Home > Industry/Domain > Construction
Construction
The art, trade, or work of building.
26Categories 69215Terms
Add a new termContributors in Construction
Construction > Windows 
triple glazing
Construction; Windows
Three panes of glass with two air spaces between, commonly consisting of an insulating glass with a separate storm sash. Also available in an insulating window in a single frame.
transom joint
Construction; Windows
Horizontal member separating a door from a window panel above the door, or separating one window above another.
thermal break
Construction; Windows
A thermal insulating barrier between two thermally conductive materials.
tenon
Construction; Windows
A rectangular projection cut out of a piece of wood for insertion into a mortise.
tempered glass
Construction; Windows
Special heat-treated, high-strength safety glass which shatters into pebble-sized particles and not in slivers.
tandem lock
Construction; Windows
A locking system which secures the window at two locking points by the operation of one lever.
Sub-categories
- Architecture (4623)
- Bridge (7701)
- Building/real property (1448)
- Carpentry (8344)
- Decks (897)
- Demolition/excavation (41)
- Driveway (191)
- Drywall (424)
- Fengshui (157)
- Flooring (2389)
- Framing (3039)
- Green building (1008)
- Heavy & civil (7821)
- Home remodeling (2592)
- Industrial (148)
- Lighting (416)
- Masonry (323)
- Plumbing (2987)
- Roads (1397)
- Roofing (1920)
- Seismic safety (5173)
- Siding (765)
- Skyscrapers (311)
- Surveying (1615)
- Trenchless construction (1067)
- Windows (6163)