Interiors

Linoleum

known as "inlaid", ____ floors are extremely durable, and are made by joining and inlaying solid pieces of ____.

Plaster

manufactured as a dry powder and is mixed with water to form a paste when used. The reaction with water produces heat and the hydrated plaster then hardens.

Fire-Resistant Drywall

may be required in furnace rooms and attached garages. Fire rated caulk is used to seal utility holes, usually red in color.

Moisture-Resistant Drywall

has a distinctive green, blue, or blue-green color

Double-Hung Window

commonly referred to as a double-sash window, is a type of window that has two operable sashes that slide up and down.

Suspended Ceilings

consists of panels or tiles that hang a few inches below the main structural ceiling.

Polyethylene Flooring

designed for use over concrete floors.

Acoustical Ceiling Texture

(a.k.a. popcorn and cottage cheese) a sprayed acoustic texture, popcorn textures have the appearance of popped corn, thus the nickname. Acoustic popcorn texture is found exclusively on the ceilings of rooms.

Drywall

(also known as plasterboard, wallboard, sheet rock, gypsum board, buster board, custard board, or gypsum panel) , any of various large rigid sheets of finishing material used in drywall construction to face the interior walls of dwellings and other buildings. ____ construction is the application of walls without the use of mortar or plaster.

Silica Haze

Once the desiccant has been saturated, it will be affected by passing air currents and can manifest as white "snowflakes", streaks or fog on the windows surface.

Triple Pane Windows

a 3 pane window that consists of three total panes of glass. They also have either air or gas in between panes, which both helps to keep windows stable, while improving energy efficiency and acting like a sound barrier.

Laminate Flooring

a multi-layer synthetic flooring product fused together with a lamination process. ____ simulates wood (or sometimes stone) with a photographic applique layer under a clear protective layer. The inner core layer is usually composed of melamine resin and fiber board materials.

Ceiling Truss Lift

a phenomenon common in homes built with roof trusses as opposed to rafters. If a house suffers from ____, the top floor ceilings literally lift off the interior walls in the winter. Actually the ceiling has gone up - sometimes creating a gap of as much as two inches where interior walls meet the ceilings.

Polyvinyl Butyral (PVB)

a resin mostly used for applications that require strong binding, optical clarity, adhesion to many surfaces, toughness and flexibility. It is prepared from polyvinyl alcohol by reaction with butyraldehyde. The major application is laminated safety glass.

Lath

any material fastened to the structural members of a building to provide a base for plaster.

Concrete Backer Board

also called a cementitious backer unit or CBU, is commonly used to form a base for ceramic tile. Because ____ is porous, thinset, grout, and mortar adhere well to it. Backer boards can be nailed or screwed into studs or cinderblock, brick mortar, or concrete.

Silica Pellets

an absorbent material designed to maintain dryness in the space it protects. In a double-paned window, ____ inside the aluminum perimeter strip absorb moisture from any incoming air that enters the space between the panes.

Chinese Drywall

an environmental health issue involving defective drywall manufactured in China, imported to the United States and used in residential construction between 2001 and 2009. It contains extraneous metals and minerals that can emit sulfur gasses, it is very potent and smells similar to rotten eggs, and is harmful to health.

Resilient Flooring

polymer floors engineered for comfort, flexibility and design. You often hear ____ associated with vinyl tile, cork and rubber flooring.

Anti-Trip Brackets

safety devices that started showing up in the late 1980s and became required by appliance manufacturers in 1991.

Counterbalance Spring

similar to a tape measure that extends and coils and, like other balance systems, it's located in a pocket in the jamb.

Stair Treads

the horizontal portion of a set of stairs on which a person walks.

Backsplash

the material used to cover the area of wall between a kitchen countertop and the upper cabinets.

Stair Risers

the near-vertical element in a set of stairs, forming the space between one step and the next.

Plaster Key

the portion of the plaster extending through the lath.

Stair Nosing

the protrusion beyond the riser when vertical risers are used, or beyond the back of the tread below, when angled risers or no risers are used.