Carpentry

Carpentry

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

Industry: Construction

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duct tape

Construction; Carpentry

A vinyl, fabric-reinforced, multi-purpose pressure sensitive tape with a soft and tacky pressure sensitive adhesive. It is generally silver or black in color but many other colors and transparent ...

door stop

Construction; Carpentry

Molding attached to the faces of door frame jambs which prevent a door from swinging through.

Also called dovetail joint. A joinery technique commonly used to join peices where high tensile strength is called for, for example in joining the sides of a drawer to the front. The joint is created ...

cupola

Construction; Carpentry

Small vented 4 sided structure installed atop a roof for decorative purposes and to provide attic ventilation.

curtain wall

Construction; Carpentry

A non-load bearing wall between columns or piers. They are designed to resist air and water infiltration, wind forces acting on the building, seismic forces (usually only those imposed by the inertia ...