Home > Industry/Domain > Building materials
Building materials
Any material used for or during the construction of buildings.
13Categories 17865Terms
Add a new termContributors in Building materials
Building materials > Pipework and drainage
piping
Building materials; Pipework and drainage
Piping is a system of pipes used to convey fluids (liquids and gases) from one location to another. The engineering discipline of piping design studies the efficient transport of ...
drainage
Building materials; Pipework and drainage
Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from an area. Many agricultural soils need drainage to improve production or to manage water ...
plastic
Building materials; Pipework and drainage
A synthetic material that is moulded into shape while soft and then set into a solid form. Since the mid-20th century it has been used for pipes and other building elements.
Sub-categories
- Brackets (31)
- Bricks (638)
- Cement (381)
- Concrete (2341)
- Finishing building materials (84)
- Lintel (25)
- Lumber (7432)
- Pipework and drainage (59)
- Sanitary ware (0)
- Stone (3339)
- Tiles (1692)
- Wire (328)
- Wood flooring (1493)