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See Time and Materials Contract.

A breakdown of all the anticipated costs on a construction or renovation project.

Folded or shaped into parallel ridges or furrows so as to form a symmetrically wavy surface.

The deterioration of metal by chemical or electrochemical reaction resulting from exposure to weathering, moisture, chemicals or other agents or media.

The portion of the cornice that returns on the gable end of a house.

A horizontal projecting course on the exterior of a building, usually at the base of the parapet. In residential construction, the overhang of a pitched roof at the cave line, usually consisting of a facie board, a soffit for a…

Metal-mesh lath cut into strips and bent to a right angle. Used in interior corners of walls and ceilings on lath to prevent cracks in plastering.

Diagonal braces at the corners of frame structure to stiffen and strengthen the wall.

Used as trim for the external corners of a house or other frame structure against which the ends of the siding are finished.

A strip of formed sheet metal, sometimes combined with a strip of metal lath, placed on corners before plastering to reinforce them. Also, a strip of wood finish three-quarters-round or angular placed over a plastered corner for protection.