Glossary of Building Construction terms meanings

Above Grade meaning Acre meaning A/C Circuit meaning Accelerator meaning Adhesion meaning Adhesive Failure meaning Aggregate meaning Air-Dried Lumber meaning Air Duct meaning Air Filters meaning Air Infiltration meaning Airway meaning Alligatoring meaning Aluminum Wire meaning AMPS (Amperes) meaning Ammeter meaning Anchor Bolts meaning Angle Iron meaning Annealing meaning Anti-Walk Blocks meaning Approach meaning Apron meaning Architect meaning Architects Rule meaning Areaway meaning Asphalt meaning Astragal meaning Attic Ventilators meaning Auger meaning Backer Rod meaning Backfill meaning Backflow meaning Backflow Preventer meaning Backhand meaning Backhoe meaning Back Nailing meaning Balloon Framing meaning Balusters meaning Balustrade meaning Barge Board meaning Base (or Baseboard) meaning Barometer meaning Barrel Roof meaning Base Flashing meaning Base Molding meaning Base Ply meaning Base Shoe meaning Batten meaning Batten Plate meaning Batter Board meaning Batt Insulation meaning Bay Window meaning Bead meaning Beam meaning Bearing Partition meaning Bearing Wall meaning Bed or Bedding meaning Bed Molding meaning Bell Reducer meaning Below Grade meaning Bent Glass meaning Bevel meaning Bevel Siding (or Lap Siding) meaning Bid Bond meaning Bidding meaning Bid Documents meaning Bite meaning Bitumen meaning Bleeding meaning Blind Nailing meaning Blind Stop meaning Blister meaning Blocking meaning Blue Prints meaning Blue Stain meaning Board Foot meaning Boards meaning Bodied Linseed Oil meaning Boiled Linseed Oil meaning Bolster meaning Bond Breaker meaning Bond Plaster meaning Boston Ridge meaning Bow meaning Brace meaning Bracing meaning Brake Metal meaning Brick Veneer meaning Bridging meaning Browncoat meaning BTU British Thermal Unit meaning Bubbling meaning Buck meaning Building Brick meaning Building Paper meaning Building Permit meaning Built-Up Roof meaning Bullfloat meaning Butt Joint meaning Butterfly Roof meaning Buttering meaning Butt Glazing meaning Butyl meaning BX Armored Cable meaning Calcium Chloride meaning Canopy meaning Cantilever meaning Cant Strip meaning Cap meaning Cap Sheets meaning Cape Chisel meaning Carbide Bit meaning Casement Frames and Sash meaning Casing meaning Caulk meaning C/D Circuit meaning Cellulose Insulation meaning Cement Mixtures meaning Cement Types Type I Normal meaning Certificate of Occupancy meaning CFM (Cubic Feet per Minute) meaning Chair Rail meaning Channel Glazing meaning Checking meaning Checkrails meaning Chemical Injection Grouting meaning Circuit Breaker meaning Cleat meaning Coal Tar Pitch meaning Coating meaning Cohesive Failure meaning Cold Applied meaning Cold Patch meaning Collar meaning Collar Beam meaning Column meaning Combination Doors or Windows meaning Compatible meaning Component meaning Composite Board meaning Compound meaning Compression Gasket meaning Compression Set meaning Concrete Plain meaning Condensation meaning Conductor meaning Conduction meaning Conduit meaning Construction, frame meaning Construction Loan meaning Control Joint meaning Convection meaning Cooling Tower meaning Coping meaning Copper Pipe Types meaning Corbel Out meaning Core meaning Corner Bead meaning Corner Boards meaning Corner Braces meaning Cornerite meaning Cornice meaning Cornice Return meaning Corrosion meaning Corrugated meaning Cost Breakdown meaning Counter Flashing meaning Coupling meaning Course meaning Cove Molding meaning Covenants meaning Crawl Space meaning Crazing meaning Cricket meaning Cross-Bridging meaning Crown Molding meaning Cupola meaning Curb meaning Curing meaning Curing Agent meaning Curtain Wall meaning Cutback meaning Cut-in Brace meaning Cut Off meaning Dado meaning Damper meaning Dampproofing meaning Darby meaning Dead Load meaning