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Birdbath
When your contractor mentions that your parking lot or roof has birdbaths, they do not refer to concrete statues that look like water features. Like alligatoring, this is another colloquialism that is named after an animal reference. It is, by … Continue reading
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Wainscot and Wainscotting
A contractor friend of mine used to call wainscotting “Wayne’s World” and it would always crack me up because he’d recite the mantra, in the appropriate voice of course, “Wayne’s World, Wayne’s World, Party Time, Excellent.” Finding levity in the … Continue reading
Aggregate
In social media, this term is used often to refer to RSS streams or twitter accounts that collect content from other sources and place them in one spot. Usually, you are required to click over to the original website to … Continue reading
Reglet
Often we perform building surveys for clients who are considering purchasing or leasing a building but are unsure of a few things. A client not only wants to know the condition of said building, but will also need to know … Continue reading
Ponding
When I first started working in the construction industry it was with roofing contractors and often you hear strange terms such as “ponding” when, in retrospect, make perfect sense. Ponding is a condition prevalent with flat, built-up roof systems where … Continue reading
Lintel
Lintel, not to be confused with “ a widely cultivated Eurasian annual leguminous plant” which is the lentil bean, is a structural term. According to the Construction Dictionary, 9th Edition © 2001 published by the Greater Phoenix, Arizona Chapter #98 of the … Continue reading
Berm
Some construction jargon comes from the appearance of wildlife and, after consideration, makes sense, like the term “alligatoring.” While others like “girder” come to life from related words. In this case, I have no frame of reference for the term “berm.” … Continue reading
Alligatoring
No, this does not refer to a hunt for alligators in the Everglades, neither are were talking shoes or belts; relax, no need to contact PETA (but you may need to contact your general contractor). This term often refers to … Continue reading
CMU
Some construction terms are more cryptic than others but this week’s post is for a simple acronym: CMU. CMU stands for concrete masonry unit and is used in various ways; when I was a kid CMU blocks supported planks that … Continue reading
Balustrade
Have you ever played that game where a word is given and all of the players have to submit a definition? The definition with the most votes wins. About ten years ago a group of my friends played that game … Continue reading
