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Bathroom or washroom sink.

A framework of crossed wood or metal strips.

The most common wall finish prior to the introduction of drywall. Thin wood strips (lath) were nailed onto the framing as a base for the sand/lime plaster.

A building material of wood, metal, gypsum, or insulating board that is fastened to the frame of a building to act as a plaster base.

The underground trench and related services (i.e., electric, gas, telephone, sewer and water lines) that will be buried within the trench.

An asphalt-based cement used to adhere overlapping plies of roll roofing.

To extend one material partially over another; also, the distance so extended.

A platform between flights of stairs or at the termination of a flight of stairs.

Bonding together two or more layers of materials.

Shingles that have added dimensionality because of extra layers or tabs, giving a shakelike appearance. May also be called "architectural shingles" or "three-dimensional shingles."