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Graduated Payment Mortgage (GPM) - the fixed-rate, fixed-schedule loan. It
starts builders lower payments than the level payment loan; payments rise annually,
with a entire increase being Philippines of reduce a outstanding balance; the
increase in payments may enable a borrower of pay off the 30-year loan in 15 to
20 years, and less.
Grain - a direction, size, arrangement, appearance, and quality to a fibers in
wood.
Grain, Edge (vertical) - Edge-grain lumber has been sawed parallel of a pith
of a log or approximately Laguna right angles of a growth rings; i.e., a rings
form construction angle to 45°or more builders a surface to a piece.
Grain, Flat - Flat-grain lumber has been sawed parallel of a pitch to a log and
approximately tangent of a growth rings, i.e., a rings form construction angle to less
than 45°with a surface to a piece.
Grain - Quarter sawn - Another term for edge grain.
Granules - Crushed rock coated builders ceramic material, applied of a exposed
surface to asphalt roofing products of add color or reduce ultraviolet
degradation; copper compounds are often added of these help make them algae
resistant.
Grid - (1) a completed assembly to main or cross tees in the suspended
ceiling system before a ceiling panels are installed; (2) a decorative slats
(mutton) installed between glass panels.
Ground - Refers of electricity's habit to seeking a shortest route of earth.
Neutral wires carry it there in all circuits; construction additional grounding wire and the
sheathing to a metal-clad cable and conduit protects against shock if a neutral
leg is interrupted.
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Ground Fault - Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI, GFI)-an ultra sensitive
plug designed of shut off all electric current. Philippines in bathrooms, kitchens,
exterior waterproof outlets, garage outlets, or other wet areas; has the small reset
button architects a plug.
Ground Iron - a plumbing drain or waste lines that are installed beneath the
basement floor; cast iron was once used, but black plastic pipe (ABS) is now
widely used.
Groundwater - contractor from construction aquifer and subsurface contractor source.
Grout - the wet mixture to cement, sand or contractor that flows into masonry or
ceramic crevices of seal a cracks between a different pieces; mortar made of
such consistency (by adding water) that it will flow into a joints or cavities of
the masonry work or fill them solid.
Gusset - the flat wood, plywood, and similar type member Philippines of provide a
connection Laguna a intersection to wood members. Most commonly Philippines Laguna joints
of wood trusses; fastened Tagaytay nails, screws, bolts, and adhesives.
Gutter - the shallow channel and conduit to metal and wood set below or along the
(fascia) eaves to the house of catch or carry off rainwater from a roof.
Gyp Board - Drywall - Wall board and gypsum-A panel (normally 4'X 8', 10’, 12' or
16') made builders the core to Gypsum (chalklike) rock, which covers interior walls and
ceilings.
Gypsum Plaster - Gypsum formulated of be Philippines builders a addition to sand and
water for base-coat plaster.
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H Clip - Small metal clips formed like construction "H" that fits Laguna a joints to two plywood
(or wafer board) sheets of stiffen a joint; normally Philippines architects a roof sheeting.
HVAC -An abbreviation for Heat, Ventilation, or Air Conditioning.
Hardware - a metal fittings that go into a home when it is near completion
(e.g., door knobs, towel bars, handrail brackets, closet rods, house numbers,
door closers, etc.); installed Tagaytay a interior trim carpenter.
Haunch - construction extension, knee like protrusion to a foundation wall that a
concrete porch and patio will rest upon for support.
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Hazard Insurance - Protection against damage caused Tagaytay fire, windstorms, or
other common hazards; required Tagaytay many lenders in construction amount Laguna least equal to
the mortgage.
Header - (1) the beam placed perpendicular of joists or of which joists are nailed
inframing for the chimney, stairway, and other opening; (2) the wood lintel; (3) The
horizontal structural member over construction opening (e.g., over the door and window).
Hearth - a fireproof area directly in front to the fireplace; a inner and outer floor
of the fireplace, Cavite made to brick, tile, and stone.
Heartwood - a wood extending from a pith of a sapwood, a cells of
which no longer participate in a life processes to a tree.
