damage: defacing; injury or harm, resulting in a
loss; to worsen condition
damper:
a plate which is adjusted inside the flue or
vent of a fireplace or furnace that controls the draft from the flame or
that may prevent loss of conditioned air from within a building or back drafting
of outside air
dead-front
cover: the cover that holds and protects from
accidental contact the circuit breakers within a service panel
dead
load: the weight of all the components of the
structure and permanent equipment (excludes furniture, people or inventory of a
business structure)
deck:
any flat surface which is not enclosed deck
roof a flat roof without parapets
defect:
a lack of something which renders a component
non-adequate or which will lead to the component's becoming non-adequate
defective:
having
defects, imperfect, faulty
deflection:
the bending of a building member by its own
weight or by added weight, whether live or dead
deteriorate:
to make or become worse whether or not in the
course of normal wear
deterioration:
an action of becoming worse diagonal
extending slantingly between opposite corners of a theoretical
square or rectangle
difficult:
hard to do, understand, cannot be done with
ease
direct steam
system: a radiator system fed from a steam boiler
disassemble:
to take apart
disintegrate:
to separate into parts or fragments; break up
disposal
field: a system of clay tiles, or special pipes, and
gravel used to dispose of waste water draining from a
septic tank
distribution
box: an underground box which receives the waste
from a septic tank and distributes it laterally to a
disposal field
door
jamb: the members surrounding a door, especially
those on each side and above the door (usually the jamb receives the hinges
and latch striker plate)
double
floor: a floor and a sub-floor made of wood
double hung
window: a window which opens vertically from top and
bottom, containing two sashes with a locking device
in the center
diverter
valve: valve that diverts; most over means to turn
aside from a course or direction, to redirect as in from a
tub spout to a shower head
drain:
to draw off (liquid) gradually; noun meaning
a system of pipes to draw off liquids
drainage:
a drain or a system to draw off, the slope
around a building, the ability to remove water from a surface or a designated
area of property
drip
cap: a moulding which projects from over the
exterior of a door or window, forcing rainwater to drip away from the building
drop
siding: a siding applied to the exterior of a frame
structure by tongue and groove method
drywall
construction: construction in which the interior wall is
attached in a dry condition, generally as sheet material
(commonly called sheetrock) as opposed to wet plaster applications
dutch
door: a door divided horizontally into halves, each
opening independently of the other and acting as one
when both are shut or latched together
