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Quarter Round to Rubber-emulsion
Old House Web — A small molding that has the cross section of a quarter circle. A rectangular longitudinal groove cut in the corner edge of a board or plank. A method of heating, usually consisting of a forced hot water system with pipes placed in the floor, ...More…
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Paint to Putty
Old House Web — A combination of pigments with suitable thinners or oils to provide decorative and protective coatings. In house construction, a thin flat piece of wood, plywood, or similar material, framed by stiles and rails as in a door or fitted into grooves ...More…
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Mantel to Muntin
Old House Web — The shelf above a fireplace. Also used in referring to the decorative trim around a fireplace opening. Stone, brick, concrete, hollow-tile, concrete-block, gypsum-block, or other similar building units or materials or a combination of the same, ...More…
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Jack Rafter to Lumber Types
Old House Web — A rafter that spans the distance from the wall-plate to a hip, or from a valley to a ridge. The side and head lining of a doorway, window, or other opening. The space between the adjacent surfaces of two members or components joined and held ...More…
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Gable to Gypsum
Old House Web — In house construction, the portion of the roof above the eave line A finishing material made of varnish and sufficient pigments to provide opacity and color, but little or no pigment of low opacity. Such an enamel forms a hard coating with ...More…
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Backhand to Butt Joint
Old House Web — Usually small vertical members in a railing used between a top rail and the stair treads or a bottom rail. A decorative board covering the projecting rafter (fly rafter) of the gable end. At the cornice, this member is a facia board. A board ...More…
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Air-Dried Lumber to Attic Ventilators
Old House Web — Lumber that has been piled in yards or sheds for any length of time. For the United States as a whole, the minimum moisture content of thoroughly air-dried lumber is 12 to 15 percent and the average is somewhat higher. In the South, air-dried ...More…
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Undercoat to Wood Rays
Old House Web — A coating applied prior to the finishing or top coats of a paint job. It may be the first of two or the second of three coats. In some usage of the word, it may become synonymous with priming coat. A material placed under finish coverings, such ...More…
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Tail Beam to Turpentine
Old House Web — A relatively short beam or joist supported in a wall on one end and by a header at the other. Insects that superficially resemble ants in size, general appearance, and habit of living in colonies; hence, they are frequently called "white ants." ...More…
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Saddle to Suspended Ceiling
Old House Web — Two sloping surfaces meeting in a horizontal ridge, used between the back side of a chimney, or other vertical surface, and a sloping roof. The outer zone of wood, next to the bark. In the living tree it contains some living cells (the heartwood ...More…
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Natural Finish to Outrigger
Old House Web — A transparent finish which does not seriously alter the original color or grain of the natural wood. Natural finishes are usually provided by sealers, oils, varnishes, water-repellent preservatives, and other similar materials. A post to which ...More…
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Header to Interior Finish
Old House Web — The inner or outer floor of a fireplace, usually made of brick, tile, or stone. The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof. A roof that rises by inclined planes from all four sides of a building. A device designed to ...More…