Glossary of Terms
The A-Z of Building Terms that you will find in our reports
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Waste pipe: |
A drainage pipe conducting waste water from a bathroom, kitchen sink or washing appliance. |
Water-tabling: |
A traditional term for a course of stone projecting out beyond the face of a chimney stack to throw water off. |
Weather mould (or drip mould): |
A moulded section of timber fixed across the base of a door, or above a window or door frame, to throw off water from the face of the door or window. |
Weatherboarding (or shiplap boarding): |
Overlapped timber boarding, usually hardwood, providing an external cladding. |
Wet rot: |
A fugal decay commonly affecting external timbers which have not been kept well painted or otherwise maintained, whereby the timber becomes soft. |
Woodworm: |
The general term given to infestation by certain wood-boring insects such as the common furniture beetle. |
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