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ACETAL PLASTIC
ADMIXTURES
AGGREGATE
AIR BRAKE
AIR CONDITIONING COIL
AIR COOLED FLUE
AIR ENTRAINMENT AGENT
ALL PURPOSE MUD
ALUMINUM OXIDE
AMERICAN STANDARD GAUGE
AMERICAN WALLPAPER ROLL
ANCHOR BOLT
ANGLE IRON
ANSI
ANTI-OXIDANT COMPOUND
ANTI-STRATIFICATION DEVICE
APP (ATACTIC POLYPROPYLENE)
APRON
ARCHITECT
AREA WELL
ARMORED/BX CABLE
ATTACHED DRAWER
AUGER
AUGHT
AWNING WINDOW
BACKER BOARD
BACKING
BACKING LAYER (VINYL FLOORING)
BACKSPLASH
BAFFLE
BAKED-ENAMEL FINISH
BALLAST
BALUSTER
BALUSTRADE
BAND JOIST
BASE BLOCK
BASE COAT
BASE MOLDING
BASE SHEET
BASE SHOE
BASEBOARD
BATT INSULATION
BATTEN TYPE STANDING SEAM
BAY WINDOW
BEAM POCKET
BEARING POINTS
BEARING WALL
BERBER CARPET
BEVELED
BIFOLD DOOR
BIRD STOP
BISCUIT
BISCUIT SAW
BLACK LABEL SHINGLES
BLIND MITER
BLIND NAILING
BLOCK
BLOCK BACKSPLASH
BLOCK BUILDING SYSTEM
BLOCK CELL
BLOCKING
BLOWN-IN INSULATION
BLUE LABEL SHINGLES
BOARD AND BATTEN SIDING
BOARD FOOT
BOARD ON BOARD SIDING
BOARD SIDING
BOND
BOND BEAM
BOOK MATCHED VENEER
BOOKING
BOOSTER TILE
BOTTOM CHORD
BOTTOM RAIL
BOW WINDOW
BOWSTRING TRUSS
BOX (CABINET)
BOX BEAM
BOX NAILS
BREAD LOAF TOP RAIL
BRICK TIE
BROOM FINISH
BROWN COAT
BRUISED COMPOSITION SHINGLES
BRUSH TEXTURE
BTU (BRITISH THERMAL UNIT)
BUILDING INSPECTOR
BUILDING PERMIT
BUILT-IN CABINETS
BUILT-UP ROOF
BULL FLOAT
BUNK
BURN PATTERN
BUTT HINGE
BUTT JOINT
BUTT SEAMS
BUTTERFLY ROOF
BYPASS DOOR
CALROD BURNER
CAMBER
CAN
CANT STRIP
CANTILEVER
CAP MOLD PIECE (TILE)
CAP ROW
CAP SHEET
CAP TILE
CARPET COVE
CARPET GRAIN
CASEMENT WINDOW
CASING
CATWALK
CAULKING
CELLULOSE INSULATION
CEMENT
CEMENT BOARD UNDERLAYMENT
CEMENTUOUS BOARD
CENTER BEARING WALL
CERAMIC MOSAIC TILE
CERAN TOP
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
CHAIR RAIL
CHARRING
CHEM SPONGE
CHIMNEY CRICKET
CINDER BLOCK
CIRCLE
CIRCUIT BREAKER
CIRCULAR SAW
CIRCULAR STAIR
CIRCUMFERENCE
CLAY BLOCK
CLAY TILE
CLEAR ALL HEART
CLERESTORY ROOF
CLOSED VALLEY SYSTEM
CLUSTERED WIRING
COAL TAR PITCH
COLD JOINT
COLLAR TIE
COLONIAL BASE AND CASING
COLONIST DOOR
COM-PLY
COMBUSTION AIR
COMMON GABLE TRUSS
COMMON NAILS
COMMON RAFTER
COMPACTIBLE FILL
COMPOSITION SHINGLE
COMPRESSION
COMPRESSION FITTING
CONCRETE
CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT (CMU)
CONCRETE STAMP
CONCRETE TILE
CONDUCTOR
CONDUIT
CONTACT ADHESIVE
CONTINUOUS FOOTING
CONTINUOUS-CLEANING OVEN
CONTROL JOINT
CONVECTION OVEN
COPE JOINT
COPPER OXIDE
CORBEL BLOCK
CORE SAMPLE
CORNER BLOCK
CORNER BRACING
CORNICE
CORRUGATED ROOF PANEL
COSMETIC DAMAGE
COTTAGE CHEESE TEXTURE
COUNTERBALANCE
COUNTERFLASHING
COURSE
COVE PIECE (TILE)
CRAWL SPACE STRUCTURE