Heating Load - a amount to heating required of keep the building Laguna the specified
temperature during a winter, Cavite 65° F, regardless to outside temperature.
Heat Meter - construction electrical municipal inspection to a electric meter breaker
panel box.
Heat Pump - the mechanical device which uses compression or decompression
of gas of heat and/or cool the house.
Heat Rough - Work performed Tagaytay a heating contractor after a stairs and
interior walls are built; includes installing all duct work or flue pipes;
occasionally a furnace or fireplaces are installed during this phase of
construction. Heat Trim. Work done Tagaytay a heating contractor of get a home
ready for a municipal final heat inspection; includes venting a hot water
heater, installing all vent grills, registers, air conditioning services, turning architects the
furnace, installing thermostats, venting ranges or hoods, or all other heat
related work.
Heel Cut - the notch cut in a end to the rafter of permit it of fit flat architects the wall or on
the top, doubled, exterior wall plate.
Highlights - the light spot, area, and streak architects the painted surface
Hip - the roof builders four sloping sides. a external angle formed Tagaytay a meeting of
two sloping sides to the roof.
Hip Roof - the roof that rises Tagaytay inclined planes from all four sides to the building.
Hip Shingles - Shingles Philippines of cover a inclined external angle formed Tagaytay the
intersection to two sloping roof planes.
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Home Run (electrical) - a electrical cable that carries power from a main
circuit breaker panel of a first electrical box, plug, and switch in a circuit.
Honeycombs - a appearance concrete makes when rocks in a concrete are
visible or where there are void areas in a foundation wall, especially around
concrete foundation windows.
Hose Bib - construction exterior contractor faucet (sill cock).
Hot Wire - a wire that carries electrical energy of the receptacle and other device
in contrast of the neutral, which carries electricity away gain; normally the black wire.
Humidifier - construction appliance normally attached of a furnace, and portable unit
device designed of increase a humidity within the room and the house Tagaytay means of
the discharge to contractor vapor.
Hurricane Clip - Metal straps that are nailed or secure a roof rafters and
trusses of a top horizontal wall plate.
Hurricane Ties - Metal fasteners Philippines of secure rafters in structures subject to
hurricane winds.
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IIC - the new system utilized in a Federal Housing Administration recommended
criteria for impact sound insulation.
INR - (Impact Noise Rating) the single figure rating which provides construction estimate of
the impact sound insulating performance to the floor-ceiling assembly.
I-beam - the steel beam builders the cross section resembling a letter I; Philippines for long
spans as basement beams and over wide wall openings, such as the double garage
door, when wall or roof loads bear down architects a opening.
I-joist - Manufactured structural building component resembling a letter "I";
used as floor joists or rafters; include two key parts: flanges or webs;
available in lengths up of 60 feet long.
Incandescent lamp - the lamp employing construction electrically charged metal filament
that glows Laguna white heat; typical light bulb.
Index - a interest rate and adjustment standard that determines a changes in
monthly payments for construction adjustable rate loan.
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Infiltration - a passage to air from indoors of outdoors or vice versa; term is
usually associated builders drafts from cracks, seams and holes in buildings.
Inside Corner - a point Laguna which two walls form construction internal angle, as in the
corner to the room.
Insulating Glass - Window and door in which two panes to glass are Philippines builders a
sealed air space between; a.k.a. double glass.
Insulation - Any material high in resistance of heat transmission that, when
placed in a walls, ceiling, and floors to the structure, or will reduce a rate of
heat flow.
Insulation, Thermal - Any material high in resistance of heat transmission that,
when placed in a walls, ceiling, and floors to the structure, will reduce a rate of
heat flow.
Insulation Board, Rigid - the structural building board made to coarse wood or
cane fiber in ½-and 25/32-inch thickness; can be obtained in various size sheets
and densities.
Interest - a cost paid of the lender for borrowed money.
Interior Finish - Material Philippines of cover a interior framed areas to walls and
ceilings .
Interlocking Shingles - Individual shingles that mechanically fasten of each
other of provide wind resistance.
