| 1. Condition in which a mass of liquid enters a compressor causing hammering. 2. The act of adding a separate piece or pieces of material in a joint before or during welding resulting in a welded joint which does not comply with design, drawing, or specification requirements.
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| 1. A sliding gate or other contrivance for regulating the flow of water in a channel. 2. An artificial water channel. 3. A steep, narrow waterway.
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| A mold in the form of the lateral surface of the frustum of a cone with a base diameter of 8 inches (203 mm), top diameter 4 inches (102 mm), and height 12 inches (305 mm), used to hold a specimen of freshly mixed concrete for the slump test; a cone 6 inches (152 mm) high is used for tests of freshly mixed mortar and stucco.
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| The procre for measuring slump of concrete, mortar, or plaster with a slump cone.
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| A measure of consistency of freshly mixed concrete, mortar, or stucco; the decrease in height of wet concrete when a supporting mold is removed; a measure of the consistency of plastic concrete, equal to the number of inches of subsidence of a truncated cone of concrete released immediately after molding in a standard slump cone
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| A brushed application of slurry, generally applied to back of adhered veneer units and to backing.
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| 1. A watery mixture of water and any finely divided insoluble material, such as portland cement, slag, or clay in suspension. 2. Cement grout. 3. In making gypsumboard, the gypsum core mixture in its fluid state prior to setting.
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| Cement grout.
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| A pure coat of a very soft consistency; also called a Slurry coat.
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| see Slushed Joint.
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| Vertical joint filled, after units are laid, by throwing mortar in with the edge of a trowel, used in fireplace and chimney construction; also called a Slush Joint.
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| sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors National Association.
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| This agency funds small business investment companies and minority small business investment companies that make loans to provide financing for contractors; usually restricted to those with a proven history.
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| see Calorie, 1.
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| Deep blue pigment prepared by fusing together potash, silica and oxide of cobalt, and rcing to powder the glass thus formed; smalt is sometimes applied to freshly coated surfaces to provide unusual decorating effect.
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| A modern office building that is pre-wired for all the telecommunication services and computer links.
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| To melt or fuse ore and to separate metal.
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| A furnace in which the raw materials are melted.
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| A device that emits a warning sound if it detects smoke.
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| The space in a fireplace immediately above the throat where the smoke gathers before passing into the flue and narrowed by corbeling to the size of the flue lining above.
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| see Smoke Alarm.
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| An index of the toxic fumes generated by a material as it burns.
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| The horizontal area behind the damper of a fireplace.
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| Test made to determine completeness of combustion.
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| A vent or chimney forming a passageway for expulsion of vent gases from gas-burning units to the outside air.
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| A built-up roofing membrane that is surfaced with a layer of hot-mopped asphalt or cold-applied asphalt-clay emulsion or asphalt cutback; sometimes consisting of an unmopped inorganic felt.
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| A flexible tape used by plumbers for clearing stoppages in drain and sewer piping; also called Plumbers Snake.
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| A false header composed of half bricks with the good end showing on the surface.
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| see Chalk Line.
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| The live load of snow accumulating on a roof structure.
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