CREAM
CRIMP RING
CRIPPLE RAFTER
CRIPPLES
CROWN
CROWN MOLDING
CROWNED STUD
CROWNING
CUBIC FOOT
CUBIC YARD
CULINARY WATER
CULTURED COUNTERTOP
CULTURED MARBLE COUNTERTOP
CULTURED STONE
CUPOLA
CUSTOM CABINETS
CUT PILE
DAMPER
DAMPPROOFING
DC (DIRECT CURRENT)
DEAD LOAD
DECIMALIZED FEET
DEDICATED CIRCUIT
DESIGNER
DETAIL
DEVELOPER
DIAGONAL BRACING
DIAGONAL WOOD FLOOR INSTALLATION
DIAGRAMMING
DIAMETER
DIMENSIONAL BEAM
DIMENSIONS
DOOR GASKET
DOOR HARDWARE
DOORSTOP
DORMER
DOUBLE BULLNOSE (TILE)
DOUBLE HUNG WINDOW
DOUBLE PULL
DOWEL
DOWNFLOW FURNACE
DOWNSPOUT
DRAFTER
DRAIN FIELD
DRIP EDGE
DRIP LOOP
DROP SIDING
DROP WIRE
DRY LOOPER
DRY-IN
DRYING
DRYWALL
DUPLEX OUTLET
DUTCH DOOR
EASEMENT
EAVE
EDGE GRAIN SHINGLES
ELASTOMERIC ROOF SYSTEM
ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT
ELECTROSTATIC FILTER
ELEVATION
EMERGENCY BOARD-UP
END-MATCHED BOARD
EPDM (ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE MONOMER)
EPOXY
EPOXY FINISH
EPOXY INJECTION TECHNIQUE
ETCHED GLASS
EUROPEAN STYLE CABINET DOOR HINGE
EUROPEAN WALLPAPER ROLL
EVAPORATIVE COOLER
EXCAVATOR
EXPANDED FOAM
EXPOSED AGGREGATE FINISH
EXTRUDED FOAM
FACE (CABINET)
FACE FRAME
FACE NAILING
FACTORY BUILT FIREPLACE
FALSE TREAD AND RISER
FASCIA
FEEDER
FERRULE
FIBER AND CEMENT SHINGLE
FIBERGLASS
FIELD TOTAL
FILLET
FINAL INSPECTION
FINGER JOINT
FINISH
FINISH COAT
FINISH ELECTRICAL
FINISH NAIL
FIRE BLOCKING
FIRE TAPE
FIRE WALL
FIREBOX
FIRED BRICK
FISH TAPE
FIVE-QUARTER
FIXED WINDOW
FLAGSTONE
FLANGES
FLASHING
FLASHING
FLAT GRAIN SHINGLES
FLAT PAINT
FLAT PANEL
FLAT ROOF
FLAT TILES
FLAT TRUSS
FLAT-LAID COUNTERTOP
FLITCH
FLOAT
FLOOD COAT
FLOOD PLANE STRUCTURE
FLOOR PLAN
FLOOR SYSTEM
FLOOR TRUSS
FLUE
FLUE CAP
FLUSH DOOR SLAB
FLUSH TILE
FLUTED CASING
FLY RAFTER
FOAM FOUNDATION SILL PLATE SEALER
FOOTING
FORCED AIR SYSTEM
FORMICA
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION SILL PLATE
FOUR WAY INSPECTION
FRACTURED COMPOSITION SHINGLES
FRAME AND PANEL CABINET DOOR
FRAMED STYLE CABINETS
FRAMED TO SQUARE
FRAMELESS STYLE CABINETS
FRAMING TIE
FREEZELESS HOSE BIBB
FRIEZE BOARD
FROST LINE
FULL BACKSPLASH
FULL BASEMENT STRUCTURE
FULL EXTENSION GLIDE
FULL HEIGHT CABINET
FURRING STRIP
GABLE END TRUSS
GABLE ROOF
GABLE VENT
GAMBREL ROOF
GAMBREL TRUSS
GANDY
GANG
GASKET
GAUGE
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
GIRDER
GLAZED TILE
GLAZED WALL TILE
GLIDE
GLUE-LAM BEAM
GLUE-UP TILE
GOOSE NECK
GRADE BEAM
GRADE STAKE
GRANULAR LOSS
GRASS CLOTH WALLPAPER
GREENFIELD CONDUIT
GRID
GROMMET
GROUND
GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER (GFCI)
GROUND WIRE
GROUNDWATER
GROUT
GUN NAILS
GUSSET
GUTTER