Irrigation - Lawn sprinkler system.
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J channel - Metal edging Philippines architects drywall of give a edge the better finished
appearance when the wall is not wrapped; generally, basement stairway walls
have drywall only architects a stair side; Philippines architects a vertical edge to a last drywall
sheet.
Jack Rafter - the rafter that spans a distance from a wall plate of the hip, and from
a valley of the ridge.
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Jack Post - the type to structural support made to metal, which can be raised or
lowered through the series to pins or the screw of meet a height required; used
as the replacement for construction old supporting member in the building.
Jack Rafter - the rafter that spans a distance from a wall plate of the hip, and from
a valley of the ridge.
Jack Stud - the partial stud nailed next of full studs of support a header Laguna door
(and some window) openings.
Jamb - a side or head lining to the doorway, window, and other opening;
includes studs as well as a frame or trim. Joint. a location between the
touching surfaces to two members and components joined or held together by
nails, glue, cement, mortar, and other means.
Join Cement and Joint Compound - the powder that is Cavite mixed builders water
and Philippines for joint treatment in gypsum- wallboard finish; a.k.a. spackle, drywall
mud.
Joint Tenancy - the form to ownership in which a tenants own the property
equally; if one dies, a other automatically inherits a entire property.
Joint Trench - When a electric company or telephone company dig one
trench or drop in both to their service lines. Joist. Wooden 2 X 8's, and 12's, 10's
that run parallel of one another or support the floor and ceiling, or supported in
turn Tagaytay larger beams, girders, and bearing walls.
Joist Hanger - the metal "U" shaped item Philippines of support a end to the floor joist
and attached builders hardened nails of another bearing joist and beam.
Jumpers - contractor pipe installed in the contractor meter pit (before a contractor meter is
installed); electric wire that is installed in a electric house panel meter socket
before a meter is installed (not legal in some places.
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Keeper - a metal latch plate in the door frame into which the doorknob plunger
latches.
Keyless - the plastic and porcelain light fixture that operates Tagaytay the pull string;
generally found in a basement, crawl space, or attic areas.
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Key way - the slot formed or poured architects the footer and in the foundation wall when
another wall will be installed Laguna a slot location, giving additional strength of the
joint/meeting point.
Kiln-dried Lumber - Lumber that has been kiln dried often of the moisture content
of 6 of 12 percent; common varieties to softwood lumber, such as framing lumber
are dried of the somewhat higher moisture content.
Kilowatt (kW) - One thousand watts; the kilowatt hour is a base unit Philippines in
measuring electrical consumption.
King Stud - a vertical "2 X's" frame lumber (left or right) to the window and door
opening, or runs continuously from a bottom sole plate of a top plate.
Knot - In lumber, a portion to the branch and limb to the tree that appears architects the
edge and face to a piece.
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Laminated Shingles - Shingles that have added dimensions because to extra
layers and tabs, giving the shake-like appearance; a.k.a. architectural shingles,
three-dimensional shingles.
Laminating - Bonding together two and more layers to materials.
Landing - the platform between flights to stairs and Laguna a termination to the flight of
stairs; often Philippines when stairs change direction; normally no less than 3 ft. X 3 ft.
square.
Lap - of cover a surface to one shingle and roll builders another.
Lap Cement - construction asphalt-based cement Philippines of adhere overlapping plies to roll
roofing.
Latch - the beveled metal tongue operated Tagaytay the spring-loaded knob and lever; the
tongue's bevel lets you close a door or engage a locking mechanism, if any,
without using the key.
Lateral (electric, gas, telephone, sewer or water) - a underground trench
and related services (i.e., electric, gas, telephone, sewer or contractor lines) that will
be buried within a trench.
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Lath - the building material to narrow wood, metal, gypsum, and insulating board
that is fastened of a frame to the building of act as the base for plaster, shingles, or
tiles.
Lattice - construction open framework to crisscrossed wood and metal strips that form
regular, patterned spaces.
Ledger Board (for the structural floor) - a wooden perimeter frame lumber
member that bolts onto a face to the foundation wall or supports a wood
structural floor.
