Carpentry

Carpentry

Of or relating to the art of making objects, buildings or furniture out of wood.

Industry: Construction

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hip roof

Construction; Carpentry

A type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped ...

heat transmission coefficient

Construction; Carpentry

Describes the hourly rate of heat transfer for one sq. Ft. Of surface when there is a temperature difference of one degree f. Of air on either side of a surface.

heat gun

Construction; Carpentry

Electrical device that emits a stream of hot air, used to dry and strip paint, apply heat shrink tubing, apply shrink film, dry out damp wood, bend and weld plastic, soften adhesives, heat shrink ...

hanging stile

Construction; Carpentry

The stile in a doorway to which the hinges are attached.

Joinery method in which material is removed from each of the members so that the resulting joint is the thickness of the thickest member. Most commonly in half lap joints, the members are of the same ...

heartwood

Construction; Carpentry

Wood that has become more resistant to decay as a result of deposition of chemical substances. Once heartwood formation is complete, the heartwood is dead. It appears in a cross-section as a usually ...