GUTTER BRACE
GYPSUM-BASED UNDERLAYMENT
HALF BOND
HALF LACED VALLEY
HALOGEN BURNER
HAND TEXTURE
HAND-SPLIT AND RESAWN SHAKE
HAND/FEET RULE
HAUNCH
HEADER
HEADER JAMB
HEARTH
HEARTWOOD
HEAT BLISTER
HEAT EXCHANGER
HEAT LINE
HEAT PUMP SYSTEM
HEATING ZONE
HERRINGBONE WOOD FLOOR INSTALLATION
HIGH DENSITY URETHANE FOAM PAD
HIGH GLOSS PAINT
HIGH-LOW RANGE
HIP
HIP JACK
HIP RAFTER
HIP ROOF
HOCK TEXTURE
HOLD-DOWN
HOLIDAYS
HOME RUN
HONEYCOMB
HOPPER WINDOW
HOT MOP INSTALLATION METHOD
HUMIDIFIER
HURRICANE CLIPS
HURRICANE TIE
HVAC
HYDRATION
HYDRAULIC SHOCK
HYPOTENUSE
I-JOIST
ICE-DAMMING
IDENTIFICATION
INDOOR-OUTDOOR CARPET
INJECTED INSULATION
INSIDE CORNER
INSULATED FLUE
INSULATION BOARD
INSULATION STOP
INTEGRAL DRAWER
INTERIOR PLASTER
INTERLOCKING SHINGLE
INTERLOCKING SIDING
ISOLATION MEMBRANE
JACK RAFTER
JALOUSIE WINDOW
JAMB
JOIST HANGER
JOISTS
JUNCTION BOX
KILN DRYING
KING STUD
KNOB AND TUBE WIRING
KNOCK DOWN TEXTURE
KRAFT PAPER
L FLASHING
L-V-L BEAM
LACED VALLEY
LAMINATED SHINGLE
LAMINATED SQUARE EDGE (COUNTERTOP)
LAP SIDING
LASER LEVEL
LATH
LAUAN PLYWOOD UNDERLAYMENT
LAUNDRY ROOM PAN
LAYOUT BOARD
LAZY SUSAN
LEAD
LEVEL
LEVEL CUT
LIGHT
LINOLEUM
LINTEL
LIVE LOAD
LOOKOUTS
LOOP PILE
LOW E
LOW VOLTAGE WIRING
LOW-PROFILE WATER CLOSET
LOWER UNIT (CABINET)
MACHINE TEXTURE
MAIN DISCONNECT
MANSARD ROOF
MANTEL
MASKING
MASONRY
MASS PRODUCED CABINETS
MCM (MICRO CIRCULAR MILLS)
MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard)
MEASURING TAPE
MEMBRANE
MESSENGER CABLE
METAL STIRRUP
METER BASE
MILL FINISH
MILLED CABINETS
MINERAL FIBERS
MITER JOINT
MODIFIED BITUMEN ROOF SYSTEM
MONO TRUSS
MONOLITHIC POUR
MORTAR
MORTAR BED
MORTISE
MULLION
MULTIPLE PLY MEMBRANE
MUNTIN
MURIATIC ACID
NAIL GUN
NATURAL BREAK
NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR
NEWEL POST
NON-BEARING WALL
NON-STRUCTURAL PART
NUMBER
NUMBER ONE COMMON OAK GRADE
NUMBER TWO COMMON OAK GRADE
NYLON CARPET
ON CENTER
ONE QUARTER BOND
ONE THIRD BOND
ONE-CALL
ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
ONE-QUARTER TURN
OPEN VALLEY
ORANGE PEEL TEXTURE
ORDER OF OPERATIONS
ORGANIC SHINGLES
ORGANIZATION
ORIENTED STRAND BOARD (OSB)
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
OUTSIDE CORNER
OVERHANG
OVERHEAD DOOR
OVERLAP JOINT
OVERLAPPING SEAM
OVERLAYING SHINGLES
OVERSPRAY
P TRAP
PAINT GRADE MATERIAL
PAINT SPRAYER
PAN TILE
PAPER BURNS
PARALLELOGRAM
PARAPET WALL
PARQUET FLOORING
PARTICLEBOARD UNDERLAYMENT
PARTITION WALL
PASSAGE HARDWARE
PATTERN LAYER (VINYL FLOORING)
PATTERN RAFTER
PAVER
PB (POLYBUTYLENE)
PB MANIFOLD SYSTEM
PEA GRAVEL
PEAK
PENNY
PERCOLATION
PERIMETER
PERIMETER BACKING
PERIMETER DRAIN
PERSPECTIVE