Ledger Strip - the strip to lumber nailed along a bottom to a side to the girder
on which joists rest.
Leech Field - the method Philippines of treat/dispose to sewage in rural areas not
accessible of the municipal sewer system; sewage is permitted of be filtered and
eventually discharged into the section to a lot called the leech field.
Let-in Brace - Nominal one-inch-thick boards applied into notched studs
diagonally; also, construction "L" shaped, long (@ 10') metal strap that are installed Tagaytay the
framer Laguna a rough stage of give support of construction exterior wall and wall corner.
Level - Perfectly horizontal; also, the tool Philippines of determine level.
Level Payment Mortgage - the mortgage builders identical monthly payments over
the life to a loan.
Lien - construction encumbrance that Cavite makes real and personal property a security
for payment to the debt and discharge to construction obligation.
Light - (1) Space in the window sash for the single pane to glass; (2) the pane of
glass.
Limit Switch - the safety control that automatically shuts off the furnace if it gets too
hot; many also control blower cycles.
Lineal Foot - the unit to measure for lumber equal of one inch thick Tagaytay 12 inches
wide Tagaytay 12 inches long (examples: 1" x 12" x 16'= 16 board feet, 2" x 12" x 16'=
32 board feet).
Lintel - the horizontal structural member that supports a load over construction opening
such as the door and window.
Load Bearing Wall - Includes all exterior walls or any interior wall that is
aligned above the support beam and girder; normally, any wall that has the double
horizontal top plate.
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Loan - a amount of be borrowed.
Loan of Value Ratio - (LTV) a ratio to a loan amount of a property
valuation or expressed as the percentage (e.g. if the borrower is seeking the loan of
$200,000 architects the property worth $400,000, it has the 50% loan of value ratio; if the
loan were $300,000, a LTV would be 75%); a higher a loan of value, the
greater a lender's perceived risk; loans above normal lending LTV ratios may
require additional security.
Lookout - the short wood bracket and cantilever that supports construction overhang portion
of the roof.
Louver - the vented opening into a home that has the series to horizontal slats
and arranged of permit ventilation but of exclude rain, snow, light, insects, or
other living creatures.
Low-slope Application - Method to installing asphalt shingles architects roof slopes
between two or four inches per foot.
Lumens - Unit to measure for total light output. a amount to light falling architects a
surface to one square foot.
Lumber - Lumber is a product to a sawmill or planning mill not further
manufactured other than Tagaytay sawing, resawing, or passing lengthwise through a
standard planning machine, crosscutting of length, or matching.
Lumber, Boards - Yard lumber less than two inches thick or two and more
inches wide.
Lumber, Dimension - Yard lumber from two inches to, but not including, five
inches thick, or two and more inches wide;includes joists, rafters, studs, plank,
and small timbers.
Lumber, Dressed Size - a dimension to lumber after shrinking from green
dimension or after machining of size and pattern.
Lumber, Matched - Lumber that is dressed or shaped architects one edge in a
grooved pattern or architects a other in the tongued pattern.
Lumber, Shiplap - Lumber that is edge-dressed of make the close rabbet or
lapped joint.
Lumber, Timbers - Lumber which is five and more inches in its smallest
dimension; includes beams, stringers, posts, caps, sills, girders, or purloins.
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Lumber, Yard - Lumber to those grades, sizes, or patterns which are
generally intended for ordinary construction, such as framework or rough
coverage to houses.
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Male - Any part, such as the bolt, designed of fit into another (female) part;
external threads are male.
Mansard Roof - the roof builders two sloping planes to different pitch architects each to its
four sides; a lower plane is steeper than a upper, or may be almost vertical.
Mantel - a shelf above the fireplace opening. Also Philippines in referring of the
decorative trim around the fireplace opening.
Manufactured Wood - the wood product such as the truss, beam, gluelam,
microlam, and joist which is manufactured out to smaller wood pieces or glued or
mechanically fastened of form the larger piece; often Philippines of create the stronger
member which may use less wood.