Decay meaning Deck meaning Deck Paint meaning Deflect meaning Deflection meaning Density meaning Design Pressure meaning Dew Point meaning Dimension Lumber meaning Direct Nailing meaning Distortion meaning Dolly Varden Siding meaning Doorjamb (interior) meaning Dormer meaning Double-Glazing meaning Double Plate meaning Double Strength meaning Double Tree meaning Downspout meaning Drawing Outline meaning Drawing Detail meaning Dressed and Matched (Tongued & Grooved) meaning Dressed Size Lumber meaning Drier Paint meaning Drip meaning Drip Cap meaning Drip Edge meaning Drippage meaning Dropping a Stringer meaning Drop Siding meaning Dry Glazing meaning Dry-In meaning Dry Seal meaning Dry Sheet meaning Drywall meaning Dry-Wall Construction meaning Drywall Hammer meaning Drywall Nail meaning Duct meaning Dumbwaiter meaning Durometer meaning Eave meaning Edge Clearance meaning Edge Grain (vertical) meaning Edge Metal meaning EER meaning Efflorescence meaning EIFS meaning Elastomer meaning Elastomeric meaning Electrolytic Coupling meaning Elevation meaning Emissivity meaning EMT meaning Emulsion meaning End Dams meaning End Lap meaning EPDM meaning Excavate meaning Expansion Coefficient meaning Expansion Joint meaning Exterior Glazed meaning Exterior Stop meaning Extrusion meaning Eyebrow meaning Facade meaning Face Brick meaning Face Glazing meaning Factory Mutual (FM) meaning Fascia meaning Fasteners meaning Felt meaning Fenestration meaning Ferrous meaning Fillet Bead meaning Finish meaning Finish Carpentry meaning Finish Coat meaning Finish Grade meaning Fire Rated meaning Fire-Resistive meaning Fire Retardant Chemical meaning Fire Stop meaning Fire Wall meaning Fishplate meaning Fish Tape (Fish Wire) meaning Flagstone (Flagging or Flags) meaning Flake meaning Flash Point meaning Flashing meaning Flat Glass meaning Flat Grain meaning Flat Paint meaning Flat Seam meaning Fleet Averaging meaning Flexible Metal Conduit meaning Float Glass meaning Floor Plan meaning Floor Plate meaning Flue meaning Flue Lining meaning Flush Glazing meaning Fly Rafters meaning Folded Seam meaning Footings meaning Foot Print meaning Foundation meaning Frieze meaning Frostline meaning Fully-Adhered meaning Fully Tempered Glass meaning Fungi (wood) meaning Fungicide meaning Furnace meaning Furring meaning Gable meaning Gable End meaning Gambrel Roof meaning Galvanize meaning Gaskets meaning Gauge meaning Gauge Board meaning General Contractor meaning GFI or GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters meaning GFRC meaning Gloss Enamel meaning Gloss (paint or enamel) meaning Girder meaning Glass meaning Glaze Coat meaning Glazing meaning Glazing Bead meaning Glazing Channel meaning Grade MW meaning Grade NW meaning Grade SW meaning Grain meaning Granules meaning Gravel meaning Grounds meaning Ground System meaning Grounding Rod meaning Grout or Grouting meaning Gun Consistency meaning Gunite meaning Gutter meaning Gutter Strap meaning Gusset meaning Guy Wire meaning Gypsum Plaster meaning Gypsum Board meaning Gypsum Keene Cement meaning Hardware meaning Hatch meaning Hawk meaning Hazard Insurance meaning Header meaning Hearth meaning Heartwood meaning Heat Strengthened Glass meaning Heel Bead meaning Hermetic Seal meaning High-Early Cement meaning Hip meaning Hip Rafter meaning Hip Roof meaning Hoistway meaning Honeycomb meaning Hub meaning Humidifier meaning HVAC meaning Hydroelectric Elevator meaning I-Beam meaning IIC meaning Incompatibility meaning Indemnification Clause meaning Infiltration meaning INR meaning Inside Drain meaning Insulation Board meaning Insulating Glass Unit meaning Insulation meaning Insulation Fasteners meaning Interior Finish meaning Interior Glazed meaning Interlayer meaning Interply meaning IRMA meaning Jack Rafter meaning Jamb meaning Joint