PI
PIER
PIER AND GRADE BEAM STRUCTURE
PILE
PIPE DOPE
PIPE FLASHING
PITCH
PLAIN SAWING
PLAN
PLAN VIEW
PLANK FLOORING
PLASTER
PLASTIC LAMINATE COUNTERTOP
PLASTICISERS
PLASTICITY
PLATE
PLATE GLASS MIRROR
PLENUM
PLOT PLAN
PLUG-AND-PLANK FLOORING
PLUMB
PLUMB CUT
PLUMBING STACK
PLY SHEET
PLYWOOD
PLYWOOD UNDERLAYMENT
PNEUMATIC NAILER
POCKET DOOR
POINT OF ORIGIN
POLYVINYL ACETATE (PVA)
POPCORN TEXTURE
POST AND BEAM STRUCTURE
POST-FORMED COUNTERTOP
POURED-IN INSULATION
POWER ROLLER
POWER VENT
PPFA (PLASTIC PIPE AND FITTINGS ASSOCIATION)
PRE-HUNG DOOR
PRE-PASTED WALLPAPER
PRESSURE TANK
PRESSURE-TREATED LUMBER
PRESSURIZED IRRIGATION WATER
PRIMER
PRIVACY HARDWARE
PROTECTED PATTERN
PSI
PULL
PULSE SYSTEM
PURLIN
PVC (POLYVINYL CHLORIDE)
PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM
QUAD OUTLET
QUARRY TILE
QUARTERSAWING
QUOIN
RABBET JOINT
RADIANT HEAT
RADIATOR
RADIUS
RAFTER
RAIL
RAIL (CABINET )
RAISED PANEL
RAISED PANEL DOOR
RAKE
RAKED JOINT
RANGE
RASP
READY-SET TILE
REBAR
REBOND PAD
RECESS-MOUNT MEDICINE CABINET
RED LABEL SHINGLES
REFRIGERANT GAS
REINFORCING STEEL
RELEASE FILM
RELEASE POWDER
REPAIRABILITY
RESTAURANT STYLE RANGE
REVERSE BOARD AND BATTEN
RIDGE
RIDGE BOARD
RIDGE VENT
RIGHT TRIANGLE
RIMLESS SINK
RIMMED SINK
RISE
RISER
RODDING
ROLL ROOFING
ROLL TILES
ROLLED TYPE STANDING SEAM
ROLLED WALL COVERING
ROMEX
ROOF DECK
ROOF DIAPHRAGM
ROOF DRAIN
ROOF SYSTEM
ROOFING FELT
ROSETTE
ROUGH ELECTRICAL
ROUGH FASCIA
ROUGH LEVEL
ROUGH-IN
ROUNDING DECIMALS
ROUNDING DIMENSIONS
ROUNDING TO A UNIT
ROUTER
ROWLOCK
RUBBERIZED ASPHALT MEMBRANE
RUN
RUNG
S TILE
SADDLE T
SAILOR COURSE
SAPWOOD
SAW KERF
SAW KERF COUNTERFLASHING
SBS (STYRENE BUTADINE STYRENE)
SCISSOR TRUSS
SCRATCH COAT
SCREED
SCULPTURED CARPET
SCUPPER
SEAL TAB
SEALANT STRIP
SEALER
SEALER COAT
SEAMLESS GUTTER
SECTION
SELECT AND BETTER OAK GRADE
SELF-CLEANING OVEN
SELF-TAPPING SCREW
SEMI-GLOSS PAINT
SEPTIC TANK
SERPENTINE SEAM (Carpet)
SET BACK
SEWER LATERAL
SEWER STUB/SEPTIC TANK STUB
SHAG CARPET
SHAKE FELT
SHAKE ROOF
SHAPER
SHEAR FORCE
SHEAR PANEL
SHEATHING
SHED ROOF
SHEET SIDING
SHEET STOCK
SHIM
SHINGLE
SHINGLE TACK COAT
SHIPLAP SIDING
SHOVEL FOOTING
SHOWER PAN
SIDE JAMB
SIDING
SIDING BATTEN
SILL PIECE
SILT BARRIER
SINGLE HUNG WINDOW
SINGLE MEMBRANE
SINGLE PANE GLASS
SINGLE WALL FLUE
SINKERS
SIX POINTS OF ESTIMATION
SIZING
SKIRT
SLAB CABINET DOOR
SLATE
SLEEPER
SLIDING T BEVEL
SLIDING WINDOW
SLIP MATCHED VENEER
SLIP SHEET
SLOPE
SLUMP BLOCK
SMOKE SHELF
SMOOTHWALL TEXTURE
SNAP TYPE STANDING SEAM
SOFFIT
SOILS ENGINEER
SOLDIER COURSE
SOLID PLASTIC COUNTERTOP
SOLID SURFACE COUNTERTOP
SOOT MAPPING
SPACE SAVER MICROWAVE OVEN
