Carpet formed by joining the pile, stuffer, and weft yarns with double warp yarns.

A gypsum board product designed to serve as the base for the application of gypsum veneer plaster.

The liquid portion of a paint composed mainly of solvents, resins, or oils.

Material used to slow the flow of water vapor through walls and other spaces where this vapor may condense at a lower temperature.

That part of the soil stack above the highest vent branch.

Extremely thin sheets of wood. Also a thin slice of wood or brick or stone covering a framed wall. A thin sheet of material used to cover another surface.

Calcined gypsum plaster specially formulated to provide specific workability, strength, hardness and abrasion resistance characteristics when applied in thin coats (1/16" to 3/32" nom.) over veneer gypsum base or other approved base. The term thin coat plaster is sometimes used in reference to veneer plaster.

A thin sheet of material used to cover another surface.

An interest rate that will vary over the term of the loan.

A pipe or duct which allows the flow of air and gasses to the outside. Also, another word for the moving glass part of a window sash, i.e. window vent.

The tendency of one part of a member to move vertically in relationship to the adjacent part.

A load acting in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon.

A federal agency that insures mortgage loans with very liberal down payment requirements for honorably discharged veterans and their surviving spouses.

A mineral used as bulk insulation and also as aggregate in insulating and acoustical plaster and in insulating concrete floors. An insulation material or aggregate made of expanded mica.

The resistance of a liquid to flow under an applied load or pressure.

Cardboard rectangular boxes that are installed between the earth (between caissons) and the concrete foundation wall. Used when expansive soils are present.

A process of using high kiln temperatures to fuse the surface of grains of clay products so they are impervious to the passage of water.

- A 4 mil or 6 mil plastic sheeting.

Pipes permitting the waste system to operate under atmospheric pressure. They allow air to enter and leave the system, preventing water in the traps from being siphoned off. If this occurs, sewer gases can enter the building.

Compounds released to the atmosphere as a coating dries.