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MANTEL: The shelf above a
fireplace. Also used in referring to the decorative trim around
a fireplace opening.
MAPLE: Both hard and soft maple are generally
light tan and used in construction where hardness is a major factor.Used
for expensive cabinetwork, flooring, doors, and trim. Often used
for interior railings, posts, and furniture.
MASONRY: Stone, brick, concrete, hollow-tile,
concrete-block, gypsum-block, or other similar building units or
materials or a combination of the same, bonded together with mortar
to form a wall, pier, buttress or similar mass.
MASTIC: A flexible adhesive for adhering
building materials.
METAL WALL TIES: Strips of corrugated
metal used to tie a brick veneer wall to a framework.
MILLWORK: Lumber that is shaped to a
given pattern or molded form. It includes dressing, matching, and
machining. Ex amples include casing, base, panel door parts, and
stair rails.
MITER JOINT: A joint made with the ends
or edges of two pieces of lumber cut at a 45 deg. angle and fitted
together.
MODULAR CONSTRUCTION: Construction in
which the size of all the building materials is based on a common
unit of measure.
MOISTURE BARRIER: A material such as
specially treated paper that retards the passage of vapor or moisture
into walls, and prevents condensation within the walls.
MORTAR: A mixture of cement, sand and
water, used by the mason as a bonding agent for bricks and stone.
MORTGAGE: A document used to hold property
as security for a debt.
MORTISE: A slot cut into a board, plank
or timber, usually edgewise, to receive the tenon of another board,
plank or timber to form a joint.
MULLION: A vertical bar or divider in
the frame between windows, doors, or other openings.
MUNTIN: A small member which divides
the glass or openings of sash or doors.
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NEWEL: A post supporting the handrail
at the top or bottom of a stairway.
NOMINAL SIZE: The size of lumber before
dressing, rather than its actual size.
NONBEARING WALL: A wall supporting no
load other than its own weight.
NOSING: The rounded edge of a stair tread.
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