24 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Real estate > Home improvement
Home improvement
Home improvement is the process of repairing existing fixtures or making additions to a residential piece of land.
Industry: Real estate
Add a new termContributors in Home improvement
Home improvement
mineral wool insulation
Real estate; Home improvement
Mineral wool insulation, or rock wool insulation, is similar to fiberglass. It is more expensive and somewhat more difficult to find, but doesn’t cause the same itchy reaction. It looks like dryer ...
molding
Real estate; Home improvement
The term molding refers to larger and typically more ornamental finish strips.
molly bolt
Real estate; Home improvement
A piece of hardware used to anchor drapery rods into hollow walls. The molly bolt includes an anchor plug and a screw with sides that spread out behind the wall to hold it in place.
mortar
Real estate; Home improvement
Mortar is the bonding mixture that is used to cement bricks and stones together.
mortise
Real estate; Home improvement
A mortise is a shallow recess in a wood frame to seat a piece of hardware flush with the wood.
mounting strap
Real estate; Home improvement
The metal brace that lays across a ceiling box and to which you mount a fixture base.
wainscoting
Real estate; Home improvement
A form of wood paneling that comes about halfway up the wall. Often built from beadboard.
