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

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remnant

Real estate; Home improvement

Leftover pieces of fabric, carpet, or other flooring. To patch a carpet you will need to cut out the damaged spot and replace it with remnants that you saved when the carpet was installed.

resilient flooring

Real estate; Home improvement

Flooring products that come in vinyl, polyurethane, linoleum, cork, and rubber materials. These floors are resilient because they are more durable and more easily cleaned than traditional floor ...

ridge cap

Real estate; Home improvement

The part of the piece of the roof that lies at the ridges and over the edges of the shingles.

Rigid copper comes in three thicknesses. Type M is the thinnest but is strong enough for most homes. Types L and Type K are thicker and used in outdoor and drain applications. To cut rigid copper, ...

riser

Real estate; Home improvement

The vertical board behind the step, which fits up to the underside of the tread.

rock 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 ...