHull that would be awesome! I will try to send a picture.

[@leejohnson7293]

So... What is the covered area at the front door where a vehicle picks up and or lets out passengers? I always thought that was a Portico. Also I thought that the brick header over a window or door was the soldier course and sometimes has a keystone.

[@BrentHull]

the car drive through on the side is a porte-cochere. Sometimes a portico on the front can be large enough to have a car drive through. A soldier course is only when bricks are standing up right and are not gauged or made to fit in an arch.

[@leejohnson7293]

@@BrentHull Got ya! Thanks!

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

Gauged brick is used for a jack arch which is different than a lintel.

[@BrentHull]

Thank you, noted.

[@Mopardude]

In the cabinetry trade we call a glass door that is divided out into the different panes a mullion door. Is this an incorrect term that just stuck and is used improperly? Is it more in the how each is constructed because in a window you would have individual panes that are separated by the muntons, where in a cabinet door you have 1 sheet of glass and the mullion are more or less over layed onto the glass?

[@BrentHull]

I think it is incorrect. It should be a Muntin. IMHO. Thanks

[@egar4767]

It reminds me of sailing terms. It’s another language. A sail boat is just a house on the water.

[@BrentHull]

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

[@pointnemo369]

There will be a pop quiz on Friday.

[@BrentHull]

Haha, put your pencils down.

[@heartwormskillcats8357]

Wainscotting or wainscoating?

[@BrentHull]

Shoot. I knew i would miss one. Thanks.

[@andy4717]

I’m guilty of the muntin / mullion one!

[@BrentHull]

Ha, we've all been guilty of some of these at one point in our career.

[@nated1971]

You forgot "custom home", meaning you can choose your own interior paint color and upgrade kitchen appliances.....in today vernacular :D

[@BrentHull]

Haha, true, that might need to be its on video. LOL.

[@jk_22]

Now define “luxury apartment”

[@ryananthony4840]

I can tell you the 10 most common words I use while working on residential jobs.... lol

[@BrentHull]

HAHAHA. good point. THanks.

[@stevemiller7949]

Would really enjoy your thoughts on the use of color through history. Personally, I am tired of hearing "experts" recommend white walls every time , in every room. What would Henry Dupont have thought? The epidemic of " "nuetral" decor in America will possibly infantilize 90% of the population? Someday , I'll say what I really think.

[@BrentHull]

haha. I need to do a video on paint. Thanks.

[@robertrusso877]

How about height vs heighth? Drives me crazy when people use the latter.

[@BrentHull]

Good one. Thanks.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

Lintel vs. jack arch

[@BrentHull]

Noted. Thanks.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

Most people don’t know what a pent roof is.

[@BrentHull]

Nice. Thanks.

[@patrickniedermeyer2112]

Plinth?

[@BrentHull]

Yep, that is a good one, I did a whole video on that.