Construction Studies

ajjmk

Does anyone have a full list of all the drawings that could come up in Question 1? Please & thankyou

Mwah

Yeah i'd like this as well, im totally ****ed for the exam and out class never even got thought how to do uvalues... lol

pathway33

Don't know if this is any use but here's the syllabus >>> http://www.education.ie/servlet/blobservlet/lc_construction_studies.pdf?language=EN

Titan9

Does any one have any tips on what drawing could come up?

Crow92

I'm right now looking through the papers for the last 5 years to look for trends.

Firstly the drawings I know could come up are

• A flat roof
• A manhole
• The fireplace
• The Chimney with the roof
• A pitched roof
• septic Tank
• The stairs
• The window casement.
• Suspended timber floor
• A concrete floor
• The door.

Some of these drawings can be found here
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~abbeynet/Drawings/drawing_entry.htm

Two drawing questions come up every year. On Q1 the mandatory one and Q 7.

Q 5 has been the U-value question for the last 7 years.

Resistance= Thickness/ Conductivity or Resitivity x Thickness.

U-Value = 1/ (Total Resistance)


Sustainable Development has been up in the form of Q 6 + 10 for the last 4 years.

Generally

Q6: Is about rural building(regulations and guidelines)
Low environmental impact construction.

Q10: Solar space/ Natural(solar) heating and insulating.

Thats 5 of your questions there done.

I am not however suggesting that that's all yous study as these are not guranteed to come up seeing as all other subjects seem to have become less predictable.

Also Foundations/floors/walls/openings comes up very often and so does the roof.

Vurnon San Benito

I'm ruined for this, our teacher thinks the window/ door might come up but I haven't learned a thing about either, or how to draw them yet!

SunSpace Question will do me, I'll learn the Uvalue, and rest are guesswork really.

Construction is usually failr sound though

johnmcdnl

we're allowed the tables for the u value and light questions aren't we

Crow92

johnmcdnl wrote: »

we're allowed the tables for the u value and light questions aren't we

Yup yup just ask.

Vurnon San Benito

Crow92 wrote: »

Yup yup just ask.

Are you sure we don't have to draw them out ourselves?

ajjmk

pathway33 wrote: »

Don't know if this is any use but here's the syllabus >>> http://www.education.ie/servlet/blobservlet/lc_construction_studies.pdf?language=EN

Theres alotta information in that, & I seem none the wiser :P Cheers though!


@Crow92 damn, I know like..none of those! I only chose this subject cos I thought it was easy, but Im lacking both common sense, & carpentry skills so Im finding it fecking haaaard!:eek:

Crow92

Doocey wrote: »

Are you sure we don't have to draw them out ourselves?

You have to work them out yourself yes but you can get the tables if need be.

ajjmk wrote: »

Theres alotta information in that, & I seem none the wiser :P Cheers though!


@Crow92 damn, I know like..none of those! I only chose this subject cos I thought it was easy, but Im lacking both common sense, & carpentry skills so Im finding it fecking haaaard!:eek:

I only took this up in 5th year because it is easy. If you did any theory you'll know some basics. Just work now with the exam papers and use the marking scheme's from examinations.ie and you should be doing grand.

Alot of it becomes repetitive like reasons for building certain things like foundations and walls. i.e. durability, aesthetics, stability ect. or for any questions to do with heat loss and low enviornmental imact you talk about the same materials to insulate.

double GG

I actually found all my drawings this morning ... I have 8 of them i think, I will hopefully attempt the two drawings, U Value question and 2 others! If a saftey question comes up you can just dance away! :D:D

Mwah

anyone got any drawing predictions ?

Vurnon San Benito

Door.

ajjmk

Draw a door?

Vurnon San Benito

Panels of a door, entrance, etc.

There's probably a title for it

Door detail?

Crow92

Like facing a door externally?

My teacher believes the window or foundations will come up.

Vurnon San Benito

The three panels of the door, the thrush(?) in the doorway.
Window could come yes teacher also mentioned that.

If a fireplace comes, I'll start baning me head against the table.

Crow92

I've never done about half the drawings.

I'm jsut gonna learn to sketch them with measurements then just like draw them properly on the day:p

Vurnon San Benito

You'll be doing well if ya can.
Afterall, it's one drawing question, worst case scenario I get about 40% of it right.
Then the dream would be a sunspace question, safety and UValue (Definitive)

Wouldn't mind if cold bridges came up too.

neilquiksilver

ya like you have no choice in question 1 and u-vaule (hopefully) for 5 then question 10 is usually easy to follow common knowledge really lcvp helped me with q10 in the mocks was about how a new town would contribute to a rural area or something?? then only two left with over 7 options?? hopefully SOMETHING would come up in them! i still dont know u-value though need to learn it:mad::mad:

trepasers

some of you are saying the door could come up....is this the section through the wall with the door frame or do you have to draw the door as well cause we never got drawings for a door

double GG

trepasers wrote: »

some of you are saying the door could come up....is this the section through the wall with the door frame or do you have to draw the door as well cause we never got drawings for a door

The door threshold.




Something like that.

Shanotheslayer

Anyone know what page that drawing is in the book?

gary199

double GG wrote: »

The door threshold.




Something like that.

yeh thats the drawing that they'd ask for!

gaffocarl

Our teacher hasn't given us alot of advice! What exactly does it mean by notes and free hand sketches?! Cheers :-)