The upturned edge of a watertight membrane formed at a roof termination point by the extension of the felts vertically over the cant strip and up the wall for a varying distance where they are secured with mechanical fasteners.
(a) A beam placed perpendicular to joists and to which joists are nailed in framing for a chimney, stairway, or other opening. (b) A wood lintel. (c) The horizontal structural member over an opening (for example over a door or…
A practice by which contractors, both before and after their bids are submitted, attempt to obtain prices from potential subcontractors and material suppliers that are lower than the contractors' original estimates on which their bids are based, or after a…
In carpentry, the process of fastening together two pieces of board by gluing blocks of wood in the interior angle.
A method of applying asphalt or wood shingles at the ridge or at the hips of a roof as a finish.
A facing of brick laid against and fastened to the sheathing of a frame wall or tile wall construction.
A tool used to finish and flatten a slab. After screeding, the first stage in the final finish of concrete, smoothes and levels hills and voids left after screeding. Sometimes substituted for darbying. A large flat or tool usually of…
CO. A colorless, odorless, highly poisonous gas formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon.
Rich - 1) part cement, 2 parts sand, and 3 parts coarse aggregate. Used for concrete roads and waterproof structures. Standard - 1 part cement, 2 parts sand, 4 parts coarse aggregate. Used for reinforced work floors, roofs, columns, arches,…