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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Spud washer

Real estate; Home improvement

Seals the gap between the flush valve and bowl.

A sink trap is a plumbing connexion that is bent at such an angle as to capture items that might have fallen down the drain allowing you a final chance to retrieve them before they disappear down the ...

Standards

Real estate; Home improvement

The long vertical slotted strips fastened to the wall to attach the shelves in a wire based shelving system.

Sliding windows

Real estate; Home improvement

Sliding windows open horizontally and bypass each other in separate tracks mounted on the header jamb and sill.

Slumping

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The amount of fall or collapse in mortar or concrete.

Spray tip

Real estate; Home improvement

A small mechanical piece at the end of an airless paint sprayer's spray gun. The spray tip is the small hole through which the paint is dispersed.

Tile run

Real estate; Home improvement

Like a dye lot, the tile run is the batch of tiles that was manufactured at a specific time. The colour and pattern can vary slightly between tile runs.