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The opening in a wall into which a door or window is to be installed.

Materials used to form an unfinished floor. Floor sheathing.

In hardware, metal fastenings on cabinets which are usually concealed, like staples.

Food storage area with a dirt floor.

An asphalt-saturated tape used with asphalt cements for flashing and patching asphalt roofing.

General term referring to the waterproof covering, roof insulation, vapor barrier, if used and roof deck as an entity.

The boards or sheet material fastened to the roof rafters on which the shingle or other roof covering is laid.

See deck.

A non-metallic sheathed cable consisting of two or more insulated conductors having an outer sheath of moisture resistant, non-metallic material. The conductor insulation is rubber, neoprene, thermoplastic or a moisture resistant flame retardant fibrous material. There are two types

To install the floor joists or trusses in their correct place. (To "roll the floor" means to install the floor joists).