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Reservoir for water. Common in houses built prior to the fifties in the Midwest.

A protective device which automatically opens an electrical circuit when it is overloaded.

A network of wiring that typically commences at a panel box feeds electricity to outlets and ultimately returns to the panel box.

A manufactured wood panel made out of 1"- 2" wood chips and glue. Often used as a substitute for plywood in the exterior wall and roof sheathing. Also called OSB (Oriented Strand Board) or Wafer Board.

To install fiberglass insulation around all exterior door and window frames, wall corners, and small gaps in the exterior wall.

Leak repair technique usually used below grade in cracks and joints in concrete walls and floors that involves the injection of sealant (usually urethane) that reacts with water to form a seal.

Meeting rails sufficiently thicker than a window to fill the opening between the top and bottom sash made by the parting stop in the frame of double-hung windows. They are usually beveled.

Fissures that appear with age in many exterior paint coatings. At first superficial, but in time may penetrate entirely through the coating. It produces a pattern of surface cracks running in irregular lines. When found in the top pour of…

A framed enclosed space around a flue pipe or a channel in a wall or through a ceiling for something to lie in or pass through.

A local group of members of a larger association, as in a local NACHI Chapter. A local branch.