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Jargon Buster
Construction - BuildingBuilding is full of jargon from legal issue to materials. Architects and Surveyors use most of the building construction jargon in their building specifications and drawings or surveys. Building Construction jargon is being added to all the time with new working methods and new building materials coming on stream. A lot of this building jargon is technology led where as much of the legal side to building jargon is very traditional and well established. How the modern day builder keeps up with all this building jargon is beyond me as there is so much of it and each trade usually have their own sub-division of building jargon.
Building Jargon.Architrave - Moulding round opening such as door or window Arris - Sharp external angle - usually 90 degrees Baluster - Alternative term for Banister Barge Board - Wide board fitted on edge of tiles following the slope of the roof Bead - Small convex moulding Bib Tap - Tap fed by horizontal supply - as in a garden tap Blown or Live - Plaster that has lost its bond with the wall Bond - Arrangement of bricks to ensure stability of brickwork Buttress or Pier - Thickening of wall to form a vertical projection to strengthen it Cavity Wall - Usual construction for external walls comprising an inner and outer leaf with a space between for insulation Cistern - Tank for storing water - usually located in the attic Cleat - cable fixing for phone wire, etc Coping - Protective finish to the top of a wall Corbelling - Successive projecting courses of brickwork Cove or Cornice - Moulding around room at junction of wall and ceiling Dado Rail - Horizontal moulding part way up a wall Deal - Term for piece of square-sawn softwood Distemper - Wall paint made from water, pigment and glue (traditional) Drip - Moulding or groove in overhanging member to prevent water creeping back Eaves - Overhang of roof beyond wall below Efflorescence - Unsightly powdery white salts brought to surface of brickwork Flashing - Metal sheet used to deflect water at junction between roof and wall Flat Arch - An arch that is almost completely horizontal Flaunching - Cement mortar filler round the top of a chimney stack Flue - Tube conveying smoke or fumes from fireplaces or appliances Flush Door - Door with completely flat faces Footlifter - Wedge used to lift boards for nailing to wall Formation Level - The deep point in an excavation for a drive or path Frog - Indent on bed face of a brick Gauged Brickwork - Fine brickwork with very thin joints Gable or Verge - Upper part of an outer wall at the end of a pitched roof Glazing Bar - Thin bar shaped to receive pane of glass Gravity Fed System - Central heating system that circulates water by gravity and water expansion Header - The end face of a brick Header Tank - Small open cistern (tank) that feeds water to central heating system Herringbone - Zigzag pattern of brickwork Hip - Line of adjoining sections of pitched roof at external angle of building Hipped Roof - Pitched roof, the ends of which are also sloped Hip Tile - Roof tile shaped to cover hip of roof Jamb - The side of an opening in a wall for a door or window Joist - Support for floor and ceiling Knotting - Varnish to stabilise knots in wood Lean-to Roof - Sloping roof supported along its highest part by a taller adjoining wall Light - Subdivision of a window - fixed or opening. Opening light can be top or side hung Lintel - Concrete or steel beam over opening to support wall above Loose-Fill Insulation - loose material for insulating cavity walls and lofts Mansard Roof - Form of pitched roof designed to provide more space for rooms Megger - Test meter used by electricians Mezzanine - Extra floor - possibly inserted between floor and ceiling of very tall room Mitre - Angled joint (similar to joint in picture frame) Module - Dimensional co-ordination of components Muck - Brickie term for mortar Mullion - Upright post in window Newel - Vertical post at top and bottom of staircase Nogging - Short wooden stiffeners inserted between joists Nosing - Rounded edge of a stair tread projecting beyond the riser Parapet - Low wall at the edge of a roof Pebble Dash - Roughcast wall finish with stones bedded in rendered wall Pilaster - Projecting part of a square column which is attached to wall Pitch - Slope of roof - expressed as an angle or ratio Plain tile - Rectangular "flat" roofing tile Plaster - Applied wall finish Plasterboard - Prefabricated sheets of plaster for walls and ceilings Plinth - Projecting base to external walls Purlin - Horizontal beam, part way up a rafter to prevent sagging Rafters - Series of structural timbers rising from eaves to ridge to support pitched roof covering Rail - Horizontal member in door or fence Relieving Arch - An arch constructed above a lintel or beam to take weight of wall above Render - External sand-cement coating for walls Reveal - Vertical side of door or window opening Ridge - Top of a pitched roof Ring Main - Power circuit for sockets Rise - Vertical distance between two adjacent stair treads Riser - Upright part of a stair OR vertical water pipe from the mains Roof Truss - Prefabricated structural timer framework to support roof RSJ - Rolled steel joist Sash - Framework for glass - in particular double-hung sliding sash window Screed - Layer of fine concrete used to provide smooth surface prior to floor finish Sarking Felt - Waterproof felt under roof tile battens Second Fix - Items fitted following plastering - including joiner, cupboards and plumbing/electrical fittings Sill - Bottom horizontal member of a door or window frame Skim - Finishing coat of plaster Skirting - Horizontal board at junction between floor and wall Soffit - Visible underside of a projecting surface Span - Horizontal distance covered by a beam or lintel etc. Spoil - Material dug out during excavation Stack - Vertical pipe carrying waste from sinks and toilets Stocks - Hand or machine-made bricks made in a mould Stretcher - The side face of a brick String - Sloping board carrying the treads and risers of a staircase Tarmac - Bitumen macadam coating aggregate for drive/path surfaces Timber Frame - Type of house construction usually finished with brickwork outer skin Tread - Horizontal part of a stair TRV - Thermostatic radiator valve Voussoir - Wedge-shaped brick used in arch construction Wainscot - Wooden lining to the walls of a room (traditional)
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