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Superglossary - Construction Category: Architecture and Buildings > Construction Date & country: 16/12/2013, USA Words: 722

Highlights
A light spot, area, or streak on a painted surface.

Hip
A roof with four sloping sides. The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a r

Hip Roof
A roof that rises by inclined planes from all four sides of a building.

Home Run (Electrical)
The electrical cable that carries power from the main circuit breaker panel to the first electrical

Honey Combs
The appearance concrete makes when rocks in the concrete are visible and where there are void areas

Hose Bib
An exterior water faucet (sill cock).

Hot Wire
The wire that carries electrical energy to a receptacle or other device

Humidifier
An appliance normally attached to the furnace, or portable unit device designed to increase the humi

Hurricane Clip
Metal straps that are nailed and secure the roof rafters and trusses to the top horizontal wall plat

Incandescent Lamp
A lamp employing an electrically charged metal filament that glows at white heat. A typical light bu

Index
The interest rate or adjustment standard that determines the changes in monthly payments for an adju

Infiltration
The passage of air from indoors to outdoors and vice versa

Inside Corner
The point at which two walls form an internal angle, as in the corner of a room.

Insulating Glass
Window or door in which two panes of glass are used with a sealed air space between. Also known as

Insulation
Any material high in resistance to heat transmission that, when placed in the walls, ceiling, or flo

Insulation Board, Rigid
A structural building board made of coarse wood or cane fiber in

Interest
The cost paid to a lender for borrowed money.

Interior Finish
Material used to cover the interior framed areas of walls and ceilings

Irrigation
Lawn sprinkler system.

Jack Post
A type of structural support made of metal, which can be raised or lowered through a series of pins

Jack Rafter
A rafter that spans the distance from the wall plate to a hip, or from a valley to a ridge.

Jamb
The side and head lining of a doorway, window, or other opening. Includes studs as well as the frame

Joint
The location between the touching surfaces of two members or components joined and held together by

Joint Cement Or Joint Compound
A powder that is usually mixed with water and used for joint treatment in gypsum-wallboard finish. O

Joint Tenancy
A form of ownership in which the tenants own a property equally. If one dies, the other automaticall

Joint Trench
When the electric company and telephone company dig one trench and 'drop' both of their service line

Joist
Wooden 2 X 8's, 10's, or 12's that run parallel to one another and support a floor or ceiling, and s

Joist Hanger
A metal 'U' shaped item used to support the end of a floor joist and attached with hardened nails to

Jumpers
Water pipe installed in a water meter pit (before the water meter is installed), or electric wire th

Keeper
The metal latch plate in a door frame into which a doorknob plunger latches.

Keyless
A plastic or porcelain light fixture that operates by a pull string. Generally found in the basement

Keyway
A slot formed and poured on a footer or in a foundation wall when another wall will be installed at

Kilowatt (Kw)
One thousand watts. A kilowatt hour is the base unit used in measuring electrical consumption. Also

King Stud
The vertical '2 X's' frame lumber (left and right) of a window or door opening, and runs continuousl

Knot
In lumber, the portion of a branch or limb of a tree that appears on the edge or face of the piece.

Laminated shingles
Shingles that have added dimensionality because of extra layers or tabs, giving a shake-like appeara

Laminating
Bonding together two or more layers of materials.

Landing
A platform between flights of stairs or at the termination of a flight of stairs. Often used when st

Lap
To cover the surface of one shingle or roll with another.

Latch
A beveled metal tongue operated by a spring-loaded knob or lever. The tongue's bevel lets you close

Lateral
The underground trench and related services (i.e., electric, gas, telephone, sewer and water lines)

Lath
A building material of narrow wood, metal, gypsum, or insulating board that is fastened to the frame

Lattice
An open framework of criss-crossed wood or metal strips that form regular, patterned spaces.

Ledger (For A Structural Floor)
The wooden perimeter frame lumber member that bolts onto the face of a foundation wall and supports

Ledger Strip
A strip of lumber nailed along the bottom of the side of a girder on which joists rest.

Leech Field
A method used to treat/dispose of sewage in rural areas not accessible to a municipal sewer system.

Let-In Brace
Nominal 1 inch-thick boards applied into notched studs diagonally. Also, an 'L' shaped, long (@ 10')

Level
True horizontal. Also a tool used to determine level.

Level Payment Mortgage
A mortgage with identical monthly payments over the life of the loan.

