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Carpentry
Of or relating to the art of making objects, buildings or furniture out of wood.
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soffit
Construction; Carpentry
The underneath member of eaves and rakes. Often they're vented to draw air into an attic.
spacer blocks
Construction; Carpentry
Short blocks nailed to corner studs. A wall stud is nailed to the spacers, which creates a new nailing surface.
span
Construction; Carpentry
Distance between the structural supports in floors, ceilings, and roofs.
spec house
Construction; Carpentry
Built on speculation, a developer or builder will build a house betting someone will buy it and they can turn a profit.
speed square
Construction; Carpentry
A very useful tool for almost all aspects of framing carpentry, it's many uses are way to numerous to go into here.
stair gauges
Construction; Carpentry
Small octagon shaped buttons that clamp onto a framing square to speed the marking of repeated measurements such as stair stringers and rafter patterns.
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