A municipal and/or engineersâ€™ inspection of the concrete foundation wall, conducted before concrete is poured into the foundation panels. Done to insure that the rebar (reinforcing bar), rebar nets, void material, beam pocket plates, and basement window bucks are installed and wrapped with rebar and complies with the foundation plan.

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Stiffness

Resistance to bending or flexing.

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Stick built

A house built without prefabricated parts. Also called conventional building.

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Stool

The flat molding fitted over the window sill between jambs and contacting the bottom rail of the lower sash. Also another name for toilet.

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Stile

- An upright framing member in a panel door. Vertical outside member in a piece of mill work, as a door or sash.

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Stirrup

Hanger to support the end of the joist at the beam.

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Stop

Strip of wood fastened to the jambs and head of a door or window frame against which the door or window closes.

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Step flashing

Flashing application method used where a vertical surface meets a sloping roof plane. 6" X 6" galvanized metal bent at a 90 degree angle, and installed beneath siding and over the top of shingles. Each piece overlaps the one beneath it the entire length of the sloping roof (step by step).

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Stone

Rock selected or processed by shaping to size for building or other use.

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Stiff-Mud Process

A process used to make bricks from clay that has 12 to 15 percent moisture.

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Steeple

A towerlike ornamental construction, usually square or hexagonal, placed on the roof of a building and topped with a spire.