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.

Condensate line - The copper pipe that runs from the outside air conditioning condenser to the inside furnace ( where the a/c coil is located).

Partition - A wall that subdivides spaces within any story of a building or room.

Primer - The first, base coat of paint when a paint job consists of two or more coats. A first coating formulated to seal raw surfaces and holding succeeding finish coats.

Saddle - A small second roof built behind the back side of a fireplace chimney to divert water around the chimney. Also, the plate at the bottom of some -usually exterior -door openings. Sometimes called a threshold.

Staking - A method of supporting tall, upright-growing plants by tying their stems to a wood or metal post.

Truss - A prefabricated structure made of wood members designed to form a rigid framework for supporting loads over a given span.

ú Plumbing permit - A separate permit required for new plumbing and larger modifications of existing plumbing systems.