meaning Joint Cement meaning Joist meaning Keene's Cement meaning Kelvin meaning Kick Hole meaning Kiln Dried Lumber meaning Knife Consistency meaning Knot meaning Kraft meaning Kynar Coating meaning Ladder, Fixed meaning Laminated Glass meaning Landing meaning Lap meaning Lath meaning Lattice meaning Lead meaning Leader meaning Lean-To Roof meaning Ledger Strip meaning Let-in Brace meaning Leveling Rod meaning Light meaning Lintel meaning Liquid-Applied Membrane meaning Liquated Damages meaning Lite meaning Live Load meaning Lookout meaning Lot meaning Loose Laid meaning Louver meaning Lumber meaning Mansard Roof meaning Mantel meaning Mason's Hammer meaning Mastic meaning Masonry meaning Mastic meaning Matched Lumber meaning Maximum Occupancy Load meaning Melt Point meaning Membrane meaning Metal Edge meaning Metal Lath meaning Migration meaning Mil Thickness meaning Millwork meaning Mineral Spirits meaning Miter Joint meaning Mock-Up Testing meaning Modulus meaning Moisture Content of Wood meaning Molding meaning Monitor meaning Mopping meaning Mortar Types meaning Mortise meaning Mud Cracks meaning Mullion meaning Muntins meaning Nailer meaning Natural Finish meaning Neat Plaster meaning Neoprene meaning Newel meaning NM meaning NMC (Non Metallic Conduit) meaning Nonbearing Wall meaning Non-Destructive meaning Non-Drying (Non-Curing) meaning Non-Sag meaning Non-Skinning meaning Non-Staining meaning Nosing meaning Notch meaning Nozzle meaning Nuclear Meter meaning Ohmmeter meaning Ohm's Law meaning Oil-Canning meaning Organic meaning Outrigger meaning Overhang meaning Oxidize meaning Paint meaning Panel meaning Parapet Wall meaning Parge Coat meaning Parking Strip meaning Parting Stop or Strip meaning Partition meaning Patterned Glass meaning Paver Stones meaning Penny meaning Penthouse meaning Performance and Payment Bond meaning Perlite meaning Perm meaning Permanent Set meaning Photo-Oxidation meaning Pier meaning Pigment meaning Pitch meaning Pitch Pocket meaning Pith meaning Plan Submittal meaning Plans meaning Plaster Grounds meaning Plat meaning Plate meaning Plate Line meaning Platform Framing meaning Plenum meaning Plot Plan meaning Plough meaning Plumb meaning Ply meaning Plywood meaning Pocket (Channel) meaning Pointing meaning Polished Wired Glass meaning Polymer meaning Polysulfide Sealant meaning Polyurethane Sealant meaning Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) meaning Ponding meaning Pop-Out meaning Pop Rivets meaning Pores meaning Porosity meaning Portland Cement meaning Post meaning Post & Beam Construction meaning Pot-Life meaning Power meaning Precast meaning Pre-Shimed Tape Sealant meaning Pressure-Reducing Valve meaning Pressure-Relief Valve meaning Pressure-Treated Lumber meaning Preservative meaning Primer meaning Priming meaning Projection meaning Protection Board meaning Purlins meaning Push Stick meaning Putty meaning PVDF meaning Quarter Round meaning Quartersawn Grain meaning Rabbet meaning Radial Saw meaning Radiant Heating meaning Radiation meaning Radiator meaning Rafter meaning Raggle Block meaning Rail meaning Rake meaning Rankin meaning Raw Linseed Oil meaning Rebar meaning Reflective Glass meaning Reflective Insulation. meaning Register meaning Reglet meaning Reinforced Concrete meaning Reinforced Masonry meaning Reinforcing meaning Relative Heat Gain meaning Relative Humidity meaning Resistance meaning Resorcinol Glue meaning Return meaning Ribbon (or Girt) meaning Ridge meaning Ridge Board meaning Rigid Metal Conduit meaning Rise meaning Riser meaning Roll Roofing meaning Romex meaning Roof Sheathing meaning Roof System meaning Rough meaning Rough Opening meaning Rough Plumbing meaning RPM meaning Rubber Emulsion Paint meaning Rubber-Tired Roller meaning Run meaning R-Value meaning Saber Saw meaning