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The trench or area in the yard where the gas line service is located, or the work of installing the gas service to a home.

A steel plate attached to both sides at each joint of a truss. Sometimes called a Fishplate or Gusset.

A type of roof which has its slope broken by an obtuse angle, so that the lower slope is steeper than the upper slope. A double sloped roof having two pitches.

To coat a metal with zinc by dipping it in molten zinc after cleaning.

A type of roof with sloping planes of the same pitch on each side of the ridge. Has a gable at each end.

An end wall having a gable.

The end of a building as distinguished from the front or rear side. The triangular end of an exterior wall from the level of the eaves to the ridge of a double-sloped roof. In house construction, the portion of the…

Strips of wood or metal applied to a wall or other surface to even it and normally to serve as a fastening base for finish material.

A heating system that uses the principle of thermal convection. When air is heated, it rises and as the air cools it settles. Ducts are installed to carry the hot air from the top of the furnace to the rooms.…

A chemical that is poisonous to fungi.