Home improvement

Home improvement

Home improvement is the process of repairing existing fixtures or making additions to a residential piece of land.

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Mortar

Real estate; Home improvement

Mortar is the bonding mixture that is used to cement bricks and stones together.

Mortise

Real estate; Home improvement

A mortise is a shallow recess in a wood frame to seat a piece of hardware flush with the wood.

Intake valve

Real estate; Home improvement

The intake valve controls the amount of water that enters the toilet tank.

Jalousie windows

Real estate; Home improvement

Jalousie windows are made of a series of horizontal glass slats that are joined so that all the glass slats open or close together when the crank is turned. Unfortunately, the cracks between the ...

Keys

Real estate; Home improvement

The wood lath is installed with gaps, called keys, between each piece of lath. The plaster was forced between spaced lath, and this keying action holds the plaster in place.