SPACED SHEATHING
SPALLING
SPAN
SPIRAL STAIR
SPLICE
SPONGE TEXTURE
SQUARE
SQUARE FOOT
SQUARE YARD
SQUARING A WALL
STACK BOND
STAIN-GRADE MATERIAL
STAIR BRACKET
STAIR CLAMPS
STAIR-STEP PATTERN
STANDARD BASEBOARD AND CASING
STANDARD CABINET DOOR HINGE
STANDING SEAM
STARTER COURSE
STARTER STRIP
STEEL BEAM
STEPPED FLASHING
STICK
STILE (CABINET )
STONE COUNTERTOP
STOOL
STORM WINDOW
STORY POLE
STRAIGHT SEAM
STRAIGHT WOOD FLOOR INSTALLATION
STRINGER
STRIP FLOORING
STRIPPABLE WALLPAPER
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
STRUCTURAL PART
STRUTS
STUBBED OUT
STUCCO
STUCCO SHEATHING
STUD GUN
STUDS
SUBCONTRACTOR
SUBSTRATE
SUPPORTING EVENTS
SURFACE DRYING
SURFACE-MOUNT MEDICINE CABINET
SURFACING
SUSPENDED CEILING SYSTEM
SYMBOLS
SYNTHETIC FELT PAD
SYNTHETIC STUCCO
T & P VALVE
T LOCK SHINGLE
T1-11 (Texture 1-11)
TABBED SHINGLE
TALC
TAMPING
TAPER SIDING
TAPERSAWN SHAKE
TECHNIQUE
TEFLON TAPE
TEGULAR TILE
TEMPERED GLASS
TENSION
TERMITE SHIELD
TERNE
TERRAZZO
THERMAL BREAK
THERMAL PANE GLASS
THERMOSTAT
THINSET TILE
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
THREE-WAY SWITCH
THRESHOLD
THROAT
TILE BASE
TILE COUNTERTOP
TIN-CAN STUD
TOE KICK
TOE-NAILING
TON
TONGUE AND GROOVE
TOOL MARKS
TOOLED JOINT
TOOLING
TOP CHORD
TOP CHORD BEARING
TOP RAIL
TOPPING MUD
TORCH DOWN INSTALLATION METHOD
TRANSFORMER
TRAPEZOID
TRAVELERS
TREAD
TRIANGLE
TRIMMER
TRIMMER BIT
TRIPLE PANE GLASS
TROWEL
TROWEL PATTERN FINISH
TRUSS
TUBE FORM
TUCK CARPET INSTALLATION METHOD
TURBINE VENT
TURBO TOILET
TURTLE VENT
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
TYPE X DRYWALL
U-BLOCK
UFER GROUND
UNDER-SLAB UTILITIES
UNDERCOURSING SHINGLES
UNDERLAYMENT
UNMATCHED VENEER
UNTEMPERED HARDBOARD UNDERLAYMENT
UPFLOW FURNACE
UPPER UNIT (CABINET)
USABLE WALL SPACE
VALLEY
VALLEY FLASHING
VALLEY JACK
VALLEY RAFTER
VANITY CABINET
VAPOR BARRIER
VENEER
VENEER
VIBRATION
VIEW
VINYL COVE
VINYL FACED WALL COVERING
VOLUTE
WAFERBOARD
WAFFLE TYPE SPONGE RUBBER PAD
WAINSCOT
WALERS
WALL TIE
WASTE
WATER CLOSET
WATER SOFTENER
WATER TABLE
WATERFALL CARPET INSTALLATION METHOD
WATERPROOFING
WEAR LAYER (VINYL FLOORING)
WEATHER HEAD
WEB
WEEP HOLES
WEEP MOISTURE
WEEPING MORTAR
WELDED WIRE MESH (WWM)
WET-SET METHOD
WHOLE PIECE VENEER
WIND LOCKS
WINDOW BUCK
WINDOW FIN
WINDOW PANE
WINDOW SASH
WINDOW SILL
WINDOW STOP
WIRE GAUGE
WIRE NUT
WIRE REINFORCEMENT
WOOD BLOCK COUNTERTOP
WOOD EDGE (COUNTERTOP)
WOOD SHINGLE ROOF
WOOL CARPET
WYTHE
Z FLASHING
ZERO CLEARANCE FIREPLACE
Rule that states that the top of a FLUE must be at least two feet higher than any roof part within ten feet.
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