value A system used to rate the insulating value of materials.

Sash A frame for holding panes of glass in a win dow or door.

Sanitary sewer An underground system of pipes or conduits used to carry waste material from the neigh- borhood buildings to a disposal plant.

Scuttle A framed opening in a ceiling, roof, or wall fitted with a lid or cover and used to gain access to the attic, roof, etc.

Segregated costs The apportioned cost attributed to individual items of con struction, such as floor and roof coverings or plumbing fixtures.

Septic system External plumbing system to treat and dispose of waste discharge from a structure. Includes septic tank, cesspool, drain field, etc.

Service panel, electrical Electrical panel that dis- tributes the main electrical current from the utility source.

Sewage system The network of waste disposal lines, such as drain lines from sinks, water closets, etc., that carries sewage to a point of disposal.

Sheathing The inner sub covering next to the wall studding or roof rafters of a building.

Shingles Roof covering of asphalt, asbestos, wood, or other material cut to stock lengths, widths, and thickness.

Shiplap Wood exterior sheathing, usually nomi nal 1-inch stock with lapped joints at the edges.

Shutters A movable screen or cover for a window, usually hinged and fitted with louvers. Today they are used mostly as a nonfunctional decorative at tachment to the sides of window openings.

Siding The finish covering on the outside wall of a frame building.

Sill Wood structure on top of the founda tion wall supporting the floor framing.

Single wall Exterior frame cover serving both as the sheathing and exterior wall cover.

Sleeper Timber laid on the ground to receive joists. Strips of wood imbedded in concrete to support fin- ished floor.

Soffit The undersurface of a building member, such as an arch, cornice, overhang, or stairway.

Spanish architecture A residential architectural style characterized by a heavy tile roof and adobe or stucco walls. The style also features an enclosed patio designed for outdoor living.

Specification Description of the kind, quality, and quantity of materials and workmanship that govern the construction; a standard.

Sprinklers, lawn An underground lawn or land scape watering system of lines and dis tributions heads. May be operated automatically or manually.

Stairway One or more flights of stairs and landings or platforms connected to it that forms a continuous passage from one floor to another.

Standard A basis for compar ison in measuring or judging capacity, quality, quantity, or value.

Storm window An extra window usually placed on the outside of an existing window as additional pro- tection against cold weather.

Story Portion of a building between a floor and the ceiling or floor structure above.

Stucco Most commonly refers to cement plaster used to cover exterior surfaces. Stucco also includes syn- thetics, which are more durable in wetter cli mates. Stud The parallel vertical wooden framing of walls and partitions.

Style A type of architecture based on dis tinctive qualities of appearance, such as Cape Cod, Colonial, Contemporary, Spanish, etc.

Subfloor Boards, planks, or sheet material laid on joist or beams over which a finished floor is to be laid. Also called floor sheathing.

Terrazzo A flooring material made of colored stone or marble embedded in concrete and polished to a high glaze.

Texture Decorative finish applied to gyp sum drywall featuring a patterned rough surface.

Tile, cover Usually a thin square or rectangular piece of fired clay, stone, concrete, asphalt, plastics, vinyl, or fiberglass used for flooring, wall, ceiling, facing, and trim.

Timber Wood in forms suitable for heavy mill-type construction, specifically, sawed lumber 4 × 4 inches or more in breadth and thick ness.

Tongue and groove Boards or planks with a groove on one edge and corresponding tongue on the other.

Trowled surface A smooth finished concrete sur face. Trussed rafter A light truss usually constructed of regular dimension material where the chord mem- bers also serve as rafters and ceiling joists, utilized in pitched roof construction.

U factor The heat transmission factor of a wall, roof, window, or floor assembly measured in B.T.U. per square foot per degree Fahrenheit.

Underpining A building’s ground floor supporting posts and beams.

Veneer An outer facing of brick, stone, or other mate- rial placed on a wall for protection or decora tion and not for strength. A layer of material cover ing the base of another substance, such as walnut veneer on less valuable wood.

Vent A small opening serving as an outlet for air. Wainscot The lower 3 or 4 feet of an interior wall when finished differently than the remainder of the wall.

Wall plate Plate on top or bottom of wall or parti tion framing. Further defined as top plate, at top, and sole plate, at bottom.

Water closet A toilet, or a room that contains a toilet. Weatherstrip Narrow strips made of metal or other material that keep air, water, moisture, or dust from getting into the house through the door or window sash.

Wiring A structure’s electrical cir cuitry.

Wrought iron A soft, pure form of iron easily molded into bars and worked into ornamental shapes; widely used for decorative railings, gates, panels, etc. Yard improvements Construction items on the build- ing site that are not part of the main struc ture, such as a driveway, walks, fences, retaining walls, etc.

Yard pole. A pole or timber on a building site that serves as a power distribution point from the main service panel. May also be used to mount a floodlight system.

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