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A small section cut from any material to show internal composition.

To build out one or more courses of brick or stone from the face of a wall to form a support for timbers.

The triangular, decorative and supporting member that holds a mantel or horizontal shelf.

Type K has the heaviest or thickest wall and is generally used underground. It has a green stripe. Type L has a medium wall thickness and is most commonly used for water service and for general interior water piping. It…

The intersection of a roof slope and an exterior vertical wall.

A construction unit placed at the top of the parapet wall to serve as a cover for the wall.

Cutting and fitting woodwork to an irregular surface.

Removing the top and bottom flange of the end(s) of a metal I-beam. This is done to permit it to fit within, and bolted to, the web of another I-beam in a "T" arrangement.

A large device mounted on roofs, consisting of many baffles over which water is pumped in order to reduce its temperature.

The amount of cooling required to keep a building at a specified temperature during the summer, usually 78 Fahrenheit, regardless of outside temperature.