Lien
An encumbrance that usually makes real or personal property the security for payment of a debt or di

Light
Space in a window sash for a single pane of glass. Also, a pane of glass.

Limit Switch
A safety control that automatically shuts off a furnace if it gets too hot. Most also control blower

Lineal Foot
A unit of measure for lumber equal to 1 inch thick by 12 inches wide by 12 inches long. Examples

Lintel
A horizontal structural member that supports the load over an opening such as a door or window.

Load Bearing Wall
Includes all exterior walls and any interior wall that is aligned above a support beam or girder. No

Loan
The amount to be borrowed.

Loan To Value Ratio
The ratio of the loan amount to the property valuation and expressed as a percentage. E.g. If a borr

Lookout
A short wood bracket or cantilever that supports an overhang portion of a roof.

Louver
A vented opening into the home that has a series of horizontal slats and arranged to permit ventilat

Lumens
Unit of measure for total light output. The amount of light falling on a surface of one square foot.

Male
Any part, such as a bolt, designed to fit into another (female) part. External threads are male.

Mantel
The shelf above a fireplace opening. Also used in referring to the decorative trim around a fireplac

Manufactured Wood
A wood product such as a truss, beam, gluelam, microlam or joist which is manufactured out of smalle

Manufacturers Specifications
The written installation and/or maintenance instructions which are developed by the manufacturer of

Masonry
Stone, brick, concrete, hollow-tile, concrete block, or other similar building units or materials. N

Mastic
A pasty material used as a cement (as for setting tile) or a protective coating (as for thermal insu

Mechanics Lien
A lien on real property, created by statue in many years, in favor of persons supplying labor or mat

Metal Lath
Sheets of metal that are slit to form openings within the lath. Used as a plaster base for walls and

Microlam
A manufactured structural wood beam. It is constructed of pressure and adhesive bonded wood strands

Milar (Mylar)
Plastic, transparent copies of a blueprint.

Millwork
Generally all building materials made of finished wood and manufactured in millwork plants. Includes

Miter Joint
The joint of two pieces at an angle that bisects the joining angle. For example, the miter joint at

Molding
A wood strip having an engraved, decorative surface.

Monopost
Adjustable metal column used to support a beam or bearing point. Normally 11 gauge or Schedule 40 me

Mortar
A mixture of cement (or lime) with sand and water used in masonry work.

Mortgage
Loan secured by land.

Mortgage broker
A broker who represents numerous lenders and helps consumers find affordable mortgages

Mortgage company
A company that borrows money from a bank, lends it to consumers to buy homes, then sells the loans t

Mortgage Deed
Legal document establishing a loan on property.

Mortgage Loan
A contract in which the borrower's property is pledged as collateral. It is repaid in installments.

Mortgage Origination Fee
A charge for work involved in preparing and servicing a mortgage application (usually one percent of

Mortgagee
The lender who makes the mortgage loan.

Mortise
A slot cut into a board, plank, or timber, usually edgewise, to receive the tenon (or tongue) of ano

Mudsill
Bottom horizontal member of an exterior wall frame which rests on top a foundation, sometimes called

Mullion
A vertical divider in the frame between windows, doors, or other openings.

Muntin
A small member which divides the glass or openings of sash or doors.

Muriatic Acid
Commonly used as a brick cleaner after masonry work is completed.

Mushroom
The unacceptable occurrence when the top of a caisson concrete pier spreads out and hardens to becom

Nail Inspection
An inspection made by a municipal building inspector after the drywall material is hung with nails a

Natural Finish
A transparent finish which does not seriously alter the original color or grain of the natural wood.

NEC (National Electrical Code)
A set of rules governing safe wiring methods. Local codes

Neutral Wire
Usually color-coded white, this carries electricity from an outlet back to the service panel. Also s

Newel Post
The large starting post to which the end of a stair guard railing or balustrade is fastened.

Nonbearing Wall
A wall supporting no load other than its own weight.

Nosing
The projecting edge of a molding or drip or the front edge of a stair tread.

Notch
A crosswise groove at the end of a board.

Note
A formal document showing the existence of a debt and stating the terms of repayment.

Nozzle
The part of a heating system that sprays the fuel of fuel-air mixture into the combustion chamber.

Oakum
Loose hemp or jute fiber that's impregnated with tar or pitch and used to caulk large seams or for p

On Center (OC)
The measurement of spacing for studs, rafters, and joists in a building from the center of one membe