| Chemical alteration of the surface to make it suitable for painting.
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| A law that establishes minimum wages for job classifications in the construction trades.
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| Air samples taken under normal conditions; also called Ambient Background Samples.
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| Periodic touch-up painting or application of full coats of paint before deterioration starts.
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| The amount of money that must be paid for something.
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| This is a single branch that slopes from the base of a soil or waste stack and joins the main building drain or another branch of the main building drain.
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| One of the colors from which all other colors may be produced by mixing; in pigments, red, yellow, and blue.
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| Device which directly controls operation of heating system.
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| 1.The first coating of any material placed on a surface to seal and to provide a proper base for additional finish coats. 2. The first coat of paint.
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| A general contractor who contracts with a property owner and, in turn, employs a subcontractor or subcontractors to perform some or all of the work.
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| Apply a priming coat to those spots that have been scraped, wire brushed, shellacked, have had the old paint burned off ,or consist of newly patched plaster.
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| Any professional having a contract directly with the owner.
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| The rate of interest paid by the most credit-worthy customers of a bank.
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| A door which has received its first coat of paint prior to installation.
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| Exterior siding material that has received its first coat of paint.
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| A specially mixed paint that is applied first to a surface to seal and provide a base for additional finish coats.
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| 1. A tinted base coat of paint to seal the surface and equalize suction differences. 2. A liquid composed of bituminous solvent that is applied to a surface to improve the adhesion of heavier subsequent applications of bitumen.
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| 1. Under a surety bond, the contractor is the principal. 2. The amount of a loan or the loan balance at any particular time. 3. In a debt repayment, the principal portion goes to rcing the debt as opposed to the interest portion.
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| 1. A fundamental truth or law as the basis of reasoning or action. 2. A general law in physics, chemistry, or engineering. 3. A law of nature forming the basis for the construction or working of a machine or mechanical device.
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| screen printing a pattern on carpet by successive applications of premetalized dyes, which are driven into the pile construction by an electromagnetic charge.
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| Paint sufficiently dry so that no imprint is left when something is pressed against it.
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| Compression testing of a sample section of wall approximately 16 inches high and 16 inches long of the thickness and type of construction similar to the wall under construction.
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| 1. A solid geometric figure whose two ends are similar, equal, and parallel rectilinear figures, and whose sides are parallelograms. 2. A transparent body in this form, usually triangular, with refracting surfaces at an acute angle with each other, which separates white light into a spectrum of colors.
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| A lockset, without a key, that can be locked from the room side only; used mainly on bedroom and bathroom doors; also called a Bathroom Lock.
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| Life insurance carried by a home buyer to pay off the mortgage in the event of buyers death; the insured amount declines as the loan is paid off; this type of insurance is usually required by the lender when the loan to value ratio exceeds 90%.
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| A sewer privately owned.
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| Persons who have contractual relationships with each other are in privity.
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| A statement representing a future financial position of a business showing anticipated assets, liabilities and net worth.
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| As a matter of form; provided in advance to prescribe form.
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| Proportionate or pro-rated.
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