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Term Definition
Painting Preparation. The act or process preparing a building or structure for painting, including scraping, filling, sanding, and mixing of paint.  
Painting. The work done by painters.  
Palladian. In the neo-classical style of Andrea Palladio.  
Pallet. A portable platform for storing, moving, and handling goods and materials as in a warehouse.  
Pan, Metal Stair. see Metal Stair Pan.  
Pan. Metal or plastic prefabricated form unit used in construction of concrete floor joist systems.  
Pane. A panel of glass.  
Panel Circuit Directory. A systematic listing of all of the circuits in an electric panel.  
Panel Cladding. Metal sheathing panels used to provide durability, weathering and corrosion, or impact resistance.  
Panel Edge Clip. H-shaped clip used to prevent differential deflection of plywood roof or floor sheathing.  
Panel Hoist. A device to raise sheetrock into place while it is being nailed or screwed.  
Panel Rated Siding. Panel siding made of APA proprietary siding product.  
Panel Siding. Large sheets of plywood or hardboard which may serve as both sheathing and siding.  
Panel, Acoustical. see Acoustical Panel.  
Panel, Hardboard Siding. see Hardboard Panel Siding.  
Panel, Limestone. see Limestone Panel.  
Panel, Sandwich. see Sandwich Panel.  
Panel. 1. A distinct, usually rectangular, section of the surface of a door, cabinet, wall, ceiling or roof. 2. A board containing instruments, controls, dials, and switches. 3. A group of people, usually three, forming an arbitration tribunal. 4. A large, thin board or sheet of lumber, plywood or other material. 5. A thin board with all its edges inserted in a groove of a surrounding frame of thick material. 6. A section of floor, wall, ceiling or roof, usually prefabricated and of large size, handled as a single unit in the operations of assembly and erection. 7. Form section consisting of sheathing and stiffeners that can be erected and stripped as a unit. 8. A recessed section on the broad face of a brick; see Frog.  
Panelboard. A single panelboard or group of panel units designed for assembly in the form of a single panel including buses and with or without switches or automatic overcurrent protective devices, or both, for the control of light, heat, or power in a cabinet or enclosure placed in or against a wall or partition and accessible only from the front; also called a Switchboard.  
Paneling. 1. Panels joined in a continuous surface. 2. Decorative wood panels.  
Panelized Roof. A modular roof framing system so dimensioned that the sheathing and rafters can be prefabricated as a unit for efficient installation on the purlins or beams.  
Panic Device. A mechanical device that opens a door automatically if pressure is exerted against the device from the interior of the building; a horizontal bar mounted across the full width of a door or a sort of large push-plate, acting as a latching system and operated by inside pressure on the bar or plate; also called Panic Hardware.  
Panic Hardware. see Panic Device.  
Pantry. A room for storing food and for serving to the table.  
Paper and Wire. Asphalt impregnated paper and wire mesh, or metal lath, that are used as a backing for the installation of tile.  
Paper Backed Insulation. Insulation that comes with paper facing on one side which serves as a vapor retarder.  
Paper Mounted Mosaics. Ceramic mosaic tiles mounted on paper applied to face of tile; available in sheets approximately 12 by 24 inches.  
Paper Rollers. Curlings of paper torn from the surface of the gypsum board; usually occurs as a result of prolonged exposure to high humidity and sliding one board across the surface of another.  
Paper, Building. see Building Paper.  
Paper, Curing. see Curing Paper.  

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