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GABLE: The portion of the
roof above the eave line of a double-sloped roof.
GAIN: (a) A recess or notch into which
a door hinge fits flush with the surface. (b) Refers to the way
heat is extracted from solar radiation.
GARRETT: An attic or unfinished part
of a house just under the roof.
GIRDER: A large or principal beam of
wood or steel used to support concentrated loads at isolated points
along its length.
GLAZING: Placing of glass in windows
or doors.
GRADE: The surface of the ground around
a building.
GRADE, WOOD: A designation given to the
quality of manufac- tured lumber.
GRAVEL STOP: A strip of metal with a
vertical lip used to retain the gravel around the edge of a built-up
roof.
GROUT: A plaster-like material used to
seal between ceramic and other tile in kitchens, showers, and baths.
GUSSET: A plywood or metal plate used
to strengthen the joints of a truss.
GUTTER: A trough for carrying off water.
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HANGER: A metal strap used to support
piping or the ends of joists.
HARDWOOD: Wood produced from broad-leaved
trees or trees that lose their leaves. Examples include oak, maple,
walnut and birch.
HEADER: (a) A beam placed perpendicular
to joists and to which joists are nailed in framing for chimney,
stairway, or other opening. (b) A wood lintel.
HEARTH: The inner or outer floor of a
fireplace, usually made of brick, tile, or stone.
HEAT EXCHANGER: A device for removing
heat from water or air and transferring the heat to another medium.
Baseboard convectors are water to air heat exchangers.
HEXADOME: One variation of the geodesic
dome.
HICKORY: A hard and heavy brown to reddish
brown hard wood. Used as face veneer for decorative interior plywood
paneling and as solid lumber in special flooring applications. Pecan,
a variety of the hickory family, has similar properties and construction
applications.
HIP RAFTER: The diagonal rafter that
extends from the plate to the ridge to form the hip.
HIP ROOF: A roof that rises by inclined
planes from all four sides of a building.
HOSE BIB: A water faucet made for the
threaded attachment of a hose.
HOUSE DRAIN: A horizontal sewer piping
within a building, which receives waste from the soil stacks.
HOUSE SEWER: The watertight soil pipe extending from the exterior
of the foundation wall to the public sewer.
HUMIDIFIER: A device, generally attached to a furnace, to supply
or maintain humidity in a home.
HUMIDSTAT: A controlling device to regulate or maintain the desired
degree of humidity in a house.
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