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'''CPC''' Circuit Protective Conductor, earth conductor, earth wire. | '''CPC''' Circuit Protective Conductor, earth conductor, earth wire. | ||
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'''OPC''' Ordinary portland cement | '''OPC''' Ordinary portland cement | ||
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'''Papercrete''' novel building material made from paper, clay, cement, lime, and sometimes other materials. | '''Papercrete''' novel building material made from paper, clay, cement, lime, and sometimes other materials. | ||
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'''PFA''' Pulverized Fuel Ash, from coal burning | '''PFA''' Pulverized Fuel Ash, from coal burning | ||
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'''Scutch hammer''' used for chopping bricks | '''Scutch hammer''' used for chopping bricks | ||
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'''Shed''' garden building, builders merchants, diy merchants | '''Shed''' garden building, builders merchants, diy merchants | ||
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Revision as of 19:04, 27 December 2006
2-way switching
Aluminium oxide
Angle grinder
Ball pein hammer Hammer with ball shaped striking face. Named as a result of indiscrimiate use.
Bench grinder
BR building regulations
Breeze Block
Cable clips
Cable ties
Cartridge
Cellulose thinners
Cement mixer
CFL
Chocolate block, choc block screw connector for mains cables.
Club hammer
Clunch a chalk stone
CO conservation officer
Concrete
Core drill
Countersink
CPC Circuit Protective Conductor, earth conductor, earth wire.
Dado
Dehumidifier
Diamond disc
Die grinder
Dimmer device for reducing the efficiency of filament bulbs.
Efflorescence Salt coming out of brick, stone or mortar.
Eggshell
ELCB
EML expanded metal lath, sometimes called gauze.
Enamel hard paint
Extinguisher
Fibreglass plastic and glass fibres, used mainly for baths and roof coverings
Filament lamp
Flashing
Fluorescent lamp
Flux
Fuse
Gang
Grinder see angle grinder, bench grinder, die grinder.
Grommet
GRP Glass reinforced plastic, fibreglass
Gulley
Gypsum
HAC High alumina cement,
HTI High Temperature Insulation
Iron oxide pigment used to give dull red or brown colour
Junction box fire resistant box containing connection points for cables.
LED
Lime
Limestone
M3.5 the size & thread of screws used with standard UK electrical accesseories. 3.5mm wide.
Marble
Matt
Mortar rake
Nail fatigue, nail sickness When many nails are corroding through on a slate roof.
Olive
OPC Ordinary portland cement
Paint kettle
Papercrete novel building material made from paper, clay, cement, lime, and sometimes other materials.
Pattress
PFA Pulverized Fuel Ash, from coal burning
Picture rail
Piss coat
Plaster
Pozzolan
PP period property
Programmer
PU polyurethane, a type of glue
RCD
Resin tough durable glues, including epoxy resin, vinyl ester resin,
RH Relative Humidity. Percentage of
Rubble scrap broken masonry
Rubble bag heavy duty version of bin bag, suitable for disposal of rubble.
Sand see silver sand, building sand,
Screed
Scutch hammer used for chopping bricks
Scythe
Shed garden building, builders merchants, diy merchants
Silk
Slate
Soil pipe
Solder Metal alloy used to join pipes and sometimes wiring. Lead & tin solder has long been used, but is no longer permitted for potable water piping.
Soleplate
Solvent weld plastic pipe joined by applying a solvent.
SRPC Sulphate resisting portland cement
Stainless steel various types of non rusting steels, which vary in their rust resistnace.
Switchbank
Tamp
Thermidistat
Thermostat
Ties see cable ties, wall ties,
Timer
Toggle
Torque wrench
Trap
Trass
Vent
Vinyl
Wall ties Generally metal ties that link the 2 leaves of a cavity wall. Stone or brick ties may be found on some older properties.
Whiting chalk powder. Used in paints, mastics, some plaster.
More Glossaries
Conservation Glosary: http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glossary/i.html
Nuts & Bolts FAQ: http://www.boltscience.com/pages/glossary.htm
Wood finishing FAQ: http://www.periodproperty.co.uk/article039.htm