Saddle meaning Sand Float Finish meaning Sapwood meaning Sash meaning Sash Balance meaning Saturated Felt meaning Scratch Coat meaning Screed or Screeding meaning Scribing meaning Scupper meaning Scutch meaning Sealant meaning Sealer meaning Seasoning meaning Self-Healing meaning Self-Leveling meaning Selvage meaning Semigloss (paint or enamel) meaning Separation meaning Service Conductor meaning Service Drop meaning Setting Blocks meaning Shading Coefficient meaning Shake meaning Sheathing meaning Sheathing Paper meaning Shed Roof meaning Sheet Metal Work meaning Sheetrock meaning Shelf-Life meaning Shellac meaning Shingles meaning Shiplap Lumber meaning Shoring meaning Shore A Hardness meaning Shutter meaning Siding meaning Sight Line meaning Silicone Sealant meaning Sill meaning Sill Plate meaning Sill Sealer meaning Sill Step meaning Single Family Dwelling (SFD) meaning Single Ply meaning Single Tee meaning Sky Dome meaning Skylight meaning Slab on Grade meaning Slag meaning Slate meaning Sleeper meaning Slope meaning Slump-Test meaning Sloped Glazing meaning Soffit meaning Softening Point meaning Soil Cover (or Ground Cover) meaning Soil Stack meaning Sole Plate meaning Solid Bridging meaning Spacers (Shims) meaning Spalling meaning Span meaning Spandrel meaning Specification meaning Splash Block meaning Splitting meaning Spud meaning Square meaning Stack meaning Stack Vent meaning Stain meaning Stair Carriage meaning Standing Seam meaning Static Load meaning STC (Sound Transmission Class) meaning Steel Trowel meaning Step Flashing meaning Stile meaning STL (Sound Transmission Loss) meaning Stile meaning Stool meaning Storm Door meaning Storm Window meaning Story meaning Strain meaning Striking Off meaning String Line meaning Strip Flooring. meaning String (or Stringer) meaning Structural Silicone Glazing meaning Stucco meaning Stud meaning Subcontractor meaning Subfloor meaning Sub-Rough meaning Substrate meaning Suspended Ceiling meaning Tail Beam meaning Taping meaning Tear-Off meaning Termite Shield meaning Terneplate meaning Texture Paint meaning Thermal Insulation meaning Thermal Movement meaning Thermal Shock meaning Thermoplastic Material meaning Three-Phase meaning Threshold meaning Thru-Wall Flashing meaning THW meaning Tie-In meaning Tilt-Up Wall meaning Timbers meaning Tinted Glass meaning Title-24 meaning Toe Bead meaning Toenailing meaning Tongue & Groove meaning Tooling meaning Top Mopping meaning Top Plate meaning Torching meaning Transit meaning Tread meaning Tremie meaning Trim meaning Trimmer meaning Truss meaning Tuck-Pointing meaning Turpentine meaning TW meaning Two-Part Sealant meaning Ultraviolet meaning Undercoat meaning Underlayment meaning Uprights meaning U-Value meaning Valley meaning Valley Rafter meaning Valve meaning Vapor meaning Vapor Barrier meaning Varnish meaning Vehicle meaning Veining meaning Veneer meaning Vent meaning Vent Pipe meaning Ventilator meaning Venting meaning Vent Stack meaning Vent System meaning Vermiculite meaning Viscosity meaning Visible Light Transmittance meaning Visual Mock-Up meaning Volatile Thinner meaning Voltage meaning Voltmeter meaning Walkways meaning Wane meaning Water-Cement Ratio meaning Waterproofing meaning Water Repellant Coating meaning Water Repellent Preservative meaning Water Vapor meaning Wattage meaning Weatherstrip meaning Weep Hole meaning Weep Screed meaning Weld meaning Wet Seal meaning Wind Uplift meaning Wire Size meaning Woodfiber Plaster meaning Wood Filler meaning Wood Rays meaning Work-Life meaning Yard Lumber 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Glossary of Building Construction terms meanings

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Glossary of Building Construction terms meanings

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