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A subsidy (usually paid by a builder or developer) to reduce monthly payments on a mortgage.

Type of non-curing and non-skinning sealant made from butylene. Usually used for internal applications.

In glazing, application of sealant or compound to the flat surface of some member before placing the member in position, such as the buttering of a removable stop before fastening the stop in place.

A roof assembly, which pitches sharply from either side toward the center.

The junction where the ends of two timbers or other members meet in a square-cut joint.

The installation of glass products where the vertical glass edges are without structural supporting mullions.

A pipe fitting for joining pipes with different diameters. A bushing is threaded on the inside and outside.

A package of shingles. There are 3, 4 or 5 bundles per square.

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…

Rounded drywall corners.