Glossary
‘Trade Jargon Demystified’
Most industries develop their own terminology and very often this ‘techno babble’ is used when communicating with clients. As a consequence some clients have little idea what is being talked about or perhaps even worse, they might not know what they will be getting for their money. It has also been noticed that for some strange reason contractors deliberately use this ‘techno babble’ in the belief that it will impress a client – perhaps is does - who knows?
To help decipher some of the commonly used words in the building restoration industry we have explained their meaning when used with regard to building restoration matters. It is fully appreciated that several of the words have other meanings as well. Should you know a ‘techno babble’ word that you feel should be in our list please submit it to us so that it may be included.
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| Barge Board |
Wide board fitted on the end of a gable roof
just beneath the edge of the tiles/slates following the slope of the roof from
the eves to the ridge. |
| Batten |
Long strips of softwood, usually 38x19mm or 25mm
to which roof tiles or plasterboards are usually fitted. |
| Bead (or Beading) |
Small timber moulding used to cover a join. |
| Blown |
Term used to describe plaster that has lost adhesion to the underlying wall/surface. (See Live) |
| Bond |
1) A term used to describe the pattern in which bricks are laid to ensure stability of brickwork. The type of bond used may be determined by the visual appearance of the external face of an exposed brick wall.
2) A term used to describe the adhesion of one material to another. |
| Bonding |
Shortened name for Carlite Bonding which is Gypsum based light weight plaster. |
| Boron |
A commonly used name for a timber preservative that contains Disodium Octoborate Tetrahydrate. Sometimes also referred to as Borate. Usually dissolved in a range of concentrations in glycol. (See Glycol Borate). |
| BRE |
Building Research Establishment |
| BRE Digest 245 |
A document titled ‘Rising damp in walls: diagnosis and treatment’ produced by the Building Research Establishment. |
| Bressumer |
A large dimension beam or several large sections fixed together to form a single beam that spans a large opening and supports the structure above e.g. a shop front opening. |
| Bridging |
The covering of a Damp Proof Course with a permeable material creating a passage for moisture to by pass the Damp Proof Course thereby causing a rising damp problem. |
| BS 6576 (2005) |
British Standard Code of Practice for the ‘Diagnosis of Rising Damp and the Installation of Chemical Damp Proof Courses’. The 2005 document supersedes a 1985 document. |
| BWPDA. |
British Wood Preserving and Damp-proofing Association |
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