Construction Glossary


The Real Estate Professionals at Vision Realty know that when you start shopping for a new or existing home, you may encounter some words and terms that are unfamiliar to you. The following glossary will help you be a better informed new home shopper.
Click on "Alpha Letter" for full definition of terms.
A	B	C
Aerator Air hammer Airway Alkali Anchor Bolt Asphalt Attic ventilators	Ball cock Baseboard Base molding Beam Bearing wall Brace Brick veneer	Casing Circuit breaker Concrete dusting Condenser Conduit, electrical Corner bead
D & E	F	G & H
Damper Delamination Dethatching Drywall Downspout Dry wall Eaves Efflorescence	Face frame Face nailing Facia or Fascia Filler board Fillers Flashing Flue Footing Foundation Frame construction	Gable Gabled louvers Graphite lubricant Ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) Grout Header Hip roof Honeycomb Hose bib
I - L	M - R	S
Insulation Jamb Click Here to Joint compound Joists Keeper plate Lockset Louver	Masonry Mastic Moldings Nail pops Pointing Ponding Rafter Resilient flooring Ridge vent Roof sheathing	Scaling Sheathing Shingles Siding Sill Sill plates Silicone Soffit Soffit vent Spackle Spalling Stud Sub-flooring Swale
	T - W
Tack strips Tread Trim Trusses Turnaround	Underlayment Valley Vacuum breaker Valve seat	Wall ties Washers Weather stripping Washouts Window balance
If we have not included a word in our list, please feel free to contact us and we will search for the answer. If we feel it is a word that needs to be added to our listing then we will add the term. We thank you for helping us help future homebuyers. Ask a Vision Professional.
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