Cantilever - A beam or beams projecting beyond a support member.
Story - That part of a building between any floor or between the floor and roof.
Retentions - Amounts withheld from progress billings until final and satisfactory project completion.
Take off - The material necessary to complete a job.
Fire blocking - Short horizontal members sometimes nailed between studs, usually about halfway up a wall.
Fire block - Short horizontal members sometimes nailed between studs, usually about halfway up a wall. See also 'Fire stop'.
Screed - Leveling concrete, sand or other material by pulling a board pipe or other straightedge across it in a sawing motion.
Binder - A receipt for a deposit to secure the right to purchase a home at an agreed terms by a buyer and seller.
Buck - Often used in reference to rough frame opening members. Door bucks used in reference to metal door frame. See Window Bucks
Ceramic tile - A man -made or machine -made clay tile used to finish a floor or wall. Generally used in bathtub and shower enclosures and on counter tops.
Escutcheon - An ornamental plate that fits around a pipe extending through a wall or floor to hide the cut out hole
Lintel - A load-bearing beam over an opening in masonry, such as a door or fireplace.
Permeability - A measure of the ease with which water penetrates a material.
Shoe moulding - Strips of quarter round commonly used where a baseboard meets the floor. Also sometimes known as base shoe.
Short circuit - A situation that occurs when hot and neutral wires come in contact with each other. Fuses and circuit breakers protect against fire that could result from a short.
Void - Cardboard rectangular boxes that are installed between the earth (between caissons) and the concrete foundation wall. Used when expansive soils are present.
