| The number of lengthwise yarn tufts in one inch of Axminster or Chenille carpet; compare with Wires.
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| Revolutions Per Minute.
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| Roof Top Unit.
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| A glue joint made by carefully fitting the edges together, spreading glue between them, and rubbing the pieces back and forth until the pieces are well rubbed together.
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| Paint with a vehicle of fine droplets of natural or synthetic rubber dispersed in water.
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| 1400 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 682-4800
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| The projection of a rubberized stair tread over a riser in a stair system.
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| see False Set.
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| Cross and tee-shaped objects used to space tile on floors or walls; manufactured in thicknesses of 1/16", 1/8", 1/4", 3/8", and 1/2".
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| A non-porous synthetic-rubber-faced float mounted on an aluminum back with a wood handle, used in tile grouting to force material deep into tile joints and to remove excess grout.
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| see Laminated Rubber.
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| A tough elastic material made from the latex of rubber trees, a natural polymer of a hydrocarbon.
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| An abrasive material used to produce a smooth finished wood surface.
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| Neutral, medium-heavy mineral oil used as a lubricant for pumice stone in rubbing varnish and lacquer.
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| A carborundum stone that is used to smooth the rough edges of tile.
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| A hard-drying varnish which may be rubbed with an abrasive and water or oil to a uniform leveled surface.
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| The act or process of transporting or removing waste materials.
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| The process of removing waste or garbage from an area.
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| Uncut stone, used for rough work, foundations, backfilling, and the like.
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| 1. Roughly broken quarry stone. 2. Rough broken stones or bricks used to fill in courses of walls or for other filling;
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| A term used to designate soft floor coverings laid on the floor but not fastened to it; usually a rug does not cover the entire floor.
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| A rule for general guidance based on experience rather than on precision or scientific theory.
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| A straight, usually graduated, piece of wood, plastic, or metal, used for drawing straight lines or for measuring.
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| 1. In a stairway, the width of a step, measured from the face of one riser to the face of the next, and not including the nosing. 2. The horizontal distance covered by a flight of steps. 3. The length of the horizontal projection of a sloping member such as a rafter when in position. 4. A temporary planked scaffold for walking or wheeling materials. 5. That portion of a pipe or fitting continuing in a straight line in the direction of flow in the pipe to which it is connected. 6. An appreciable length of straight or nearly straight piping.
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| A step on a ladder.
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| A steel channel member from which furring channels and lath are supported in a suspended plaster ceiling.
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| Metal or wood track or strips placed at floor and ceiling to receive framing members, such as metal or wood studs.
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| see Main Runners.
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| Brickwork consisting entirely of stretchers, lapping of units in successive courses so that the vertical head joints lap.
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| Constructed by plasterers in place by use of a metal pattern to form a molding of fresh plaster.
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