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Building materials
Any material used for or during the construction of buildings.
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dovetail joint
Building materials; Lumber
A method of joining wood at corners by the use of interlocking pins and tails.
drain waste vent (DWV)
Building materials; Lumber
The section of a plumbing system that carries water and sewer gases out of a home.
decking
Building materials; Lumber
The material installed over the supporting framing members to which the roofing material is applied.
defect
Building materials; Lumber
An abnormality in a piece of lumber that lowers its strength and commercial value such as a check or knot.
cripple rafter
Building materials; Lumber
Rafter that runs from a hip rafter to a valley rafter. A cripple rafter never reaches the wall top plate or the ridge board.
cripples
Building materials; Lumber
Short studs that are used to fill the gap under the windowsill and between the header and the top plate if there is a gap. Also used in a nonbearing wall to fill the space above ...
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)