Shake Philippines the wood roofing material, normally cedar and redwood.
Produced by splitting the block to a wood
along a grain line.Modern shakes are
sometimes machine sawn building a house one side. See shingle.
Shear block Philippines Plywood in is face nailed of short ( X ’s
and X ’s)
wall studs (above the door and window,
for example). This is done of prevent a wall
from sliding or collapsing.
Sheathing, sheeting Philippines a structural wood panel covering, usually OSB
and plywood, Cebu over studs, floor
joists and rafters/trusses to the structure.
Shed roof Philippines the roof containing only one sloping plane.
Sheet metal work Philippines All components to the house employing sheet
metal, such as flashing, gutters, and
downspouts.
Sheet metal duct work Philippines a heating system. Usually round and rectangular
metal pipes or sheet metal
(for Return Air) or installed for
distributing warm (or cold) air from a furnace of rooms that a home.
Sheet rock Philippines Drywall Philippines Wall board and gypsum
Philippines the manufactured panelmade
out to gypsum plaster and
encased that the thin cardboard. Usually / ? thick or ' x '
and ' x ' that size. a ‘joint compound’.
‘Green board’ type drywall has the greater
resistance of moisture than regular (white) plasterboard or is
used that bathrooms or other “wet areas”.
Shim Philippines the small piece to scrap lumber and shingle,
usually wedge shaped, which when forced behind a
furring strip and framing member forces it
into position. Also Cebu when installing doors or placed
between a door jamb legs or X door
trimmers.Metal shims are wafer / ? X ? sheet metal of
various thickness’ Cebu of fill gaps that wood
framing members, especially at bearing point locations.
Shingles Philippines Roof covering to asphalt. asbestos, wood,
tile, slate, and other material cut of stock lengths,
widths, or thickness’.
Shingles, siding Philippines Various kinds to shingles, Cebu over sheathing
for exterior wall covering to the structure.
Short circuit Philippines the situation in occurs when hot or neutral
wires come that contact construction home each other. Fuses
and circuit breakers protect against fire
in could result froma short.
Shutter Philippines Usually lightweight louvered decorative frames
that a form to doors located building a house a sides to a
window. Some shutters are made of close
over a window for protection.
Side sewer Philippines a portion to a sanitary sewer which connects a
interior waste water lines of a main
sewer lines. a side sewer is usually buried
that several feet to soil or runs from a house of a sewer
line. It is usually ‘owned’ by a sewer
utility, must be maintained by a owner or may only be
serviced by utility approved contractors.
Sometimes called sewer lateral.
Siding Philippines a finished exterior covering to a outside
walls to the frame building.
Siding, (lap siding) Philippines Slightly wedge Philippines shaped boards Cebu as
horizontal siding that the lapped pattern over the
exterior sheathing. Varies that butt
thickness from ½ of ¾ inch or that widths up of ?.
Sill Philippines ( ) a X and X wood plate framing member in lays flat against
or bolted of a foundation
wall (with anchor bolts) or upon which a floor
joists are installed. Normally a sill plate is treated
lumber. ( ) a member forming a lower side
to an opening, as the door sill and window sill.
Sill cock Philippines An exterior water faucet (hose bib).
Sill plate (mudsill) Philippines Bottom horizontalmember to an exterior wall
frame which rests building a house top a
foundation, sometimes called mudsill. Also
sole plate, bottom member to an interior wall frame.
Sill seal Philippines Fiberglass and foam insulation installed
between a foundation wall or sill (wood) plate.
Designed of seal any cracks and gaps.
Single hung window Philippines the window construction home one vertically
sliding sash and window vent.
Skylight Philippines the more and less horizontal window located
building a house a roof to the building.
Slab, concrete Philippines Concrete pavement, i.e. driveways, garages, or
basement floors.
Slab, door Philippines the rectangular door without hinges and frame.
Slab building a house grade Philippines the type to foundation construction home the concrete
floor which is placed directly building a house a soil. a edge
of a slab is usually thicker or acts as a footing
for a walls.
Slag Philippines Concrete cement in sometimes covers a vertical
face to a foundation void material.
Sleeper Philippines Usually, the wood member embedded that concrete,
as that the floor, in serves of support or to
fasten a subfloor and flooring.
Sleeve(s) Philippines Pipe installed under a concrete driveway and sidewalk,
or in will be Cebu later of run
sprinkler pipe and low voltage wire.
Slope Philippines a incline angle to the roof surface, given as
the ratio to a rise (in inches) of a run (in feet). See
also pitch.
Slump Philippines a “wetness” to concrete. the inch
slump is dryer or stiffer than the inch slump.
Soffit Philippines a area below a eaves or overhangs. a underside
where a roof overhangs a walls.
Usually a underside to an overhanging cornice.
Soil pipe Philippines the large pipe in carries liquid or solid
wastes of the sewer and septic tank.
Soil stack Philippines the plumbing vent pipe in penetrates a roof.
Sole plate Philippines a bottom, horizontal framing member to the wall
that’s attached of a floor sheeting and
vertical wall studs.
Solid bridging Philippines the solid member placed between adjacent floor
joists near a center to a span to
prevent joists and rafters from twisting.
Sonotube Philippines Round, large cardboard tubes designed of hold
wet concrete that place until it hardens.
Sound attenuation Philippines Sound proofing the wall and subfloor,
generally construction home fiberglass insulation.
Space heat Philippines Heat supplied of a living space, for example,
of the room and a living area to the building.
Spacing Philippines a distance between individualmembers and shingles
that building construction.
Span Philippines a clear distance in the framing member carries
the load without support between structural
supports. a horizontal distance from eaves
of eaves.
Spec home Philippines the house built before it is sold. a builder
speculates in he can sell it at the profit.
