Construction

• aggregate
• anchor bolts
• attic
• backfill
• balloon frame
• balloon framing
• balusters
• balustrade
• baseboard
• batten
• bay window
• beam
• bearing wall
• belvedere
• berm
• bevel
• bibcock or bib nozzle
• blocking
• blueprint
• board measure
• board-and-batten siding
• breast wall
• breezeway
• bricklaying
• bridging
• building codes
• casement window
• casing
• caulking
• center to center
• central heating
• clapboard
• collar beam
• common bond
• compressive strength
• conduit, electrical
• contractor
• corbel
• counterflashing
• course
• crawlspace
• cripple stud
• curtain wall
• dead load
• deflection
• doorsill
• dormer
• double glazing
• double-hung window
• drafting
• drip cap
• drop siding
• dry wall
• drywall
• eaves
• elevation
• ell
• English basement
• English bond
• excavation
• fascia
• firestop
• fixture
• flashing
• Flemish bond
• floating foundation
• floor plan
• footings
• foundation
• gable
• gambrel roof
• garden wall
• gingerbread
• glazing
• grade
• grout
• gusset
• gypsum wallboard
• half-timbered
• header
• hip roof
• house drain
• house sewer
• interior trim
• jack rafter
• jalousie
• joist
• kip
• knee wall
• landing
• lintel
• live load
• load
• load-bearing wall
• lookout
• mansard roof
• maquette
• masonry
• mechanical drawing
• mockup
• modular construction
• modular unit
• module
• molding
• monolithic
• mullion
• newel
• nogging
• nonbearing wall
• on center
• orientation
• outlet
• overhang
• perspective
• plaster
• plat
• plate
• platform frame
• platform framing
• plot
• plumb
• post-and beam construction
• post-and-beam construction
• prefabricated
• purlins
• R-value
• rabbet joint
• radiant heating
• rafter
• rake
• retaining wall
• ridgeboard
• rise
• riser
• roughing-in
• rowlock
• running bond
• sandwich wall
• sash
• scale
• schedule
• scuttle
• section
• service entrance
• setback
• shakes
• shear
• sheathing
• sheathing paper
• sheetrock
• shim
• shiner
• shiplap siding
• shoe
• sill
• skylight
• slab
• sleeper
• soffit
• soil pipe
• soil stack
• solar heat
• solar pipe
• soldier
• soleplate
• sound transmission class
• specifications
• stacked bond
• stress
• stretcher
• stringer
• stucco
• stud
• subfloor
• sump
• tensile strength
• termite shield
• thermostat
• tie beam
• tilt-up
• toenail
• transom bar
• truss
• valley rafter
• vapor barrier
• veneer
• wainscot
• wallboard
• waste pipe
• weather stripping
• weep hole
• weephole
• widow's walk
• working drawings
• zoning