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Strips of wood used as guides or strike off edges around window and door openings and at base of walls.

See Blue Prints.

Submission of construction plans to the city or county in order to obtain a Building Permit.

Principal, interest, taxes and insurance (the four major components of monthly housing payments).

The small, soft core at the original center of a tree around which wood formation takes place.

An opening extending parallel to the annual rings of growth that usually contains, or has contained, either solid or liquid pitch.

A container, usually formed of sheet metal, around supporting connections with roof-mounted machinery. Filling the container with pitch, or better yet, plastic roof cement, helps seal out water even when vibration is present.

(a) The incline slope of a roof or the ratio of the total rise to the total width of a house, i.e., an 8-foot rise and 24-foot width is a one-third pitch roof. Roof slope is expressed in the inches…

A small, continuous flame (in a hot water heater, boiler, or furnace) that ignites gas or oil burners when needed.

A small-diameter, pre-drilled hole that guides a nail or screw.